nurse
v. breast-feed; suckle; provide medical care; take care of; work as a nurse; use up slowly; dwell on, harbor (especially of jealousy or anger) n. medical caretaker (especially in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor); caretaker of a baby or young children, nanny | ||||
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Nurse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Nurse
(v. t.)
To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
(v. t.)
To nourish; to cherish; to foster
(v. t.)
To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
(v. t.)
To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
(v. t.)
To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.
(v. t.)
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
(n.)
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
(n.)
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
(n.)
Either one of the nurse sharks.
(n.)
A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
(n.)
A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
(v. t.)
To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
(v. t.)
To nourish; to cherish; to foster
(v. t.)
To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
(v. t.)
To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
(v. t.)
To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.
(v. t.)
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
(n.)
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
(n.)
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
(n.)
Either one of the nurse sharks.
(n.)
A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
(n.)
A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
| WordNet 2.0 |
nurse
Noun
1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
(hypernym) health professional, health care provider, caregiver
(hyponym) foster-nurse
(member-holonym) nurse-patient relation
2. a woman who is the custodian of children
(synonym) nanny, nursemaid
(hypernym) woman, adult female
(hyponym) dry nurse
(derivation) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
Verb
1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
(hypernym) treat, care for
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
(synonym) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
(hypernym) feel, experience
3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
(hypernym) care, give care
4. 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"
(hypernym) treat, handle, do by
(derivation) nurser
5. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
(synonym) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
(hypernym) feed, give
(verb-group) suck
(derivation) nanny, nursemaid
Noun
1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
(hypernym) health professional, health care provider, caregiver
(hyponym) foster-nurse
(member-holonym) nurse-patient relation
2. a woman who is the custodian of children
(synonym) nanny, nursemaid
(hypernym) woman, adult female
(hyponym) dry nurse
(derivation) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
Verb
1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
(hypernym) treat, care for
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
(synonym) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
(hypernym) feel, experience
3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
(hypernym) care, give care
4. 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"
(hypernym) treat, handle, do by
(derivation) nurser
5. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
(synonym) breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
(hypernym) feed, give
(verb-group) suck
(derivation) nanny, nursemaid
| Australian Slang |
As useless as a soft cock in a nurse's dorm
useless
useless
Grey nurse
1. purse; 2. $100 note (from “grey nurse” - a shark, with reference to the note's colour)
| Anagram |
nurse
runes
runes
| hEnglish - advanced version |
nurse
wet nurse
monthly nurse
licensed practical nurse
visiting nurse
registered nurse
to put to nurse
to put out to nurse
practical nurse
wet-nurse
to nurse billiard balls
dry nurse
nurse shark
trained nurse
wet nurse
monthly nurse
licensed practical nurse
visiting nurse
registered nurse
to put to nurse
to put out to nurse
practical nurse
wet-nurse
to nurse billiard balls
dry nurse
nurse shark
trained nurse
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
nurse
banaltra f.
v., tuit le, déan banaltrachas ar
banaltra f.
v., tuit le, déan banaltrachas ar
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cyfagu
Cyfagu = v. to nurse together
Cyfagu = v. to nurse together
Cyfeithrin
Cyfeithrin = v. to nurse together
Magu
Magu = v. to breed, to rear, to nurse
Mammaeth
Mammaeth = n. a nurse
Mammeuthu
Mammeuthu = v. to nurse
Nurse Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
nurse
A health professional trained to care for people who are ill or disabled.
A health professional trained to care for people who are ill or disabled.
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
Nurse
A person skilled in nursing. Also, to feed at the breast (suckle) as an infant.
A person skilled in nursing. Also, to feed at the breast (suckle) as an infant.
| Dream Dictionary |
Nurse
To dream that a nurse is retained in your home, foretells distressing illness, or unlucky visiting among friends.
To see a nurse leaving your house, omens good health in the family.
For a young woman to dream that she is a nurse, denotes that she will gain the esteem of people, through her self-sacrifice. If she parts from a patient, she will yield to the persuasion of deceit.
To dream that a nurse is retained in your home, foretells distressing illness, or unlucky visiting among friends.
To see a nurse leaving your house, omens good health in the family.
For a young woman to dream that she is a nurse, denotes that she will gain the esteem of people, through her self-sacrifice. If she parts from a patient, she will yield to the persuasion of deceit.
| Phobia |
Nosocomephobia
Fear of hospitals
Fear of hospitals
Nurse Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Nurse
In ancient times the position of the nurse, wherever one was maintained, was one of much honor sad importance. See (Genesis 24:59; 36:8; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 11:2) The same term is applied to a foster-father or mother, e.g. (Numbers 11:12; Ruth 4:16; Isaiah 49:23)
In ancient times the position of the nurse, wherever one was maintained, was one of much honor sad importance. See (Genesis 24:59; 36:8; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 11:2) The same term is applied to a foster-father or mother, e.g. (Numbers 11:12; Ruth 4:16; Isaiah 49:23)
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Amana
integrity; truth; a nurse
integrity; truth; a nurse
Nurse Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English - Klingon |
nurse
n. ghojmoq, rachwI'
n. ghojmoq, rachwI'
Nurse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Nurse
Nurses are responsible—along with other health care professionals—for the treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings. Nurses may also be involved in medical and nursing research and perform a wide range of non-clinical functions necessary to the delivery of health care.
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