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English noun: nurse | |||
| 1. | nurse (person) one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caregiver, health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accoucheuse, foster-nurse, graduate nurse, head nurse, licensed practical nurse, LPN, matron, midwife, practical nurse, probationer, registered nurse, RN, scrub nurse, student nurse, trained nurse, visiting nurse | ||
| Instance hyponym | Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp, Margaret Higgins Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Nightingale, Sanger | ||
| Member meronym | nurse-patient relation | ||
| 2. | nurse (person) a woman who is the custodian of children | ||
| Synonyms | nanny, nursemaid | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, keeper, woman | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amah, dry nurse, mammy, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse | ||
English verb: nurse | |||
| 1. | nurse (body) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | ||
| Samples | He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs. | ||
| Examples | Did he nurse his foot? | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | care for, treat | ||
| Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||
| 2. | nurse (emotion) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | ||
| Samples | Bear a grudge. Entertain interesting notions. Harbor a resentment. | ||
| Synonyms | entertain, harbor, harbour, hold | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, feel | ||
| 3. | nurse (social) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | care, give care | ||
| 4. | nurse (social) treat carefully | ||
| Samples | He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon. He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do by, handle, treat | ||
| 5. | nurse (consumption) give suck to | ||
| Samples | The wetnurse suckled the infant. You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places. | ||
| Synonyms | breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feed, give | ||
| Verb group | suck | ||
| Antonyms | bottlefeed | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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