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Nursed meaning in English
Meaning of Nursed in English
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Nursed pronunciation in English
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Nursed
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Nursed
see synonyms of nursednoun
1.
a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm
2. short for nursemaid
3.
a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
4.
a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
verb (mainly tr)
5. (also intr)
to tend (the sick)
6. (also intr)
to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
7.
to try to cure (an ailment)
8.
to clasp carefully or fondly
she nursed the crying child in her arms
9. (also intr)
(of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
10.
to look after (a child) as one's employment
11.
to attend to carefully; foster, cherish
he nursed the magazine through its first year
having a very small majority he nursed the constituency diligently
12.
to harbour; preserve
to nurse a grudge
13. billiards
to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons
noun
Sir Paul (Maxime). born 1949, English cell biologist and geneticist; winner (2001), with LH Hartwell and RT Hunt, of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
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Nursed
see synonyms of nursed noun
1.
wet nurse
2.
a woman hired to take full care of another's young child or children; nursemaid
3.
a person trained to take care of the sick, injured, or aged, to assist surgeons, etc.; specif., a registered nurse or a practical nurse
4.
a person or thing that nourishes, fosters, protects, etc.
5. Zoology
a worker bee or ant that cares for the young
verb transitiveWord forms: nursed or ˈnursing
6.
to give milk from the breast to (an infant); suckle
7.
to suck milk from the breast of
8.
to take care of (a child or children)
9.
to bring up; rear
10.
to tend (the sick, injured, or aged)
11.
to cause to continue, grow, or develop; nourish or foster
to nurse a grudge
12.
to treat, or try to cure
to nurse a cold
13.
a.
to use, operate, or handle cautiously or carefully, so as to avoid injury, pain, exhaustion, etc.
to nurse an injured leg
b.
to consume, spend, etc. slowly or carefully so as to conserve
to nurse a highball
14.
to clasp; hold carefully; fondle
15. Billiards
to keep (the balls) close together for a series of caroms
verb intransitive
16.
to be suckled; feed at the breast
17.
to suckle a child
18.
to tend the sick, injured, etc. as a nurse
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Nursed
see synonyms of nursedn.
1. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
2.
a. A person employed to take care of a young child.
b. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
3. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization" (C.L.R. James).
4. Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
v. nursed, nurs·ing, nurs·es
v.tr.
1. To serve as a nurse for: nursed the patient back to health.
2. To cause or allow to take milk from the breast or teat: a mother nursing her baby; whales nursing their young.
3. To try to cure by special care or treatment: nurse a cough with various remedies.
4. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain: He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.
5. To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster: nursed her business through the depression. See Synonyms at nurture.
6. To bear privately in the mind: nursing a grudge.
7. To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve: nursed one drink all evening.
v.intr.
1. To serve as a nurse.
2.
a. To take milk from the breast or teat; suckle: The baby is nursing. Puppies nurse for a few weeks.
b. To feed an offspring from the breast or teat: a mother who's nursing; what to feed cows when they're nursing.
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