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Meaning nurse meaning

What does nurse mean?
Definitions in simple English

nurse Noun

— A nurse is a healthcare worker who helps doctors and helps sick or injured people with the activities of daily life. — A nurse is a woman who takes care of other people's children. — A wet nurse

nurse Verb

— If you nurse a sick or injured person or animal, you help them with the activities of daily life. I admire the time he took to nurse that sick dog back to health. — If you nurse a body part or an injury, you rest it and are careful about it. — If you nurse a bad feeling, you think about it often and try not to forget it. — If you nurse a drink, you drink it very slowly.

nurse

— noun one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) — verb try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs — noun (= nanny) a woman who is the custodian of children — verb (= harbor, harbour, entertain) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) bear a grudge entertain interesting notions harbor a resentment — verb serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people — 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 — verb (= suckle, suck, give suck) give suck to The wetnurse suckled the infant You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Synonyms nurse synonyms

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nurse English » English

suckle care for nanny doctor breastfeed look after tend breast-feed treat suck wet-nurse nurture cherish take care of nursemaid give suck attend wet nurse tend to entertain midwife hold harbour give medicine to foster feed care attendant sister minister minder mind lactate keeper dry-nurse cure attend to wetnurse superintendent sick nurse service raise overseer orderly nursing nurserymaid nourish medicate maintain keep vigil over a sick

Topics nurse topics

What do people use nurse to talk about?
Work and occupation

Occupation
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Person Healthy Treat disease

Doctor, nurse
Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Daily life Clothing

Clothes for special people

Conjugation nurse conjugation

How do you conjugate nurse?

nurse · verb

Examples nurse examples

How do I use nurse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A nurse took my temperature.
Why do you want to be a nurse?
His daughter is a nurse.
She is a nurse.
I would like to speak to the head nurse.
That young lady is a nurse.
Her daughter is a nurse.
My sister is a nurse.
The nurse is not here.
The nurse left the room.
He is said to have an affair with a nurse.
The nurse told us not to enter the room because the patient was in a critical condition.
Please follow the nurse's directions.
Have you ever thought of becoming a nurse?
A nurse wears white.
The nurse will tell you how to do it.
Do you have a doctor or nurse in this hotel?
The old woman is getting better and is being taken good care of by a nurse from the hospital.
The girl is a nurse.
The nurse is dressed in white.
The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.
The nurse soothed the crying child.
The nurse took his temperature.
Nancy is a capable nurse.
The nurse cared for the patient very tenderly.
The nurse attended the patient.

Movie subtitles

Has the, uh, has the nurse been in yet?
It's just not convenient today, Nurse Crane.
Meanwhile, as we try to discuss lighter matters during recreation, perhaps I may ask Nurse Franklin the purpose of her manicure?
Nurse Dyer, would you test me on my Highway Code?
Come in, Nurse.
It's not working, Nurse!
Nurse Crane needs fresh gas and air and an extra pair of hands at Mrs Antoine's.
What's happened, Nurse?
Do you have your car keys with you, Nurse Crane?
Take a seat, Nurse Crane, I'll see if we can get you a cup of tea.
Could you arrange for Nurse Crane to provide a sample of urine?
Nurse Crane.
Nurse Franklin, what about the rabbit?
Were you self-taught, Nurse Crane?
Ladies and gentlemen, I raise my glass to Captain Hubert who just earned a well-deserved third stripe. To his lovely wife, our hospital's head nurse, whose beauty and competence will support her husband's brilliant career.
Stop it! I'm a nurse!
I'll find work as a nurse or as a maid.
She worked as a nurse, was radiantly happy, had found her place in society.
I'll take a job as a nurse.
Am I supposed to be wet nurse to them woodenhead pilgrims a-crossin' the plains?
When I woke up, there was the nurse taking care of me.
Couldn't the nurse take care of herself?
I'd rather get back to the nurse.
This man was overheard by a nurse in the hospital discussing this fact with the prisoner.
If you'll nurse me back to life.
Better ask my nurse.
Nurse? -Yes, sir.
Ready, nurse?
And I also feel that, for her own sake, Nurse Crane should stand down from duties until - the situation is resolved.

News and current affairs

A hospital nurse, an airplane crew member, or a secondary-school teacher, for example, could work five days a week until her late fifties, four days a week until age 62, three days until age 65, and perhaps two days until age 70.
Indeed, it is better to let people clean public parks, nurse children, and take care of the old in government facilities than have them do nothing, as in Germany.
Before they give birth, sows use straw or leaves and twigs to build a comfortable and safe nest in which to nurse their litter.
A nurse, Wangari counts on income from farming to raise money to buy more land - for more farming.
He believed that everyone can change for the better, and that we must nurse the spirit of dialogue, tolerance, and the ability to forgive and to reconcile.

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