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nurse

/ nurse /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
Type of:
health professional health care provider caregiver
Kinds of:
foster-nurse graduate nurse trained nurse licensed practical nurse LPN
Has parts:
nurse-patient relation
verb Sense 2
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
"He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
Type of:
treat care for
Derived:
nursing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
verb Sense 3
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"
Type of:
treat handle do by
Derived:
nurser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
Type of:
care give care
Derived:
nursing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
a woman who is the custodian of children
Type of:
keeper woman adult female
Kinds of:
dry nurse mammy wet nurse wet-nurse wetnurse
Derived:
breastfeed bottle-feed suckle suck wet-nurse
verb Sense 6
give suck to
"The wetnurse suckled the infant"
"You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Opposites:
bottlefeed
Type of:
feed give
Derived:
lactation suckling nanny nursemaid nursing
Verb group:
suck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
"bear a grudge"
"entertain interesting notions"
"harbor a resentment"
Type of:
feel experience
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
85%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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health professional health care provider caregiver foster-nurse graduate nurse trained nurse licensed practical nurse LPN treat care for handle do by