If you care about something, you feel that it is very important or interesting, and you are concerned about it.
If you don't care about something, it doesn't matter to you.
If you care for people or animals, you look after them.
To take care of someone or something or take good care of them means to look after them.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'takes care about' someone else or 'takes a good care of' them.
If you take care of a task or situation, you deal with it.
You also use take care when you are telling someone to be careful about something.
Take care is another way of saying goodbye.
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| Noun | 1. | care - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"hair care, haircare, hairdressing - care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" maternalism - motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children baby sitting, babysitting - the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home pet sitting - the work of a pet sitter; caring for pets in their own home while their owners are away from home dental care - care for the teeth first aid - emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) incubation - maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development livery - the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay manicure - professional care for the hands and fingernails pedicure - professional care for the feet and toenails nourishment - the act of nourishing; "her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives" nursing - the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm tender loving care, TLC - considerate and solicitous care; "young children need lots of TLC" nurturance - physical and emotional care and nourishment personal care - care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves; can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions faith cure, faith healing - care provided through prayer and faith in God tree surgery - treatment of damaged or decaying trees healthcare, health care - the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
| 2. | care - judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" judiciousness - good judgment | |
| 3. | care - an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | |
| 4. | care - a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife" plight, predicament, quandary - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" | |
| 5. | care - attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection" due care, ordinary care, reasonable care - the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty foster care - supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home great care - more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons; "the pilot exercised great care in landing" providence - the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence" slight care - such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise | |
| 6. | care - activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"fixing, repair, mend, mending, reparation, fix, fixture - the act of putting something in working order again camera care - keeping a camera in good working order car care - keeping a car in good working order inspection and repair, overhaul, service - periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" pump priming - introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing scheduled maintenance - maintenance at a regularly scheduled time steam fitting - care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating | |
| Verb | 1. | care - feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" |
| 2. | care - provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded" dry-nurse - take care of an infant without breastfeeding it aid, assist, help - give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" attend, take care, look, see - take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" nurse - serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | |
| 3. | care - prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" please - be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased" | |
| 4. | care - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"administer, administrate - work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea work - cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" come to grips, get to grips - deal with (a problem or a subject); "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents" dispose of - deal with or settle; "He disposed of these cases quickly" coordinate - bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" juggle - deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children" process - deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" direct - be in charge of control, command - exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" carry on, conduct, deal - direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" touch - deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling" | |
| 5. | care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" mind - be concerned with or about something or somebody |