1. (noun) nurse
one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
Synonyms: nursemaid, nanny
2. (verb) nanny, nursemaid, nurse
a woman who is the custodian of children
Synonyms: nursemaid, nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat, nurse
3. (verb) nurse
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
Synonyms: breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor
4. (verb) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Synonyms: accommodate, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, suck, deem, hold up, toy with, arrest, breastfeed, take, have, concord, think about, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, suckle, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, lactate, confine, have got, restrain, wet-nurse, withstand, agree, hold in, flirt with, halt, contain, think of, concur, maintain, guard, shield, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, declare, give suck, bear
5. (verb) nurse
serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
Synonyms: breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor
6. (verb) nurse
treat carefully
Synonyms: breastfeed, wet-nurse, give suck, suckle, entertain, harbour, suck, lactate, hold, harbor
7. (verb) breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
give suck to
Synonyms: soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, suckle, take in, suck in, harbour, nurse, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, breastfeed, suck
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Synonyms and Antonyms of nurse 
