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nurse
(nɜːʳs)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense nurses, present participle nursing, past tense, past participle nursed
1. countable noun & title noun
A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
She had spent 29 years as a nurse.
I rang for the nurse and asked for some water.
Synonyms: carer, caregiver, angel [informal] More Synonyms of nurse
2. verb
If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill.
All the years he was sick, my mother had nursed him. [VERB noun]
She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health. [V n + back]
Synonyms: look after, treat, tend, care for More Synonyms of nurse
3. verb
If you nurse an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible.
We're going to go home and nurse our colds. [VERB noun]
4. verb
If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time.
Jane still nurses the pain of rejection. [VERB noun]
He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: harbour, have, maintain, preserve More Synonyms of nurse
5. countable noun
A nurse is a person who is trained to look after young children.
[old-fashioned] Every morning she got up early with the children and the nurse.
6. verb
When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast.
[old-fashioned] Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants. [VERB]
...young women nursing babies. [VERB noun]
Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges. [VERB-ing]
7. See also nursery nurse, nursing, wet nurse
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nurse in British English
(nɜːs)
noun
1.
a person who tends sick, injured, or infirm people
2. short for nursemaid
3.
a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
4.
a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
verb (mainly tr)
5. (also intr)
to tend (a sick person or sick people)
6. (also intr)
to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
7.
to try to cure (an ailment)
8.
to clasp carefully or fondly
she nursed the crying child in her arms
9. (also intr)
(of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
10.
to look after (a child) as one's employment
11.
to attend to carefully; foster, cherish
I nursed the magazine through its first year
having a very small majority she nursed the constituency diligently
12.
to harbour; preserve
to nurse a grudge
13. billiards
to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons
Word origin
C16: from earlier norice, Old French nourice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia nurse, from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrīre to nourishNurse in British English
(nɜːs)
noun
Sir Paul (Maxime). born 1949, English cell biologist and geneticist; winner (2001), with LH Hartwell and RT Hunt, of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
nurse in American English
(nɜrs)
noun
1.
wet nurse
2.
a woman hired to take full care of another's young child or children; nursemaid
3.
a person trained to take care of the sick, injured, or aged, to assist surgeons, etc.; specif., a registered nurse or a practical nurse
4.
a person or thing that nourishes, fosters, protects, etc.
5. Zoology
a worker bee or ant that cares for the young
verb transitiveWord forms: nursed or ˈnursing
6.
to give milk from the breast to (an infant); suckle
7.
to suck milk from the breast of
8.
to take care of (a child or children)
9.
to bring up; rear
10.
to tend (the sick, injured, or aged)
11.
to cause to continue, grow, or develop; nourish or foster
to nurse a grudge
12.
to treat, or try to cure
to nurse a cold
13.
a.
to use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
to nurse an injured leg
b.
to consume, spend, etc. slowly or carefully so as to conserve
to nurse a highball
14.
to clasp; hold carefully; fondle
15. Billiards
to keep (the balls) close together for a series of caroms
verb intransitive
16.
to be suckled; feed at the breast
17.
to suckle a child
18.
to tend the sick, injured, etc. as a nurse
Derived forms
nurser (ˈnurser) noun
Word origin
ME norse < OFr norice < LL nutricia < L nutricius, that suckles or nourishes < nutrix (gen. nutricis), wet nurse < nutrire, to nourish < IE *(s)neu-, var. of base *(s)nā-, to flow > natant, Sans snāuti, (she) gives milk, Gr naein, to flowCOBUILD Collocationsnurse
employ nurses
hire nurses
qualified nurse
recruit nurses
senior nurse
specialist nurse
train nurses
trainee nurse
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British English: nurse /nɜːs/ NOUN
A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
She spent 29 years as a nurse.
- American English: nurse
- Arabic: مـُمَرِضَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: enfermeiro
- Chinese: 护士
- Croatian: medicinska sestra
- Czech: zdravotní sestra
- Danish: sygeplejerske
- Dutch: verpleegster
- European Spanish: enfermero
- Finnish: sairaanhoitaja
- French: infirmière
- German: Krankenschwester
- Greek: νοσοκόμος
- Italian: infermiere
- Japanese: 看護師
- Korean: 간호사
- Norwegian: sykepleier
- Polish: pielęgniarka
- European Portuguese: enfermeiro
- Romanian: infirmieră
- Russian: медсестра
- Latin American Spanish: enfermero
- Swedish: sjuksköterska
- Thai: นางพยาบาล
- Turkish: hemşire
- Ukrainian: медсестра
- Vietnamese: y tá
British English: nurse VERB
If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill.
All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him.
- American English: nurse
- Brazilian Portuguese: tratar de
- Chinese: 看护
- European Spanish: cuidar
- French: soigner
- German: pflegen
- Italian: curare
- Japanese: 看病する
- Korean: 간호하다
- European Portuguese: tratar de
- Latin American Spanish: cuidar
Chinese translation of 'nurse'
nurse
(nəːs)
n (c)
- (in hospital)
护(護)士
(hùshi) (位, wèi) - (o.f., = nanny)
保姆
(bǎomǔ) (个(個), gè)
vt
- [patient]
照料
(zhàoliào) - [cold, injury]
护(護)理
(hùlǐ)to nurse a grudge against sb对(對)某人怀(懷)恨在心
(duì mǒurén huáihèn zài xīn)
All related terms of 'nurse'
1 (noun)
Definition
a person trained to look after sick people, usually in a hospital
Patients are dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
Synonyms
carer
caregiver
angel (informal)
2 (noun)
He was brought up by his old nurse.
Synonyms
nanny
A lot of parents are against the idea of employing a nanny.
nursemaid
She worked as nursemaid to the family of a diplomat.
1 (verb)
Definition
to look after (a sick person)
All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him.
Synonyms
look after
treat
An experienced nurse treats all minor injuries.
tend
He tended the cat in her illness.
care for
take care of
minister to
For 44 years they had ministered to the poor and the sick.
2 (verb)
Definition
to harbour or foster (a feeling)
He nursed an ambition to lead his own orchestra.
Synonyms
harbour
He harboured a grudge against his superior.
have
I'm not having any of that nonsense.
maintain
You should always maintain your friendships.
preserve
We will do everything we can to preserve peace.
entertain
I wouldn't entertain the idea of doing such a job.
cherish
She cherished an ambition to be an actor.
keep alive
3 (verb)
Definition
to breast-feed (a baby)
She did not have enough milk to nurse the infant.
Synonyms
breast-feed
feed
Feeding a hungry family is expensive.
nurture
nourish
They continued to nourish hopes of victory.
suckle
wet-nurse
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cherish
She cherished an ambition to be an actor.
Synonyms
harbour,
nurse,
sustain,
foster,
entertainin the sense of entertain
Definition
to consider (an idea or suggestion)
I wouldn't entertain the idea of doing such a job.
Synonyms
consider,
support,
maintain,
imagine,
think about,
hold,
foster,
harbour,
contemplate,
conceive of,
ponder,
cherish,
bear in mind,
keep in mind,
think over,
muse over,
give thought to,
cogitate on,
allow yourself to consider,
NtRtain
in the sense of feed
Definition
to supply or prepare food for
Feeding a hungry family is expensive.
Synonyms
cater for,
provide for,
nourish,
provide with food,
supply,
sustain,
nurture,
cook for,
wine and dine,
victual,
provisionSynonyms of 'nurse'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of have
Definition
to tolerate or allow
I'm not having any of that nonsense.
Synonyms
put up with (informal),
allow,
permit,
consider,
think about,
entertain,
toleratein the sense of maintain
Definition
to sustain or keep up a particular level or speed
You should always maintain your friendships.
Synonyms
continue,
retain,
preserve,
sustain,
carry on,
keep,
keep up,
prolong,
uphold,
nurture,
conserve,
perpetuatein the sense of minister to
Definition
to attend to the needs of
For 44 years they had ministered to the poor and the sick.
Synonyms
attend to,
serve,
tend to,
answer to,
accommodate,
take care of,
cater to,
pander to,
administer to,
be solicitous of
in the sense of nourish
They continued to nourish hopes of victory.
Synonyms
cherish,
have,
hold,
entertain,
harbour,
cling to,
nursein the sense of nursemaid
Definition
a woman employed to look after children
She worked as nursemaid to the family of a diplomat.
Synonyms
nanny,
nurse,
angel (informal)
in the sense of nurture
Synonyms
nourish,
feed,
nursein the sense of preserve
Definition
to maintain
We will do everything we can to preserve peace.
Synonyms
maintain,
keep,
continue,
retain,
sustain,
keep up,
prolong,
uphold,
conserve,
perpetuate,
keep alive
in the sense of tend
Definition
to take care of
He tended the cat in her illness.
Synonyms
take care of,
look after,
care for,
keep,
watch,
serve,
protect,
feed,
handle,
attend,
guard,
nurse,
see to,
nurture,
minister to,
cater for,
keep an eye on,
wait on,
watch over
in the sense of treat
Definition
to attempt to cure or lessen the symptoms of (an illness or injury or a person suffering from it)
An experienced nurse treats all minor injuries.
Synonyms
take care of,
minister to,
attend to,
give medical treatment to,
doctor (informal),
nurse,
care for,
medicate,
prescribe medicine for,
apply treatment to
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- make capital out of
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