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Word: Nurse
Speech Type: Noun
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
nəːs
a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital
Short Definition:person trained to care for sick
Examples:- a team of doctors and nurses
- a psychiatric nurse
a worker bee, ant, or other social insect, caring for a young brood.
Short Definition:worker bee, ant, etc.
Word: Nurse
Speech Type: Verb
nəːs
give medical and other attention to (a sick person)
Short Definition:give medical attention to
Examples:- he was gradually nursed back to health
feed (a baby) at the breast
Short Definition:breastfeed baby
Examples:- the women nursed their babies
- lionesses who were nursing their own cubs
try to play strokes which keep (the balls) close together.
Short Definition:try to play strokes keeping balls close together
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