nurse

IPA: nˈɝs

(archaic) A wet nurse.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
(figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
(horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
(nautical) 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 or dogfish.
A surname.

(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
(intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
(transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
(transitive) To treat kindly and with extra care.
(transitive) To manage with care and economy.
(transitive) To drink slowly, to make it last.
(transitive) To foster, to nourish.
To hold closely to one's chest
(billiards, transitive) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

Examples of "nurse" in Sentences

This nurse is a good, all around medical professional.
Make sure the nurse is aware of the time lapse before receiving the next injection.
Lorig Charkoudian, a Maryland mom, organized what she called a nurse-in at a Starbucks near her home.
And, in the preceding notes, the term nurse is used indiscriminately for amateur and professional nurses.
First browse and I learn that deafness in a nurse is an evil to be avoided, she won't hear when you call for her at night.
Nay, I became recklessly gay the last night, and dressed myself in what I termed my nurse's uniform, a dark-navy blue cambric, and then went down to show myself to Uncle Keith, who was reading aloud the paper to Aunt Agatha.
Also given the fact that yes, doctors sometimes do make mistakes as do pharmacists and the nurse is the one giving the meds, it is my responsibility too to know if the med I am giving is okay to give and that the dose is right.