- nounnurse (noun) · nurses (plural noun)
- a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.
- dateda person employed or trained to take charge of young children:"her mother's old nurse"
- archaica wet nurse.
- forestrya tree or crop planted as a shelter to others.
- entomologya worker bee, ant, or other social insect, caring for a young brood.
verbnurse (verb) · nurses (third person present) · nursed (past tense) · nursed (past participle) · nursing (present participle)- give medical and other attention to (a sick person):"she nursed the girl through a dangerous illness"
- care for the sick and infirm, especially as a profession:"she nursed at the hospital for thirty years"
- try to cure or alleviate (an injury, injured part, or illness) by treating it carefully and protectively:"he has been nursing a cold" · "he nursed his hurt pride"
- hold closely and carefully or caressingly:"he nursed his small case on his lap"
- hold (a cup or glass) in one's hands, drinking from it occasionally:"I nursed a double brandy"
- harbor (a belief or feeling), especially for a long time:"I still nurse anger and resentment"
- take special care of, especially to promote development or well-being:"our political unity needs to be protected and nursed"
- feed (a baby) at the breast:"the women nursed their babies" · "lionesses who were nursing their own cubs"
- be fed at the breast:"the baby snuffled as he nursed"
- dated(be nursed in)be brought up in (a specified condition):"he was nursed in the lap of plenty"
- billiardssnookertry to play strokes which keep (the balls) close together.
Originlate Middle English: contraction of earlier nourice, from Old French, from late Latin nutricia, feminine of Latin nutricius ‘(person) that nourishes’, from nutrix, nutric- ‘nurse’, from nutrire ‘nourish’. The verb was originally a contraction of nourish, altered under the influence of the noun.nounnurse (noun) · nurses (plural noun) · grey nurse (noun) · grey nurses (plural noun) · gray nurse (noun) · gray nurses (plural noun)- a grayish Australian shark of shallow inshore waters. Compare with nurse shark, nurse hound
Originlate 15th century: originally as nusse, perhaps derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss).Similar and Opposite Wordsnounverb- give medical and other attention to (a sick person):
- try to cure or alleviate (an injury, injured part, or illness) by treating it carefully and protectively:
- harbor (a belief or feeling), especially for a long time:
- take special care of, especially to promote development or well-being:
- feed (a baby) at the breast:
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