Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention..

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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.
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Nurseries :: Nurseries (pl. ) of Nurser.
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Nourice :: Nourice (n.) A nurse.
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..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..
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