n. [ AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The care of all the churches. 2 Cor. xi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
Him thy care must be to find. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perplexed with a thousand cares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. Spenser.
v. i.
I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark. iv. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]
To care for.
He cared not for the affection of the house. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having needed care and attention;
v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. carénage. ] (Naut.)
n. [ F. carrière race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car. ]
To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Careering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The practice of advancing one's career at the expense of one's personal integrity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. A professional who follows a career. [ WordNet 1.5 ]