| inglese > italiano | |
| nurse | |
| 1. sost. (medicina) infermiera, infermiere | |
| 2. verb. curare | |
| 3. verb. allattare | |
| 4. verb. poppare, ciucciare, prendere il latte | |
| 5. verb. sorseggiare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| nurse | |
| 1. subst. (archaic) A wet-nurse. |  |
| 2. subst. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. |  |
| They hired a nurse to care for their young boy |  |
| 3. subst. A person trained to provide care for the sick. |  |
| The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward |  |
| 4. subst. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. |  |
| 5. subst. (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant. |  |
| 6. subst. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place. |  |
| 7. subst. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. |  |
| 8. subst. 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 |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| infermiera | |
| 1. subst. nurse |  |