Definitions for nurse
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nurse(noun)

   one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

2. nanny, nursemaid, nurse(verb)

   a woman who is the custodian of children

3. nurse(verb)

   try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

   "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"

4. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse(verb)

   maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

   "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

5. nurse(verb)

   serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

6. nurse(verb)

   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"

7. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck(verb)

   give suck to

   "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nurse(Noun)

   A wet-nurse.

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

2. nurse(Noun)

   A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people's young.

   They hired a nurse to care for their young boy

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

3. nurse(Noun)

   A person trained to provide care for the sick.

   The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

4. nurse(Verb)

   to breast feed

   She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

5. nurse(Verb)

   to care for the sick

   She nursed him back to health.

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

6. nurse(Verb)

   to treat kindly and with extra care

   She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

7. nurse(Verb)

   to drink slowly

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

8. nurse(Verb)

   to foster, to nourish

   Many nurse this humanitarian idea which is not specifically Christian.

   Etymology: Variant form of the archaic nourice, from norrice, from nutricius, from nutrix, from nutrire.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Nurse(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

2. Nurse(noun)

   one who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

3. Nurse(noun)

   a lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

4. Nurse(noun)

   a peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

5. Nurse(noun)

   either one of the nurse sharks

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

6. Nurse(verb)

   to nourish; to cherish; to foster

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

7. Nurse(verb)

   to nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

8. Nurse(verb)

   to take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

9. Nurse(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

10. Nurse(verb)

    to manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources

    Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

11. Nurse(verb)

    to caress; to fondle, as a nurse does

    Etymology: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Nurse

   nurs, n. a woman who nourishes an infant: a mother while her infant is at the breast: one who has the care of infants or of the sick: (hort.) a shrub or tree which protects a young plant.—v.t. to tend, as an infant or a sick person: to bring up: to cherish: to manage with care and economy: to play skilfully, as billiard-balls, in order to get them into the position one wants.—adj. Nurse′like (Shak.), like or becoming a nurse.—ns. Nurse′maid, a girl who takes care of children; Nurs′er, one who nurses: one who promotes growth; Nurs′ery, place for nursing: an apartment for young children: a place where the growth of anything is promoted: (hort.) a piece of ground where plants are reared; Nurs′ery-gov′erness; Nurs′erymaid, a nurse-maid; Nurs′eryman, a man who owns or works a nursery: one who is employed in cultivating plants, &c., for sale; Nurs′ing-fa′ther (B.), a foster-father; Nurs′ling, that which is nursed: an infant. [O. Fr. norrice (Fr. nourrice)—L. nutrix—nutrīre, to nourish.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. NURSE

   One who keeps setting up the drinks after you're all in. Out of the frying-pan into the face--Mothers' doughnuts. O Many hands make light work--also a good Jackpot. OAR A popular device for catching crabs.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nurse

   An able first lieutenant, who in former times had charge of a young boy-captain of interest, but possessing no knowledge for command. Also, a small kind of shark with a very rough skin; a dog-fish.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. nurse

   A person whose whole business is to attend the sick in hospital. In the U. S. service, nurses are detailed in post hospitals from the companies who are serving at the post, and are exempt from other duty, but have to attend the parades for weekly inspections and the musters of their companies, unless especially excused by the commanding officer. Ordinarily one nurse is allowed to every ten persons sick in hospital. In the British service there are sergeants, orderly men, and nurses (generally women) in hospitals of regiments of the line.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nurse' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3215

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nurse' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2753

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nurse' in Nouns Frequency: #820

Anagrams for nurse »

1. Nuers, runes, urnes

2. Nuers

3. Runes

4. Urnes

How to pronounce nurse?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nurse in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nurse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nurse in a Sentence

1. Tia Mowry:

   That’s the coolest thing about this flu vaccination, a doctor or nurse sprays it up each nostril— it’s as simple as that. [Cree] had allergies, so he’s used to getting things sprayed up his nose. He prefers [the nasal spray] as opposed to needles.

2. Tia Freeman:

   Anyway they thought I was a human trafficker trying to smuggle out a baby, so they called in customs, the police a doctor a nurse (to check the baby me to see if I actually gave birth), and the airline higher ups. I was bombarded with questions (naturally) but finally I proved that I wasn’t a trafficker. During this I called the @USEmbassyTurkey.

3. Andrew Cuomo:

   You want to talk about a snapshot of humanity. You have five masks, what do you do, do you keep all five ? Do you hide the five masks and keep them for yourselves and others ? No, you send one mask to New York to help a nurse or doctor.

4. Sharon Cooper:

   I’m sorry if some nurse gets her license suspended and that’s her livelihood.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   I want more young women in Congress who are in the course of raising their children, because it's important for women in that situation to see someone who shares their experience at the table, being a mom, what are you ? You're a diplomat, interpersonal relationships. You're a chef. You're a chauffeur. You're a problem solver. You're a nurse. You're a health care provider. You have so much, and that's just with the children, not to mention the other aspects of family.

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