nurse

A1
Pronunciation
/nɜːs/
/nɝs/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A wet nurse.

2 Definition

A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.

Example Sentences
  • They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.
3 Definition

A person trained to provide care for the sick.

Example Sentences
  • The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.
4 Definition

One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.

Example Sentences
  • Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".
5 Definition

A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.

6 Definition

A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.

7 Definition

A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.

8 Definition

A nurse shark.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.

Example Sentences
  • She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
2 Definition

To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.

3 Definition

To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

Example Sentences
  • She nursed him back to health.
4 Definition

To treat kindly and with extra care

Example Sentences
  • She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
5 Definition

To manage with care and economy

Synonyms
husband
6 Definition

To drink slowly

7 Definition

To foster, to nourish

8 Definition

To hold closely to one's chest

Example Sentences
  • Would you like to nurse the puppy?
9 Definition

To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.