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nurse

/nɜːs/

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noun

A wet nurse.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
"They hired a nurse to care for their young boy."
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
"The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward."
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
"Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"."
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
A nurse shark.

To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
"She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy."
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
"She nursed him back to health."
To treat kindly and with extra care
"She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."
To manage with care and economy
To drink slowly
To foster, to nourish
To hold closely to one's chest
"Would you like to nurse the puppy?"
To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

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