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nurse
 (nūrs)
KEY
NOUN:
- A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
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- A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
- A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
- One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means:
"Town life is the nurse of civilization"
(C.L.R. James).
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Zoology
A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
VERB:
nursed
,
nurs·ing
,
nurs·es
VERB:
tr.
- To serve as a nurse for:
nursed the patient back to health.
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- To cause or allow to take milk from the breast:
a mother nursing her baby.
- To feed at the breast of; suckle.
- To try to cure by special care or treatment:
nurse a cough with various remedies.
- To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain:
He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.
- To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:
nursed her business through the depression.
See Synonyms at nurture.
- To bear privately in the mind:
nursing a grudge.
- To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve:
nursed one drink all evening.
VERB:
intr.
- To serve as a nurse.
- To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English norice, nurse, wet nurse, from Old French norrice, from Vulgar Latin * nutr cia, from Late Latin n trcia, from feminine of Latin ntrcius, that suckles, from ntrx
, ntrc-, wet nurse; see (s)n u- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
nurs er
(Noun)
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