Definition of nurse in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: nurses
nurse - one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
		health care provider, health professional, primary care provider, caregiver, pcp a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
		nurse-patient relation the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
		foster-nurse a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
		graduate nurse, trained nurse someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school
		head nurse the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution
		licensed practical nurse, lpn, practical nurse a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
		matron a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
		accoucheuse, midwife a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
		student nurse, probationer someone released on probation or on parole
		registered nurse, rn a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
		scrub nurse a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery
		visiting nurse a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes
nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children
		nanny, nursemaid
		adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
		keeper someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
		dry nurse a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
		mammy an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
Verb nurses, nursing, nursed
nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
nurse - serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
		give care, care feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
nurse - 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"
		do by, handle, treat touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
nurse - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
		breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
		bottlefeed feed (infants) with a bottle
		suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
		feed, give introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
nurse - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
		harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
		experience, feel go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"

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Wiktionary

nurse (Noun)
A wet-nurse.
nurse (Noun)
A person usually a woman who takes care of other people’s young.
nurse (Noun)
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
nurse (Verb)
To breast feed .
nurse (Verb)
To care for the sick.
nurse (Verb)
To treat kindly and with extra care.
nurse (Verb)
To drink slowly.
nurse (Verb)
To foster, to nourish.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

nurse (n.)
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
nurse (n.)
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
nurse (n.)
A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
nurse (n.)
A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
nurse (n.)
Either one of the nurse sharks.
nurse (v. t.)
To nourish; to cherish; to foster
nurse (v. t.)
To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
nurse (v. t.)
To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
nurse (v. t.)
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
nurse (v. t.)
To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
nurse (v. t.)
To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

nurse
A woman who watches over someone else's kids usually as a full-time job.
nurse
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
nurse
To maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

nurse
nurs, n. a woman who nourishes an infant: a mother while her infant is at the breast: one who has the care of infants or of the sick: (hort.) a shrub or tree which protects a young plant.—v.t. to tend, as an infant or a sick person: to bring up: to cherish: to manage with care and economy: to play skilfully, as billiard-balls, in order to get them into the position one wants.—adj. Nurse′like (Shak.), like or becoming a nurse.—ns. Nurse′maid, a girl who takes care of children; Nurs′er, one who nurses: one who promotes growth; Nurs′ery, place for nursing: an apartment for young children: a place where the growth of anything is promoted: (hort.) a piece of ground where plants are reared; Nurs′ery-gov′erness; Nurs′erymaid, a nurse-maid; Nurs′eryman, a man who owns or works a nursery: one who is employed in cultivating plants, &c., for sale; Nurs′ing-fa′ther (B.), a foster-father; Nurs′ling, that which is nursed: an infant. [O. Fr. norrice (Fr. nourrice)—L. nutrix—nutrīre, to nourish.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

nurse
An able first lieutenant, who in former times had charge of a young boy-captain of interest, but possessing no knowledge for command. Also, a small kind of shark with a very rough skin; a dog-fish.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

nurse
A person whose whole business is to attend the sick in hospital. In the U. S. service, nurses are detailed in post hospitals from the companies who are serving at the post, and are exempt from other duty, but have to attend the parades for weekly inspections and the musters of their companies, unless especially excused by the commanding officer. Ordinarily one nurse is allowed to every ten persons sick in hospital. In the British service there are sergeants, orderly men, and nurses (generally women) in hospitals of regiments of the line.

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

nurse
One who keeps setting up the drinks after you're all in.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

nurse
The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk.

Wikipedia

A nurse is a person who is trained to give care (help) to people who are sick or injured. Nurses work with doctors and other health care workers to make patients well (not sick) and to keep them healthy. Nurses also help with end-of-life needs and assist other family members with grieving.

Nursing is a profession, like a doctor, but training for a nurse is different in how long a person must train and what kind of training they need. In some places, nurses may train for three to five years or more before they get a license as a nurse.

Nurses work in many places. Nurses work in hospitals, in doctor's offices, and in the community, and they even visit people at home.

Sometimes people decide to become nurses rather than doctors, because the nurses will be able to help patients directly, by talking to them, doing things they need, carefully watching that nothing goes wrong, and then seeing them as they get better.

Like doctors, nurses can specialize in what work they do. Some nurses train and work to help during surgery. Some nurses train to help people understand health problems like nutrition (what to eat), and disease (what can make people sick). Nurses can do many different jobs to help people.

Nurses are in demand because there are not enough nurses to handle hospital needs. Because of this shortage nurses will sometimes travel to another location to work for a few months in what is called travel nursing

Nursing in Australia.

Nursing in Australia is done by "Registered Nurse