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Noun: nursing  nur-sing
  1. The work of caring for the sick, injured or infirm
     
  2. The profession of a nurse
     
  3. Nourishing at the breast
    - breast feeding
Verb: nurse  nurs
  1. (medicine) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
    "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
     
  2. Serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
     
  3. 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"
     
  4. (of a woman) produce breast milk for a baby to drink
    "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places";
    - breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck [archaic]
     
  5. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
    "nurse a resentment";
    - harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn], hold, entertain, bear

Derived forms: nursings

Type of: aid, attention, care, care for, do by, experience, feed, feel, give, give care, handle, health profession, infant feeding, tending, treat

Encyclopedia: Nursing

Nurse, Paul