nurse
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,704 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,634 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) also: harbor, harbour, hold, entertain bear a grudgeentertain interesting notions
- serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
- treat carefully He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoonHe nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly
- give suck to also: breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck The wetnurse suckled the infantYou cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
noun
- one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
- a woman who is the custodian of children also: nanny, nursemaid
nurse in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Then he sought the nurse who had attended her.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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The workbag, if you please, of the District Nurse, Mary Winship.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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In there came old Alice the nurse; Said: “Who was this that went from thee?”
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Afterwards Odysseus has an interview with Penelope (who does not recognise him), but he is recognised by his old nurse Eurycleia.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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He had been compelled to give some thirty francs to a nurse, and almost twice as much for the baby’s clothes.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1