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
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Variant form of the archaic , from , from , from , from .
Noun
- A wet-nurse.
- 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
Verb
- to breast feed
- She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
- to care for the sick
- She nursed him back to health.
- to treat kindly and with extra care
- She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.