Nurse
/nɜːs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Nurse
noun
- A wet nurse.
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
"They hired a nurse to care for their young boy."
- A person trained to provide care for the sick.
"The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward."
- One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
"Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"."
- A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
verb
- To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
"She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy."
- To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
- To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
"She nursed him back to health."
- To treat kindly and with extra care
"She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."
- To manage with care and economy
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