nurse the public

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.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

public Adjective

— Something is public if it is about or for all the people. You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.

public Noun

— All of the people in a big place like a country. I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it. Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough. The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.