nurse

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nurse

A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure in the hospital room.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital: A professional who provides medical care and support to patients under the direction of a physician.
    • (Archaic) A woman employed to care for a young child or children; a nursemaid: A person, historically a woman, hired to supervise and look after children.

  2. Verb:

    • To give medical and general care to (a sick or injured person): To attend to the needs of someone who is ill.
    • To try to cure or alleviate (an illness or injury) by treating it carefully: To manage a health condition with specific care or remedies.
    • To feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle: To give milk from the breast to an infant.
    • To hold or treat (something) carefully or protectively: To foster the growth or development of something with attentive care.
    • To harbor or cherish (a feeling, thought, or grudge): To keep a particular feeling or idea in one's mind over time.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The nurse checked the patient's vital signs.
    • In the 19th century, a wealthy family would often hire a nurse for their children.

  • Verb:

    • She volunteered to nurse the wounded soldiers.
    • He is nursing a bad cold with rest and tea.
    • The mother chose to nurse her newborn baby.
    • He nursed the small seedling until it became a strong tree.
    • She had nursed a hope of traveling the world for years.
Advanced Usage

  • "To nurse a drink": To drink very slowly, making it last a long time.

    • He sat at the bar, nursing a single beer all evening.

  • "To nurse someone/something back to health": To care for someone or something until they are healthy or strong again.

    • The wildlife center nursed the injured owl back to health.
Variants and Related Words
  • Nursery (n): A room for young children; a place where young plants are grown for sale.
  • Nursing (n): The profession or practice of providing care for the sick and infirm.
  • Wet nurse (n): (Historical) A woman employed to breastfeed another woman's child.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Caregiver, attendant, nursemaid.
  • Verb: Tend, care for, treat, foster, harbor, suckle.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Nurse along: To manage or guide something carefully to keep it going.
    • The project was failing, but she managed to nurse it along until funding was secured.
Related Idioms
  • "Nurse a grievance": To keep alive a feeling of resentment or injustice.
    • He nursed a grievance against his former employer for years.
nurse

A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure in the hospital room.

Noun
  1. a woman who is the custodian of children
  2. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
Verb
  1. give suck to
    • The wetnurse suckled the infant
    • You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
  2. 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
  3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
  4. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
    • bear a grudge
    • entertain interesting notions
    • harbor a resentment
  5. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
    • He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs

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