Definition of nurse

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

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Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..
Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
Nurse :: 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..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foste.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..
Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.
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..
Nourice :: Nourice (n.) A nurse.
Suckler :: Suckle (v. i.) To nurse; to suck.
Milkwort :: Milkwort (n.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Nourish :: Nourish (n.) A nurse.
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..
Drynurse :: Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast..
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