nurse

(noun, verb)

noun

1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

Definition categories: person, caregiver

2. a woman who is the custodian of children

Similar word(s): nanny, nursemaid

Definition categories: person, keeper, woman

Sentences with nurse as a noun:

- They hired a nurse to care for their young boy

- The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward

verb

1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

- He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs

Definition categories: body, treat

2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

Similar word(s): entertain, harbor, harbour, hold

Definition categories: emotion, experience, feel

3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

Definition categories: social, care

4. treat carefully

- He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon

- He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly

Definition categories: social, handle, treat

5. give suck to

- The wetnurse suckled the infant

- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Similar word(s): breastfeed, lactate, suck, suckle

Definition categories: consumption, feed, give

Sentences with nurse as a verb:

- She nursed him back to health.

- She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.

- Would you like to nurse the puppy?