Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..

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Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
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..
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..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
Tender :: Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.
Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foste.
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..
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..
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