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Definitions for Nursing

[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] the practice or profession of caring for the sick and injured (as modifier ) a nursing home
[22] a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm
[23] short for nursemaid
[24] a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
[25] a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
[26] (also intr) to tend (the sick)
[27] (also intr) to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
[28] to try to cure (an ailment)
[29] to clasp carefully or fondly she nursed the crying child in her arms
[30] (also intr) (of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
[31] to look after (a child) as one's employment
[32] to attend to carefully; foster, cherish he nursed the magazine through its first year ; having a very small majority he nursed the constituency diligently
[33] to harbour; preserve to nurse a grudge
[34] billiards to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons

Words related to Nursing

nurseattending, tending, cherishing, suckling, feeding, sucking

Words nearby Nursing

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

Origin of Nursing

e1350–1400; (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 Nursing

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 Nursing

eC16: from earlier norice, Old French nourice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia nurse, from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrīre to nourish

Synonyms for Nursing

attending, cherishing, fostering, tending, caring for, watching over