NURSED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Nurse

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English: contraction of earlier nourice, from Old French, from late Latin nutricia, feminine of Latin nutricius ‘(person) that nourishes’, from nutrix, nutric- ‘nurse’, from nutrire ‘nourish’. The verb was originally a contraction of nourish, altered under the influence of the noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nəːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

give medical and other attention to (a sick person)

Short Definition:

give medical attention to

Examples:
  • he was gradually nursed back to health
Definition:

feed (a baby) at the breast

Short Definition:

breastfeed baby

Examples:
  • the women nursed their babies
  • lionesses who were nursing their own cubs
Definition:

try to play strokes which keep (the balls) close together.

Short Definition:

try to play strokes keeping balls close together

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