• a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife , nurse-practitioner , physician's assistant , practical nurse , registered nurse .
    a woman who has the general care of a child or children; dry nurse.
    a woman employed to suckle an infant; wet nurse.
    any fostering agency or influence.
    Entomology . a worker that attends the young in a colony of social insects.
    Billiards . the act of maintaining the position of billiard balls in preparation for a carom.

    Verb (used with object)

    to tend or minister to in sickness, infirmity, etc.
    to try to cure (an ailment) by taking care of oneself
    to nurse a cold.
    to look after carefully so as to promote growth, development, etc.; foster; cherish
    to nurse one's meager talents.
    to treat or handle with adroit care in order to further one's own interests
    to nurse one's nest egg.
    to use, consume, or dispense very slowly or carefully
    He nursed the one drink all evening.
    to keep steadily in mind or memory
    He nursed a grudge against me all the rest of his life.
    to suckle (an infant).
    to feed and tend in infancy.
    to bring up, train, or nurture.
    to clasp or handle carefully or fondly
    to nurse a plate of food on one's lap.
    Billiards . to maintain the position of (billiard balls) for a series of caroms.

    Verb (used without object)

    to suckle a child, esp. one's own.
    (of a child) to suckle
    The child did not nurse after he was three months old.
    to act as nurse; tend the sick or infirm.

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