nurse

Plural: nurses

Noun

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
a woman who is the custodian of children
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant.
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
A wet nurse.
A nurse shark or dogfish.

Verb

Verb Forms: nursed, nursing, nurses

To care for the sick, infirm, or young; to foster development.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
- "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
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"
give suck to
- "The wetnurse suckled the infant"
- "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
To tend gently and with extra care.
To manage or oversee (something) with care and economy.
To drink (a beverage) slowly, so as to make it last.
To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.
To hold closely to one's chest.
To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

Examples

Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".
He had to ’NURSE’ his low-scoring tiles, patiently waiting for a chance to play them.
My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.
Rob was nursing a small beer.
She nursed him back to health.
She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.
They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.
to nurse a grudge
Would you like to nurse the puppy?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).

Synonyms

breastfeed, entertain, give suck, harbor, harbour, hold, lactate, nanny, nursemaid, suck, suckle, wet-nurse, drink, dwell on, feed#Verb, harbor#Verb, husband#Verb, sip

Antonyms

bottlefeed

Scrabble Score: 5

nurse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nurse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nurse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

nurse: valid Words With Friends Word