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nurse1 /nûrs/ noun- A woman who suckles a child, esp another person's child, a wet nurse (archaic)
- A person who tends a child (old)
- A person who has the care of the sick, feeble or injured, esp one who is trained for the purpose
- A person given the task of supervising a new or incompetent employee (rare)
- A worker bee, ant, etc that tends the young
- A budding form in tunicates
- Someone who or that which feeds, rears, tends, saves, fosters or develops anything, or preserves it in any desired condition
- A shrub or tree that protects a young plant (horticulture)
- The state of being nursed, in the phrases at nurse or out to nurse
transitive verb- (also intransitive verb) to suckle (a baby)
- (also intransitive verb) to tend (eg an infant or a sick person)
- To bring up
- To cherish
- To manage or treat with care and economy
- To play skilfully, manipulate carefully, or keep watchfully in touch with, in order to obtain or preserve the desired condition
- To keep (the balls) together for a cannon or series of cannons (billiards)
- To hold, carry or cuddle (as a nurse does a child)
ORIGIN: OFr norrice (Fr nourrice), from L nūtrīx, -īcis, from nūtrīre to nourish nurseˈlike adjective nurseˈling or nursˈling noun - That which is nursed or fostered
- An infant that is being suckled
nursˈer noun nursˈing noun The profession or practice of caring for the sick, feeble or injured (also adjective) nursling see nurseling above nurseˈ-child noun - A child in the care of a nurse
- A foster-child
nurseˈmaid noun - A woman employed to take care of children
- A person who guides or cares for another
transitive verb To act as a nursemaid to nurse practitioner noun A registered nurse who takes on some of the tasks of primary health care usually performed by doctors, such as limited prescribing, plastering broken limbs, etc nurseˈ-tend transitive verb and intransitive verb To attend as a sick-nurse nurseˈ-tender noun nurseˈ-tending noun nursˈing-bra noun A bra for women who are breastfeeding, with cups which (partially) unfasten nursing chair noun A low chair without arms, used when feeding a baby nursˈing-faˈther noun (Bible) A foster-father nursing home noun A private hospital or residence providing care, eg to the elderly or infirm nursing officer noun Any of several grades of nurses having administrative duties put (out) to nurse - To entrust to a nurse, esp a baby to a wet nurse, usu away from home
- To put (an estate) under trustees
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