The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care / That which nourishes; food; diet. / The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").

To nourish or nurse. / (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore

A woman hired to suckle another woman's child. / (figuratively, by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

(transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

Alternative spelling of wet nurse

A woman or girl employed to care for children.

To tend to as a nursemaid. / (colloquial) To care for or look after.

Any spider, from the family Pisauridae, that builds a "tent" in which the eggs are hatched.

Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw. / (formerly) Any small shark; a dogfish.