Nurse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /nɜːs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nurse is a noun meaning A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:.
Meaning
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:.
More Meanings
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
- (figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
- (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
- (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
- A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
- (transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
- (archaic) A wet nurse.
Example Sentences
to nurse a grudge
Rob was nursing a small beer.
She nursed him back to health.
They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.
Word Forms
- nurses
- nursing
- nursed
Synonyms for nurse
Depending on context, synonyms include sip, husband, feed, harbor, hold, suck.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nanny, nursemaid, entertain, hold, suck, suckle.
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