| nurse |  | |
| 1. n. (archaic) A wet-nurse. | |
| 2. n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. | |
| They hired a nurse to care for their young boy | |
| 3. n. A person trained to provide care for the sick. | |
| The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward | |
| 4. n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. | |
| 5. n. (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant. | |
| 6. n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place. | |
| 7. n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. | |
| 8. n. A nurse shark. | |
| 9. v. to breastfeed | |
| She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy. | |
| 10. v. to care for the sick | |
| She nursed him back to health. | |
| 11. v. to treat kindly and with extra care | |
| She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed. | |
| 12. v. to manage with care and economy | |
| Synonyms: husband | |
| 13. v. to drink slowly | |
| 14. v. to foster, to nourish | |
| 15. v. to hold closely to one's chest | |
| Would you like to nurse the puppy? | |
| 16. v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots | |
