care for (third-person singular simple present cares for, present participle caring for, simple past and past participle cared for)

1. (transitive) To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.

   Synonyms: look after

   I cared for my ailing mother for five years.

2. (transitive) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.
   • 1719 December 13, “To Dr. Sheridan”, in W. E. Browning, editor, The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. 2, Jonathan Swift:

     Mrs. Dingley and Mrs. Johnson say, truly they don't care for your wife's company, though they like your wine.

   • 1919, Virginia Woolf, chapter 5, in Night and Day:

     "Do you really care for this kind of thing?" he asked at length.

• (to like or appreciate) think much of
• (to see to) besee