nurse: significato e definizioni

A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.

A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.

Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.

To serve as a nurse for: nursed the patient back to health.

To cause or allow to take milk from the breast: a mother nursing her baby.

To feed at the breast of; suckle.

To try to cure by special care or treatment: nurse a cough with various remedies.

To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain: He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.

To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster: nursed her business through the depression. See Synonyms at nurture.

To bear privately in the mind: nursing a grudge.

To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve: nursed one drink all evening.

To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.

A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.

One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization” ( C.L.R. James).

To serve as a nurse.