US /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ UK /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/
adj noun verb Freq #6667

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The job or skill of caring for sick or injured people as a nurse.

    She went into nursing as a career.

  2. 2
    verb

    Present participle of nurse: caring for someone who is ill, or feeding a baby at the breast.

    The mother sat there nursing her baby.

  3. 3
    adj

    Relating to nurses or their work.

    The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms nursings
Derived forms nonnursingnursinglynursingwearparanursingprenursing

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