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1.nounA wet nurse.
2.nounA person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young."They hired a nurse to care for their young boy."
3.nounA person trained to provide care for the sick."The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward."
4.nounOne who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters."Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"."
5.nounA shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
6.nounA lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
7.nounA larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
8.nounA nurse shark.
9.verbTo breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle."She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy."
10.verbTo breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
11.verbTo care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to."She nursed him back to health."
12.verbTo treat kindly and with extra care"She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."
13.verbTo manage with care and economy
14.verbTo drink slowly
15.verbTo foster, to nourish
16.verbTo hold closely to one's chest"Would you like to nurse the puppy?"
17.verbTo strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.