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Noun nurse has 2 senses
- nurse - one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
--1 is a kind of health professional, health care provider, caregiver
--1 is a member of nurse-patient relation
--1 has particulars: | | foster-nurse; graduate nurse, trained nurse; licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse; matron, head nurse; midwife, accoucheuse; probationer, student nurse; registered nurse, RN; scrub nurse; visiting nurse; Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell; Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp; Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger |
- nanny, nursemaid, nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children
--2 is a kind of woman, adult female; keeper
--2 has particulars:
Verb nurse has 5 senses
- nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
--1 is one way to treat, care for
Sample sentence:
Did he nurse his foot?
- harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
--2 is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- nurse - serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
--3 is one way to care, give care
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- nurse - treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by liyng in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"
--4 is one way to treat, handle, do by
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
--5 is one way to feed, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
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