| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| nurse |
| 1. n. (archaic) A wet-nurse. |
| 2. n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. |
| They hired a nurse to care for their young boy |
| 3. n. A person trained to provide care for the sick. |
| The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward |
| 4. n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. |
| 5. n. (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant. |
| 6. n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place. |
| 7. n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. |
| 8. n. A nurse shark. |
| 9. v. to breastfeed |
| She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy. |
| 10. v. to care for the sick |
| She nursed him back to health. |
| 11. v. to treat kindly and with extra care |
| She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed. |
| 12. v. to manage with care and economy |
| Synonyms: husband |
| 13. v. to drink slowly |
| 14. v. to foster, to nourish |
| 15. v. to hold closely to one's chest |
| Would you like to nurse the puppy? |
| 16. v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| sjuksköterska |
| 1. n-c. a nurse |
| 2. n-c. a senior nurse (ward nurse with university degree) |
