nurse
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- A nurse is a healthcare worker who helps doctors and helps sick or injured people with the activities of daily life.
- A nurse is a woman who takes care of other people's children.
- (old, no longer used) A wet nurse
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- (transitive) If you nurse a sick or injured person or an animal, you help them with the activities of daily life.
- I admire the time he took to nurse that sick dog back to health.
- (transitive) If you nurse a body part or an injury, you rest it and are careful about it.
- (transitive) If you nurse a bad feeling, you think about it often and try not to forget it.
- (transitive) If you nurse a drink, you drink it very slowly.
