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nurse

UK /nɜːs/US /nɝs/

noun11

  1. a trained medical worker who looks after sick or hurt people and helps doctors treat them
  2. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick.
  3. A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant.
  4. (informal) Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
  5. A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
  6. (figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
  7. A nurse shark or dogfish.
  8. A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
  9. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
  10. (no longer used) A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
  11. (no longer used) A wet nurse.

verb9

  1. To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
  2. To tend gently and with extra care.
  3. To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
  4. To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
  5. (figurative) To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.
  6. To manage or oversee (something) with care and economy.
  7. (informal) To drink (a beverage) slowly, so as to make it last.
  8. To hold closely to one's chest.
  9. To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
forms

nursed · nurst · nursing · nurses · nurseth · nursest

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