nnoun.personone skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)Derivationally Related Form:nurse
Member Holonyms:nurse-patient relation
Hypernyms:PCP caregiver health care provider health professional primary care provider
Inherited Hypernyms:nursehealth professionalprofessionaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nursehealth professionalprofessionaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:LPNRNaccoucheusefoster-nursegraduate nursehead nurselicensed practical nursematronmidwifepractical nurseprobationerregistered nursescrub nursestudent nursetrained nursevisiting nurse
Instance Hyponyms:Cavell Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell Florence Nightingale Lady with the Lamp Nightingale Margaret Higgins Sanger Margaret Sanger Sanger
Full Hyponyms:foster-nursegraduate nursehead nurselicensed practical nursematronmidwifenurse-midwifenurse practitionerprobationerregistered nursescrub nursevisiting nurse
nnoun.persona woman who is the custodian of childrenSynset:nanny nursemaid
Derivationally Related Form:nurse
Hypernyms:keeper adult female woman
Inherited Hypernyms:nannykeeperdefenderpreserverpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nannykeeperdefenderpreserverpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nannywomanadultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nannywomanadultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nannywomanfemalepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nannywomanfemalepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:amahdry nursemammywet-nursewet nursewetnurse
Full Hyponyms:dry nursemammywet nurse
vverb.bodytry to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injuryTopic:medicinepractice of medicine
Examples:- He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs
Derivationally Related Form:nursingnurse
Hypernyms:care for treat
Inherited Hypernyms:nursetreat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his foot? (apply to: nurse)
vverb.emotionmaintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)Synset:entertain harbor harbour hold
Examples:- bear a grudge
- entertain interesting notions
- harbor a resentment
Hypernyms:experience feel
Inherited Hypernyms:harborfeel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialserve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped peopleDerivationally Related Form:nursingnurse
Hypernyms:care give care
Inherited Hypernyms:nursecarehelpsupport
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialtreat carefullyExamples:- He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon
- He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly
Derivationally Related Form:nurser
Hypernyms:do by handle treat
Inherited Hypernyms:nursetreatinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.consumptiongive suck toSynset:breastfeed give suck lactate suck suckle wet-nurse
Examples:- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
Antonyms:bottlefeed
Derivationally Related Form:sucknursingnurserylactationnursesucker
Hypernyms:feed give
Inherited Hypernyms:breastfeedfeedprovidegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s