English Dictionary

nurse

/nɜːs/

verb

(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.

The nurse cares for the patients with compassion.

意味（1）

(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.

She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.

意味（3）

(transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

She nursed him back to health.

意味（4）

(transitive) To treat kindly and with extra care.

She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.

意味（5）

(transitive) To manage with care and economy.

意味（6）

(transitive) To drink slowly, to make it last.

Rob was nursing a small beer.

意味（7）

(transitive) To foster, to nourish.

If, like me, you have been confined to your home, glued to the news and nursing ever greater anxiety about the state of the world, you have probably become familiar with the sight of the World Health Organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and his daily press briefings.

意味（8）

To hold closely to one's chest

Would you like to nurse the puppy?

意味（9）

(billiards, transitive) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

It is to our interest to let Lee and Johnston come together, just as a billiard-player would nurse the balls when he has them in a nice place