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 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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Job Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupatio
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n or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn. | | 2. | a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor. | | 3. | anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time. | | 4. | an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job. | | 5. | the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job. | | 6. | the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job. | | 7. | the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job. | | 8. | Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job. | | 9. | a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain. | | 10. | Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little s
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ix-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned. | | 11. | Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece. | | 13. | to do business as a jobber. | | 14. | to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. | | 16. | to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana. | | 17. | to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office. | | 18. | to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property. | | 19. | to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain. | –adjective | 20. | of or for a particular job or transaction. | | 21. | bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities. | —Idioms | 22. | do a job on, Slang. | a. | to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. | | b. | to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow. | | | 23. | on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed. | |
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