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- English Word Nurse Definition A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
- English Word Nurse Definition A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
- English Word Nurse Definition Either one of the nurse sharks.
- English Word Nurse Definition To nourish; to cherish; to foster
- English Word Nurse Definition To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.
- English Word Nurse Definition To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
- English Word Nurse Definition To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
- English Word Nurse Definition To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
- English Word Nurse Definition To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.
- English Word Nursed Definition of Nurse
- English Word Nursehound Definition See Houndfish.
- English Word Nursemaid Definition A girl employed to attend children.
- English Word Nursepond Definition A pond where fish are fed.
- English Word Nurser Definition One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
- English Word Nurseries Definition of Nursery
- English Word Nursery Definition The act of nursing.
- English Word Nursery Definition The place where nursing is carried on
- English Word Nursery Definition The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
- English Word Nursery Definition A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
- English Word Nursery Definition The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.