nurse

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver
• Hyponyms:
foster-nurse, graduate nurse, trained nurse, head nurse, licensed practical nurse,
LPN, practical nurse, matron, midwife, accoucheuse, probationer,
student nurse, registered nurse, RN, scrub nurse, visiting nurse
• Instance Hyponyms:
Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell, Nightingale, Florence Nightingale,
Lady with the Lamp, Sanger, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Higgins Sanger
• Member Holonyms:
nurse-patient relation
2. a woman who is the custodian of children (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
nanny, nursemaid
• Hypernyms:
woman, adult female, keeper
• Hyponyms:
dry nurse, mammy, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah

II - verb

1. try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (Freq. 2)
- He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs
• Derivationally related forms:
nursing
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
treat, care for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Did he nurse his foot?
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) (Freq. 1)
- bear a grudge
- entertain interesting notions
- harbor a resentment
• Syn:
harbor, harbour, hold, entertain
• Hypernyms:
feel, experience
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. serve as a nurse;
care for sick or handicapped people
• Derivationally related forms:
nursing
• Hypernyms:
care, give care
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. treat carefully
- He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon
- He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly
• Derivationally related forms:
nurser
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. give suck to
- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
• Syn:
breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
• Ant:
bottlefeed (for: breastfeed)
• Derivationally related forms:
lactation (for: lactate), nursing, nursery, suck (for: suck), sucker (for: suck)
• Hypernyms:
feed, give
• Verb Group:
suck
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nanny, nursemaid, breastfeed, suckle, suck, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck, harbor, harbour, hold, entertain