nurse
Because it is a word with a single syllable, nurse is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofnurse
- A wet nurse.
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
Example: "They hired a nurse to care for their young boy."
- A person trained to provide care for the sick.
Example: "The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward."
- One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
Example: "Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"."
- A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
- A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
- A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
- A nurse shark.
- To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
Example: "She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy."
- To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
- To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
Example: "She nursed him back to health."
- To treat kindly and with extra care
Example: "She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."
- To manage with care and economy
Synonyms: husband
- To drink slowly
- To foster, to nourish
- To hold closely to one's chest
Example: "Would you like to nurse the puppy?"
- To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
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