Nursing Definition | 2. | a woman who has the general care of a child or children; dry nurse. | | 3. | a woman employed to suckle an infant; wet nurse. | | 4. | any fostering agency or influence. | | 5. | Entomology. a worker that attends the young in a colony of social insects. | | 6. | Billiards. the act of maintaining the position of billiard balls in preparation for a carom. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to tend or minister to in sickness, infirmity, etc. | | 8. | to try to cure (an ailment) by taking care of oneself: to nurse a cold. | | 9. | to look after carefully so as to promote growth, development, etc.; foster; cherish: to nurse one's meager talents. | | 10. | to treat or handle with adroit care in
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order to further one's own interests: to nurse one's nest egg. | | 11. | to use, consume, or dispense very slowly or carefully: He nursed the one drink all evening. | | 12. | to keep steadily in mind or memory: He nursed a grudge against me all the rest of his life. | | 13. | to suckle (an infant). | | 14. | to feed and tend in infancy. | | 15. | to bring up, train, or nurture. | | 16. | to clasp or handle carefully or fondly: to
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nurse a plate of food on one's lap. | | 17. | Billiards. to maintain the position of (billiard balls) for a series of caroms. | –verb (used
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without object) | 18. | to suckle a child, esp. one's own. | | 19. | (of a child) to suckle: The child did not nurse after he was three months old. | | 20. | to act as nurse; tend the sick or infirm. | |
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Career Definition–noun | 1. | an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer. | | 2. | a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice. | | 3. | success in a profession, occupation, etc. | | 4. | a course, esp. a swift one. | | 5. | speed, esp. full speed: The horse stumbled in full career. | | 6. | Archaic. a charge at full speed. | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed. | –adjective | 8. | having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat. | |
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