nurse

/nɜːs//nɝs/

noun

1
A wet nurse.
2
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
“They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.”
3
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
“The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.”
4
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
“Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".”
5
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
6
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
7
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
8
A nurse shark.

1
To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
“She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.”
2
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
3
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
“She nursed him back to health.”
4
To treat kindly and with extra care
“She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.”
5
To manage with care and economy
6
To drink slowly
7
To foster, to nourish
8
To hold closely to one's chest
“Would you like to nurse the puppy?”
9
To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

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