as in nanny
a person employed to care for a young child or children
sent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work
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as in to mother
to attend to the needs and comforts of
willingly 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
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as in to suckle
to give milk to from the breast
a new mother's decision to nurse her baby
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as in to have
to keep in one's mind or heart
he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend
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as in to baby
to treat with great or excessive care
nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week
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as in to raise
to bring to maturity through care and education
as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years
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as in to encourage
to help the growth or development of
her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent
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as in to spare
to use or give out in stingy amounts
he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch
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Recent Examples of nurse
Jason Blomquist, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Hospitals are hiring nurses and tech specialists at record rates, tech companies are building the future with AI and automation, and green energy firms are looking for talent to drive sustainability.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
That’s so her milk won’t be wasted nursing her children.
—Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There are common themes as to why nurses underreport violence.
—Jason Blomquist, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025
Hospitals are hiring nurses and tech specialists at record rates, tech companies are building the future with AI and automation, and green energy firms are looking for talent to drive sustainability.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
The victim of a kidnapping attempt that left him mutilated, Richard is still nursing trauma from that incident.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
That’s so her milk won’t be wasted nursing her children.
—Michael Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurse
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When the baby was 10 weeks old, the family traveled with their nanny to a wedding.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2025
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How to get in trouble with the IRS: invent a fake nanny or butler.—
Roxana Popescu,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Staff Picks: Our 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2025 Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.—
James Factora,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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Officials estimate that Wisdom has produced 50 to 60 eggs in her lifetime and has mothered as many as 30 chicks.—
Gabriella Rudy,
NBC News,
6 Dec. 2024
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Avoiding them is all but impossible in a world where water supplies are tainted and babies suckle on plastic bottles from their earliest days on earth.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
13 Feb. 2025
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Joan jumped on her leg in an attempt to get some and started to suckle the cheese.—
Nina Turner,
Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2024
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The two men have tons of familiarity dating back to their amateur days.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Peppa Pig will have a brand new piglet to play with come the summer, with news that the beloved character is to welcome a new sibling to the family.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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While her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein, is the heir to the throne, Iman is not in the line of succession—and neither may her baby.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
28 Nov. 2023
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Broward teachers, other school district employees get 3% raises Eyeing a friendly Supreme Court, Republicans push for the Ten Commandments in schools Trump vowed to leverage federal money to fight antisemitism.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, Herrmann raised some half a million dollars from investors, who included Mark Thompson, the chief executive of CNN, and Nicholas Johnston, the publisher of Axios.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
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Nope, although Google does encourage all users to switch from passwords and traditional 2FA to the use of passkeys, of course.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Officials encourage Carolinians to stay informed through official emergency sources and call 911 to report any immediate threats.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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And small caps weren't spared either, with the Russell 2000 finishing the week down 1.2%.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Facing revolutionary justice in 1922, Rostov was spared because he was thought to have authored a poem that helped inspire the revolution.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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