nurse+(verb)

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• nurse-tend — nurseˈ tend transitive verb and intransitive verb To attend as a sick nurse • • • Main Entry: ↑nurse …   Useful english dictionary

• nurse|maid — «NURS MAYD», noun, verb. –n. a girl or woman employed to care for children. –v.t. to take care of in the manner of a nursemaid; nurse; nurture: »Figurative. The families…will nursemaid a llama for a year (Atlantic) …   Useful english dictionary

• nurse — ► NOUN 1) a person trained to care for the sick or infirm. 2) dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. ► VERB 1) give medical and other attention to. 2) feed or be fed at the breast. 3) treat or hold carefully or… …   English terms dictionary

• nurse — verb 1) they nursed smallpox patients Syn: care for, take care of, look after, tend, minister to 2) they nursed old grievances Syn: harbour, foster, bear, have, hold (on to), retain …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• nurse — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦♦♦ nurses, nursing, nursed 1) N COUNT; N TITLE; N VOC A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. She had spent 29 years as a nurse... Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses. 2) VERB If… …   English dictionary

• nurse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English norice, norce, nurse, from Anglo French nurice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing more at nutritious Date: 13th century 1. a. a woman who suckles an infant not her own ; wet… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nurse — /nɜs / (say ners) noun 1. a person who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. → nanny (def. 1). 3. a woman employed to breastfeed an infant; wet nurse. 4. any fostering agency or influence. 5. a worker that attends the young in a colony of social …  

• nurse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attendant, nursemaid, nanny (inf.). See safety. v. i. foster, tend, serve, cherish; suckle, give suck; entertain, manage. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who cares for the sick] Syn. attendant …   English dictionary for students

• nurse — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is trained to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital: The nurse is coming to give you an injection. | a student nurse (=someone learning to be a nurse) | Nurse Jones | a male nurse 2 old fashioned …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nurse — I UK [nɜː(r)s] / US [nɜrs] noun [countable] Word forms nurse : singular nurse plural nurses *** 1) a) someone who is trained to look after ill or injured people, usually in a hospital b) someone who performs basic health checks and gives… …   English dictionary

• nurse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ certified (AmE), experienced, licensed (AmE), qualified, registered, trained ▪ staff ▪ th …   Collocations dictionary