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
To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources
A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. She had spent 29 years as a nurse Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses
When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast. Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants. young women nursing babies Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges. = suckle see also nursery nurse, nursing, wet nurse
A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariæ by asexual reproduction
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
If you nurse an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time. Jane still nurses the pain of rejection He had nursed an ambition to lead his own big orchestra. = harbour
To nourish; to cherish; to foster To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant
A person licensed by the state to provide health care services, typically under the supervision of a physician A registered nurse is one who has graduated from a state-approved school of nursing, has passed the professional nursing state board examination and has been granted a license to practice in a given state A licensed practical nurse is one who has graduated from a school of practical nursing and has passed the practical nursing state board examination