nurse [ˈnɚs]

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¹ nurse noun

• a person who is trained to care for sick or injured people and who usually works in a hospital or doctor's office
• a woman who is paid to take care of a young child usually in the child's home

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² nurse verb

• to take care of or help (someone who is sick or injured)
• to give special care or attention to (something) : to try to keep (something) from failing
• to feed (a baby or young animal) with milk from the mother's body