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| 1. | [ verb ] try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | |
| Examples: | : "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" |
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| Related terms: | treat medicine | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine,work) one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) | |
| Related terms: | health_professional licensed_practical_nurse scrub_nurse midwife matron margaret_higgins_sanger probationer visiting_nurse Nightingale cavell graduate_nurse foster-nurse registered_nurse nurse-patient_relation | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (work) a woman who is the custodian of children | |
| Synonyms: | nursemaid nanny | |
| Related terms: | woman keeper wet_nurse mammy dry_nurse | |
| 4. | [ verb ] maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | |
| Synonyms: | hold harbor entertain harbour | |
| Examples: | "bear a grudge" "entertain interesting notions" "harbor a resentment" |
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| Related terms: | feel | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8450 | |
| 6. | [ verb ] serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | |
| Related terms: | care | |
| 7. | [ verb ] treat carefully | |
| Examples: | "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon" "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" |
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| Related terms: | treat nurser | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (food) give suck to | |
| Synonyms: | suckle suck wet-nurse lactate give_suck bottle-feed breastfeed | |
| Examples: | "The wetnurse suckled the infant" "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" |
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| Related terms: | bottlefeed feed suck sucking nanny lactation nursing sucker | |
| Similar spelling: |
Nourse |
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