NURSE
What does "NURSE" mean?
A person trained to care for the sick or injured, usually alongside doctors.
Meanings
- A healthcare professional who tends to patients' medical and physical needs. The night nurse checked his vitals every hour without complaint.
- A person employed to look after a young child. The children adored their old nurse and her endless stories.
- To care for and try to restore to health. He spent the week nursing the stray cat back to strength.
- To feed a baby at the breast; to suckle. She paused the meeting to nurse the baby in the next room.
- To hold or sip slowly, or to keep a feeling alive. He nursed the same warm beer and an old grudge all evening. figurative
Did you know?
- The most famous nurse in history was also a pioneering statistician: Florence Nightingale's 1858 'rose diagrams' proved that disease, not combat, killed most Crimean War soldiers, and helped invent modern data visualization.
Word origin
From Old French 'norrice', from Late Latin 'nutricia' (nurse), from Latin 'nutrire' (to nourish, to suckle) - the same root behind 'nutrition' and 'nourish'.
Remember it
NURSE comes from Latin 'nutrire', to nourish - the same root as NUTRITION; a nurse nourishes you back to health.
A little poem
Three a.m., the ward gone soft and blue-
she counts a stranger's breaths like beads,
and stays until the morning does.
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Wordplay
- Why is a nurse good at making drinks last? She's spent years learning to nurse one carefully.
What it teaches
To nourish another is the oldest power we have - care done quietly outlasts every cure done loudly.
Quick facts
What does NURSE mean?
A person trained to care for the sick or injured, usually alongside doctors.
Is NURSE a valid word?
Yes — NURSE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NURSE?
NURSE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does NURSE come from?
From Old French 'norrice', from Late Latin 'nutricia' (nurse), from Latin 'nutrire' (to nourish, to suckle) - the same root behind 'nutrition' and 'nourish'.
What can NURSE teach us?
To nourish another is the oldest power we have - care done quietly outlasts every cure done loudly.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.