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nursesnounpl. of nurse 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 babysitters, dry nurses, nannies, nursemaids, nursers, sitters amahs, ayahsau pairs, bonnesmammiesduennas, frauleins, governesses, mademoiselles(or mesdemoiselles) nursesverbpresent tense third-person singular of nurseto 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 administers (to), cares (for), ministers (to), mothers cures, heals, remediesdoctors, treatsaids, conserves, preserves, provides (for), supportsbabies, coddles, mollycoddles, pampers, spoilscaters (to), humorsindulges does for(chiefly British), looks after, looks out for, looks to, sees to, takes care of, waits on(also waits upon) brushes (aside or off), forgets, ignores, neglects, overlooks, slights 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 bears, cherishes, entertains, harbors, has, holds cultivates, fosters, nurtures, supports, sustainscarries, keeps, maintains, preserves, remembers, retains, treasurescleaves (to), clings (to), hugs, sticks (to)broods (about or over), fixates (on or upon), obsesses (about or over) hangs on to, holds on to disregards, drops, forgets, ignores, neglects, overlooksabjures, declines, denies, disdains, refuses, rejects, repudiates, scornsabandons, deserts, discards, forsakes, gives up, parts (with), quits, renounces, throws outerases, expunges to treat with great or excessive carenursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week babies, cockers, coddles, cossets, dandles, indulges, mollycoddles, pampers, spoils, wet-nurses caters (to), humorscontents, delights, gladdens, gratifies, mothers, obliges, pleases, satisfiesappeases, mollifies, pacifies, placates, soothes abuses, ill-treats, ill-uses, maltreats, manhandles, mishandles, mistreats, misuses controls, disciplines, restrainsoppressesneglects, overlooks, slightsmolests, outrages, violatesharasses, harms, hurts, injures, oppresses, persecutes, torments, tortures, victimizes to bring to maturity through care and educationas foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years breeds, brings up, fosters, nourishes, raises, rears fathers, mothersattends, cares (for), cradles, cultivates, minds, ministers (to), nurtures, watchesdisciplines, educates, instructs, mentors, schools, teaches, trains, tutorsedifies, enlightens, indoctrinatesfeeds, provides (for), suppliesadvances, forwards, furthers, promotespreparesdirects, guides, leads, shepherds, shows abuses, ill-treats, ill-uses, maltreats, mishandles, mistreatsignores, neglectsharms, hurts, injures to help the growth or development ofher teachers did much to nurse her literary talent advances, cultivates, encourages, forwards, fosters, furthers, incubates, nourishes, nurtures, promotes advocates, backs, champions, endorses(also indorses), supports, upholdsendows, finances, funds, patronizes, stakes, subsidizes, underwritesabets, aids, assistsadvertises, boosts, plugs, publicizes, toutsagitates (for), campaigns (for), works (for) discourages, frustrates, hinders, inhibits bans, bars, enjoins, forbids, interdicts, outlaws, prevents, prohibits, proscribesbattles, combats, contends (with), counters, fights, opposesrepresses, snuffs (out), squashes, squelches, stifles, subdues, suppressesarrests, checks, halts, retardsencumbers, fetters, hobbles, impedes, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles 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 scants, skimps (on), spares, stints (on) doles out, metes (out), portions (out), rations (out)pinches, shortchangesconserves, preserves heaps, lavishes, pours, rains, showers |