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nursenoun a person employed to care for a young child or childrensent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work babysitter, dry nurse, nanny(also nannie), nursemaid, nurser, sitter amah, ayahau pair, bonnemammyduenna, fraulein, governess, mademoiselle nurseverbto attend to the needs and comforts ofwillingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm administer (to), care (for), minister (to), mother cure, heal, remedydoctor, treataid, conserve, preserve, provide (for), supportbaby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoilcater (to), humorindulge do for(chiefly British), look after, look out for, look to, see to, take care of, wait on(also wait upon) brush (aside or off), forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, slight to give milk to from the breasta new mother's decision to nurse her baby to keep in one's mind or hearthe continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend bear, cherish, entertain, harbor, have, hold cultivate, foster, nurture, support, sustaincarry, keep, maintain, preserve, remember, retain, treasurecleave (to), cling (to), hug, stick (to)brood (about or over), fixate (on or upon), obsess (about or over) hang on to, hold on to disregard, drop, forget, ignore, neglect, overlookabjure, decline, deny, disdain, refuse, reject, repudiate, scornabandon, desert, discard, forsake, give up, part (with), quit, renounce, throw outerase, expunge to treat with great or excessive carenursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, wet-nurse cater (to), humorcontent, delight, gladden, gratify, mother, oblige, please, satisfyappease, mollify, pacify, placate, soothe abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse control, discipline, restrainoppressneglect, overlook, slightmolest, outrage, violateharass, harm, hurt, injure, oppress, persecute, torment, torture, victimize to bring to maturity through care and educationas foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years breed, bring up, foster, nourish, raise, rear father, motherattend, care (for), cradle, cultivate, mind, minister (to), nurture, watchdiscipline, educate, instruct, mentor, school, teach, train, tutoredify, enlighten, indoctrinatefeed, provide (for), supplyadvance, forward, further, promotepreparedirect, guide, lead, shepherd, show abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mishandle, mistreatignore, neglectharm, hurt, injure to help the growth or development ofher teachers did much to nurse her literary talent advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, incubate, nourish, nurture, promote advocate, back, champion, endorse(also indorse), support, upholdendow, finance, fund, patronize, stake, subsidize, underwriteabet, aid, assistadvertise, boost, plug, publicize, toutagitate (for), campaign (for), work (for) discourage, frustrate, hinder, inhibit ban, bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribebattle, combat, contend (with), counter, fight, opposerepress, snuff (out), squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppressarrest, check, halt, retardencumber, fetter, hobble, impede, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle to use or give out in stingy amountshe carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch scant, skimp (on), spare, stint (on) dole out, mete (out), portion (out), ration (out)pinch, shortchangeconserve, preserve heap, lavish, pour, rain, shower in the 13th century |