nurse.html - See: VISITING NURSE.

nurse.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To hold a drink in one's hand at a party, pretending to be drinking it or taking extremely small sips only. * /John's been nursing that drink all evening./

nurse.html - {v. phr.} To keep a feeling of envy or dislike toward some person; remember something bad that a person said or did to you, and dislike the person because of that. * /Torn nursed a grudge against John because John took his place on the basketball team./ * /Mary nursed a grudge against her teacher because she thought she deserved a better grade in English./

nurse.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a person trained to assist doctors in caring for the sick or infirm.
2 a person employed or trained to take charge of young children.
3 archaic = wet-nurse.
4 Forestry a tree planted as a shelter to others.
5 Zool. a sexually imperfect bee, ant, etc., caring for a young brood; a worker.

--v.

1 a intr. work as a nurse. b tr. attend to (a sick person). c tr. give medical attention to (an illness or injury).
2 tr. & intr. feed or be fed at the breast.
3 tr. (in passive; foll. by in) be brought up in (a specified condition) (nursed in poverty).
4 tr. hold or treat carefully or caressingly (sat nursing my feet).
5 tr. a foster; promote the development of (the arts, plants, etc.). b harbour or nurture (a grievance, hatred, etc.). c pay special attention to (nursed the voters).
6 tr. Billiards keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons. [reduced f. ME and OF norice, nurice f. LL nutricia fem. of L nutricius f. nutrix -icis f. nutrire NOURISH]

nurse.html - var. of NURSLING.

nurse.html - n.
1 a woman in charge of a child or children.
2 a person who watches over or guides another carefully.