nurse
1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver • Hyponyms: foster-nurse, graduate nurse, trained nurse, head nurse, licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse, matron, midwife, accoucheuse, probationer, student nurse, registered nurse, RN, scrub nurse, visiting nurse • Instance Hyponyms: Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell, Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp, Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger • Member Holonyms: nurse-patient relation 2. a woman who is the custodian of children (Freq. 1) • Syn: nanny, nursemaid • Hypernyms: woman, adult female, keeper • Hyponyms: dry nurse, mammy, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah
1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (Freq. 2) - He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs • Derivationally related forms: nursing • Topics: medicine, practice of medicine • Hypernyms: treat, care for • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Did he nurse his foot? 2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) (Freq. 1) - bear a grudge - entertain interesting notions - harbor a resentment • Syn: harbor, harbour, hold, entertain • Hypernyms: feel, experience • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people • Derivationally related forms: nursing • Hypernyms: care, give care • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody 4. 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 • Derivationally related forms: nurser • Hypernyms: treat, handle, do by • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 5. give suck to - The wetnurse suckled the infant - You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places • Syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck • Ant: bottlefeed (for: breastfeed) • Derivationally related forms: lactation (for: lactate), nursing, nursery, suck (for: suck), sucker (for: suck) • Hypernyms: feed, give • Verb Group: suck • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s somebody
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