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 order to further one's own interests: to nurse one's nest egg. | | 11. | to use, consume, or dispense very slowly or carefully:
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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 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 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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Education Definition–noun | 1. | the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. | | 2. | the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession. | | 3. | a degree, level, or kind of schooling: a university education. | | 4. | the result produced by instruction, training, or study: to show one's education. | | 5. | the science or art of teaching; pedagogics. | |
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