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Definition of nurse

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Nurse (n.) 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. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm..

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Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The act of nursing.

Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors..

Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..

Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.

Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.

Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..

Tender :: Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..

Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foste.

Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..

Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..

Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..

Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..

Nursed :: Nursed (imp. & p. p.) of Nurs.

Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.