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■ noun
1》 a person trained to care for the sick or infirm.
↘ dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children.
2》 Entomology a worker bee or other social insect that cares for a young brood.
3》 Forestry a tree or crop planted as a shelter to others.
■ verb
1》 give medical and other attention to.
↘work as a ~.
2》 feed or be fed at the breast.
3》 treat or hold carefully or protectively.
↘hold (a drink), sipping it occasionally.
4》 harbour (a belief or feeling) for a long time.
5》 Billiards & Snooker try to play strokes which keep (the balls) close together.
Derivatives
nursing noun
Origin
ME: contr. of earlier nourice , from OFr., from late L. nutricia , feminine of L. nutricius '(person) that nourishes', from nutrix , nutric- '~', from nutrire 'nourish'.
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~ 2
(also grey ~ )
■ noun a greyish Australian shark of shallow inshore waters. [ Odontaspis arenarius .]
Origin
C15: orig. as nusse , perh. derived (by wrong division) from an huss (see huss ).