Associations to the word «Nurse»

NURSE, noun. (archaic) A wet-nurse.

NURSE, noun. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.

NURSE, noun. A person trained to provide care for the sick.

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

NURSE, noun. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.

NURSE, noun. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.

NURSE, noun. A nurse shark.

NURSE, verb. To breast feed

NURSE, verb. To care for the sick

NURSE, verb. To treat kindly and with extra care

NURSE, verb. To drink slowly

NURSE, verb. To foster, to nourish

NURSE, verb. To hold closely to one's chest

NURSE, verb. To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots

NURSE LOG, noun. A fallen tree which, as it decays, provides ecological facilitation to seedlings.

NURSE LOGS, noun. Plural of nurse log

NURSE PRACTITIONER, noun. (medicine) A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting an individual who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions .

NURSE PRACTITIONERS, noun. Plural of nurse practitioner

NURSE RATCHED, noun. A sadistic, controlling woman, especially a nurse, in a position of authority.

NURSE RATCHEDS, noun. Plural of Nurse Ratched

NURSE SHARK, noun. Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.

NURSE SHARKS, noun. Plural of nurse shark

NURSE, noun. One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).

NURSE, noun. A woman who is the custodian of children.

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

NURSE, verb. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment".

NURSE, verb. Serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people.

NURSE, verb. Treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly".

NURSE, verb. Give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places".