nursing

Plural: nursings

Noun

• The profession of providing care for the sick or infirm.
• the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
• the profession of a nurse
• nourishing at the breast
• Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
• The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

Verb

• try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
• serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
• treat carefully
• give suck to
• present participle and gerund of nurse

Adj

• In the state of suckling young, lactating.
• Referring to nurses.

Examples

• She went into nursing as a career.
• The mother sat there nursing her baby.
• The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
• The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.
• The ’NURSING’ of his limited letters eventually paid off with a strategic triple word score.

Synonyms

breast feeding, breastfeed, entertain, give suck, harbor, harbour, hold, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse

Antonyms

bottlefeed

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