Nurse
/nɜːs/
noun
A wet nurse.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
“They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.”
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
“The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.”
verb
To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
“She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.”
To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
“She nursed him back to health.”