(~s, nursing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill.
She had spent 29 years as a ~...
Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of ~s.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC
2.
If you ~ someone, you care for them when they are ill.
All the years he was sick my mother had ~d him...
She rushed home to ~ her daughter back to health.
VERB: V n, V n back to n
3.
If you ~ an illness or injury, you allow it to get better by resting as much as possible.
We’re going to go home and ~ our colds.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ an emotion or desire, you feel it strongly for a long time.
Jane still ~s the pain of rejection...
He had ~d an ambition to lead his own big orchestra.
= harbour
VERB: V n, V n
5.
When a baby ~s or when its mother ~s it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother’s breast. (OLD-FASHIONED)
Most authorities recommend letting the baby ~ whenever it wants.
...young women nursing babies...
Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
= suckle
VERB: V, V n, V-ing
6.
see also ~ry ~ , nursing , wet ~