Nursing
WordNet

noun


(1)   The work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm
(2)   Nourishing at the breast
(3)   The profession of a nurse
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Etymology


Variant form of the archaic , from , from , from , from .

Noun



  1. A wet-nurse.
  2. A woman who takes care of other people’s young.
    They hired a nurse to care for their young boy
  3. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
    The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward

Verb



  1. to breast feed
    She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
  2. to care for the sick
    She nursed him back to health.
  3. to treat kindly and with extra care
    She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
 
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