Nurse Meaning and Definition

Word: Nurse

How to pronounce: nɜːs

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.

Example sentences: "To be valuable health care practitioners, nurses must commit to lifelong learning."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Give medical and other attention to (a sick person)

Example sentences: "She nursed the girl through a dangerous illness"

2. Feed (a baby) at the breast.

Example sentences: "The women nursed their babies"

3. Try to play strokes which keep (the balls) close together.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A grayish Australian shark of shallow inshore waters.

Synonyms:

nanny

babysitter

nursemaid

childminder

sitter

child minder

paramedic

corpsman

care worker

feldsher

sister

visiting nurse

hospital nurse

matron

suckle

suck

wet nurse

breadwinner

hospital attendant

medical orderly

aides

attendant

orderlies

aide

babysit

bring up

cherish

nurture

pamper

coddle

bear

cultivate

dandle

carer

care

caretaker

carers

nurses

nursing staff

public health nurses

nourish

breastfeed

entertain

Derivations:

nursing

nursed

nursery

nurseling

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Nurse in Other Languages...

Spanish: Enfermera

German: Krankenschwester

French: Infirmière

Italian: Infermiera

Turkish: Hemşire