Definition of nurse

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Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
Rosery :: Rosery (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1..
Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.
Nursemaid :: Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.
Sporozoa :: Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
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..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..
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..
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
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