nurse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person trained to care for sick or injured people, usually in a hospital.

   The nurse checked his temperature every hour.

2. 2
   verb

   To look after someone who is ill and help them get better.

   She nursed him back to health after the accident.

3. 3
   verb

   To feed a baby with milk from the breast.

   The mother nursed her baby every few hours.

4. 4
   verb

   To look after something carefully so that it grows or improves.

   He nursed his small business until it became successful.

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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