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| NOUN | 1 | nurse | One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) |
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| 2 | nurse, nanny, nursemaid | A woman who is the custodian of children | |
| VERB | 1 | nurse | Try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury |
| 2 | nurse, harbor, harbour, hold, entertain | Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | |
| 3 | nurse | Serve as a nurse | |
| 4 | nurse | Treat carefully | |
| 5 | nurse, breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck | Give suck to |
| Sounds | ner's |
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| Rhymes | adverse, averse, coerce, and 24 more rhymes in ers... |
| Meaning | One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician). |
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| Member of | nurse-patient relation |
| Broader | health professional, health care provider, caregiver |
| Narrower | foster-nurse; graduate nurse, trained nurse; licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse; matron, head nurse; midwife, accoucheuse; probationer, student nurse; registered nurse, RN; scrub nurse; visiting nurse |
| Instances | Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell; Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp; Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger |
| Verbs | nurse; nurse |
| Meaning | A woman who is the custodian of children. |
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| Synonyms | nanny, nursemaid |
| Broader | keeper; woman, adult female |
| Narrower | dry nurse; mammy; wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah |
| Verbs | nurse |
| Meaning | Try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Did he nurse his foot? |
| Examples | "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine |
| Broader | treat, care for |
| Nouns | nurse; nursing |
| Meaning | Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | harbor, harbour, hold, entertain |
| Broader | feel, experience |
| Meaning | Serve as a nurse. Care for sick or handicapped people. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | care, give care |
| Nouns | nurse; nursing; nursing |
| Meaning | Treat carefully. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" |
| Broader | treat, handle, do by |
| Nouns | nurser |
| Meaning | Give suck to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" |
| Synonyms | breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck |
| Contrary | bottlefeed |
| Similar to | suck |
| Broader | feed, give |
| Entailed by | wean, ablactate |
| Nouns | nurse; nursing; nursery |
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