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nurse


Definition: Meaning of, nurse in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / nəːs /

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nurse nurses
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  1. someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital
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  2. old-fashioned a woman employed to look after a young child [=  nanny]
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  • verb
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
nurse nursed nursed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
nursing nurses
  1. sick people [transitive] to look after someone who is ill or injured
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  2. sick people [intransitive usually in progressive] to work as a nurse
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  3. rest [transitive not in passive] to rest when you have an illness or injury so that it will get better
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  4. feed a baby [intransitive and transitive] old-fashioned if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts [=  breastfeed]
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  5. feed a baby [intransitive] if a baby nurses, it sucks milk from its mother's breast
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  6. your feelings [transitive not in passive] to keep a feeling or idea in your mind for a long time, especially an angry feeling
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  7. take care of something [transitive] to take special care of something, especially during a difficult situation
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  8. drink [transitive] informal if you nurse a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it very slowly
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  9. hold [transitive] literary to hold something carefully in your hands or arms close to your body
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nurse used in phrases

  • charge nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who is responsible for the work done in one part of a hospital
  • dental nurse (noun)
    1. someone whose job is to help a dentist
  • district nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who visits people in their own homes
  • dry nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
  • dry-nurse (verb)
    1. take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
  • foster-nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
  • graduate nurse (noun)
    1. including hospital practice someone who has completed the course of study at a nurses training school
  • head nurse (noun)
    1. the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
  • licensed practical nurse (noun)
    1. a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
  • nurse clinician (noun)
    1. a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
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