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Definitions for Nurse

[1] a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
[2] a woman who has the general care of a child or children; dry nurse.
[3] a woman employed to suckle an infant; wet nurse.
[4] any fostering agency or influence.
[5] Entomology . a worker that attends the young in a colony of social insects.
[6] Billiards . the act of maintaining the position of billiard balls in preparation for a carom.
[7] to tend or minister to in sickness, infirmity, etc.
[8] to try to cure (an ailment) by taking care of oneself: to nurse a cold.
[9] to look after carefully so as to promote growth, development, etc.; foster; cherish: to nurse one's meager talents.
[10] to treat or handle with adroit care in order to further one's own interests: to nurse one's nest egg.
[11] to use, consume, or dispense very slowly or carefully: He nursed the one drink all evening.
[12] to keep steadily in mind or memory: He nursed a grudge against me all the rest of his life.
[13] to suckle (an infant).
[14] to feed and tend in infancy.
[15] to bring up, train, or nurture.
[16] to clasp or handle carefully or fondly: to nurse a plate of food on one's lap.
[17] Billiards . to maintain the position of (billiard balls) for a series of caroms.
[18] to suckle a child, especially one's own.
[19] (of a child) to suckle: The child did not nurse after he was three months old.
[20] to act as nurse; tend the sick or infirm.
[21] a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm
[22] short for nursemaid
[23] a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
[24] a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
[25] (also intr) to tend (the sick)
[26] (also intr) to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
[27] to try to cure (an ailment)
[28] to clasp carefully or fondly she nursed the crying child in her arms
[29] (also intr) (of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
[30] to look after (a child) as one's employment
[31] to attend to carefully; foster, cherish he nursed the magazine through its first year ; having a very small majority he nursed the constituency diligently
[32] to harbour; preserve to nurse a grudge
[33] billiards to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons

Words related to Nurse

assistant, attendant, therapist, medic, feed, nourish, vaccinate, cradle, caretaker, RN, sitter, minder, pamper, immunize, further, cultivate, humor, sit, support, father

Words nearby Nurse

nuri as-said, nuristan, nuristani, nurl, nurmi, nurse, nurse a drink, nurse a grudge, nurse anesthetist, nurse crop, nurse practitioner

Origin of Nurse

1350–1400; (noun) Middle English, variant of n(o)urice, norice < Old French < Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun use of feminine of Latin nūtrīcius nutritious; (v.) earlier nursh (reduced form of nourish), assimilated to the noun

Other words from Nurse

non·nurs·ing , adjective
o·ver·nurse , verb (used with object), o·ver·nursed, o·ver·nurs·ing.
un·der·nurse , noun
well-nursed , adjective

Word origin for Nurse

C16: from earlier norice, Old French nourice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia nurse, from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrīre to nourish

Synonyms for Nurse

assistant, attendant, medic, registered nurse, therapist, RN, caretaker, minder, sitter, baby sitter, foster parent, nurse practitioner, practical nurse, wet nurse