Definition of "care for"

care for

verb
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.
  Quotations
  The grave is still cared for by the local authorities, and the monument is in an excellent state of preservation.
  1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
2. (transitive) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.
  Quotations
  Mrs. Dingley and Mrs. Johnson say, truly they don't care for your wife's company, though they like your wine.
  1719 December 14, “To Dr. Sheridan”, in W. E. Browning, editor, The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. 2, Jonathan Swift
  "Do you really care for this kind of thing?" he asked at length.
  1919, Virginia Woolf, chapter 5, in Night and Day
  Still, while most Japanese may not care for the meat, many object to calls to stop whaling.
  2006 April 17, Unmesh Kher, “Whale On the Plate”, in Time