nursing
adjective
1. In the state of suckling young, lactating.
- The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
2. Referring to nurses.
- The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.
noun
1. the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
Definition categories: act, aid, attention, care, tending
2. the profession of a nurse
Definition categories: group
3. nourishing at the breast
Definition categories: act
Sentences with nursing as a noun:
- She went into nursing as a career.
verb
1. present participle of nurse
- The mother sat there nursing her baby.