Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..

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Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
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..
Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
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..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
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..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
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..
Norice :: Norice (n.) Nurse.
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..
Nursed :: Nursed (imp. & p. p.) of Nurs.
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
Nourice :: Nourice (n.) A nurse.
Nurse :: 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..
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
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