as in nanny
a person employed to care for a young child or children
sent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work
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as in to mother
to attend to the needs and comforts of
willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm
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as in to suckle
to give milk to from the breast
a new mother's decision to nurse her baby
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as in to have
to keep in one's mind or heart
he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend
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as in to baby
to treat with great or excessive care
nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week
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as in to raise
to bring to maturity through care and education
as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years
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as in to encourage
to help the growth or development of
her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent
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as in to spare
to use or give out in stingy amounts
he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch
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Recent Examples of nurse
Jen Juneau, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The nurses also connected with the American Red Cross and other larger organizations and started procuring and distributing medical supplies across the region.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Gillick, the Chargers’ high-powered running back who came into the contest averaging 168 yards a game, was nursing an injury and saw limited action, getting only 10 carries.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Minnie Driver has the best nurse in partner Addison O'Dea!
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The nurses also connected with the American Red Cross and other larger organizations and started procuring and distributing medical supplies across the region.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
During last week’s Game 4 win over the Padres, Knack — the former second-round draft pick whose solid rookie season wasn’t enough to warrant full starting pitching duties in the playoffs — didn’t take the mound until the ninth inning, when the Dodgers were nursing an eight-run lead.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Gillick, the Chargers’ high-powered running back who came into the contest averaging 168 yards a game, was nursing an injury and saw limited action, getting only 10 carries.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Juliana Peres Magalhães, the nanny for a suburban Virginia family who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in a double homicide case, can be seen hyperventilating in new police body camera footage from the Fairfax County Police Department.Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Her first feature explored the unsettling experiences of Aisha (Diop), an undocumented Senegalese immigrant working as a nanny for an affluent white couple in New York City, while struggling to save enough money to bring her son from Senegal to America.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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That divine feminine energy and the space to create and to mother a project.Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 25 June 2024
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The deals are mothering—literally, Dame Pat McGrath is mother.Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
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Joan jumped on her leg in an attempt to get some and started to suckle the cheese.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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After the birth, the infant was showing strong signs of suckling, and zoo staff thought that Kianga was providing excellent care, the release states.Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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Emma’s always on her phone, smoking, or having tea.Emma Soren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Australia’s defense spending exceeds the two-percent threshold and the country has big increases planned for the future, but defense experts in Australia have warned that these increases are all scheduled several years from now, which may be too late to deter Chinese belligerence in the near term.Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
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Plus, judging by Dustin May, Walker Buehler and many others, babying a pitcher doesn’t seem too effective.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
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Trump has discussed raising tariffs across the board by 10% to 20%, so the 20% figure Harris cited is on the upper end of what Trump has said.Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Eastwood raised the same predicament in The 15:17 to Paris and Sully when seeming to be impartial while playing off recent incidents that inspired the scripts.Armond White, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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Gifts Under $50 Keep it traditional by giving him high-quality underwear or encourage him to pamper himself with a grooming kit from one of our favorite beauty brands.Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The hike also is aimed at encouraging more customers to pay electronically with FasTrak toll readers.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Regardless of the specific charges against her, Jean McConville was the victim of a war crime, disappeared by the IRA to spare them the public shame of dumping the corpse of a young widow and mother on the street.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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If it was chopped down, Reeder could lie across the stump with more than a foot to spare.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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