Nurse (noun)
A wet nurse.
Nurse (noun)
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
“They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.”
Nurse (noun)
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
“The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.”
Nurse (noun)
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
“Eton College has been called “the chief nurse of England’s statesmen”.”
Nurse (noun)
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
Nurse (noun)
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
Nurse (noun)
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
Nurse (noun)
A nurse shark.
Nurse (verb)
to breastfeed
“She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.”
Nurse (verb)
to care for the sick
“She nursed him back to health.”
Nurse (verb)
to treat kindly and with extra care
“She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.”
Nurse (verb)
to manage with care and economy
“husband”
Nurse (verb)
to drink slowly
Nurse (verb)
to foster, to nourish
Nurse (verb)
to hold closely to one’s chest
“Would you like to nurse the puppy?”
Nurse (verb)
to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots
Doctor (noun)
A medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
“If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.”
Doctor (noun)
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
Doctor (noun)
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
Doctor (noun)
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
Doctor (noun)
A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
Doctor (noun)
Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
“the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter”
“the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called “donkey engine””
Doctor (noun)
A fish, the friar skate.
Doctor (verb)
To act as a medical doctor to.
“Her children doctored her back to health.”
Doctor (verb)
To act as a medical doctor.
Doctor (verb)
To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
Doctor (verb)
To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
“They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.”
“We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.”
Doctor (verb)
To genetically alter an extant species.
“Mendel’s discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.”
Doctor (verb)
To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
“To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.”
Doctor (verb)
To take medicine.