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nurse

noun

  1. wet nurse
  2. a woman hired to take full care of another's young child or children; nursemaid
  3. a person trained to take care of the sick, injured, or aged, to assist surgeons, etc.; specif., a registered nurse or a practical nurse
  4. a person or thing that nourishes, fosters, protects, etc.
  5. Zool. a worker bee or ant that cares for the young

transitive verb nursed, nursing

  1. to give milk from the breast to (an infant); suckle
  2. to suck milk from the breast of
  3. to take care of (a child or children)
  4. to bring up; rear
  5. to tend (the sick, injured, or aged)
  6. to cause to continue, grow, or develop; nourish or foster: to nurse a grudge
  7. to treat, or try to cure: to nurse a cold
    1. to use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.: to nurse an injured leg
    2. to consume, spend, etc. slowly or carefully so as to conserve: to nurse a highball
  8. to clasp; hold carefully; fondle
  9. Billiards to keep (the balls) close together for a series of caroms

intransitive verb

  1. to be suckled; feed at the breast
  2. to suckle a child
  3. to tend the sick, injured, etc. as a nurse

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See nurse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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