nurse
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
Noun 4 meanings
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
“My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.”
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
“Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".”
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
Verb 4 meanings
To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
“She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.”
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
“She nursed him back to health.”
To tend gently and with extra care.
“She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.”
Etymology
From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).
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NURSE at a glance
NURSE has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (N 1 + U 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,570 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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