nurse
🇺🇸
/nɜːrs/
🇬🇧
/nɜːs/
noun
A1
a person who helps sick or hurt people get better
The nurse checked the patient's temperature.
R
a woman who takes care of babies or young children at home
The nurse played with the children in the garden.
verb
R
to help someone who is sick or hurt get better
The nurse helped the sick man feel better.
R
to rest and take care of an injury or sickness
The nurse advised him to rest his injured leg.
R
to keep a strong feeling or idea in your mind for a long time
The nurse held onto hope for her patient's recovery.
R
to give special care or attention to something
The nurse carefully handled the medical equipment.
R
to hold a drink and drink it slowly
The nurse sipped her tea slowly during the break.
R
to feed a baby with milk from the breast
The new mother learned how to nurse her baby.
R
to drink milk from the mother's breast
The baby nurse every few hours.
translation
a person who helps sick or hurt people get better; a woman who takes care of babies or young children at home
to help someone who is sick or hurt get better; to rest and take care of an injury or sickness; to keep a strong feeling or idea in your mind for a long time; to give special care or attention to something; to hold a drink and drink it slowly; to feed a baby with milk from the breast; to drink milk from the mother's breast
Word Forms
3rd Present
nurses
Past
nursed
Perfect
nursed
Progressive
nursing
Plural
nurses