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one skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"

treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by liyng in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"

treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by liyng in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

Either one of the nurse sharks.

To nourish; to cherish; to foster

To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; - applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

Either one of the nurse sharks.

To nourish; to cherish; to foster

To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; - applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.

Professionals qualified by education at an accredited school of nursing and licensed by state law to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.

A woman who has the care of the children of another person; one who tends the sick or infirm; one who, or that which, protects or fosters.

To tend or suckle, as an infant; bring up; tend in sickness; promote growth or vigor in; encourage.

To suckle; of an infant, to suck.

1. To suckle, to give suck to an infant. 2. To perform all the necessary offices in the care of the sick. 3. A woman who has the care of an infant or young child. 4. One who has the care of a sick person, performing all the necessary offices in relation to the toilet, giving of food and medicine, etc., under the direction of the physician.

A woman who nourishes an infant: a mother, while her infant is at the breast: one who has the care of infants or of the sick: (hort.) a shrub or tree which protects a young plant.

To tend, as an infant, or a sick person: to bring up: to manage with care and economy.

One who nourishes or tends a child or sick person.

To tend, as a child or sick person; to manage with care.

To care for, as a child or a sick person; suckle; nourish; cherish.

One who nurses a child or a sick person.

A woman who has care of infants or children; one who suckles children; one who tends the sick; he who or that which nourishes or protects; the state of being nursed.

A woman who has the care of infants or young children; a woman who suckles the infant of another, familiarly called a wet-nurse; one having the care of a sick person; he or that which cherishes or promotes.

To suckle; to nourish at the breast, as an infant; to attend and take care of in sickness; to cherish; to manage with care and economy.

One who suckles her own child or another's. Also, one that has the care of a sick person. Care-taker, (F.) Garde-malade.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Latin] One who tends a child or children in a family ;- one who suckles the child of another ; wet nurse ;- one who attends in child-birth ; monthly-nurse ;- one, male or female, who waits on the sick ;- one who or that which brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or the like.