Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nurse
Participle: nursed
Gerund: nursing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nurse |
| you | nurse |
| he;she;it | nurses |
| we | nurse |
| you | nurse |
| they | nurse |
Perfect
| I | have nursed |
| you | have nursed |
| he;she;it | has nursed |
| we | have nursed |
| you | have nursed |
| they | have nursed |
Past
| I | nursed |
| you | nursed |
| he;she;it | nursed |
| we | nursed |
| you | nursed |
| they | nursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nursed |
| you | had nursed |
| he;she;it | had nursed |
| we | had nursed |
| you | had nursed |
| they | had nursed |
Future
| I | will nurse |
| you | will nurse |
| he;she;it | will nurse |
| we | will nurse |
| you | will nurse |
| they | will nurse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nursed |
| you | will have nursed |
| he;she;it | will have nursed |
| we | will have nursed |
| you | will have nursed |
| they | will have nursed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nurse |
| you | nurse |
| he;she;it | nurse |
| we | nurse |
| you | nurse |
| they | nurse |
Perfect
| I | have nursed |
| you | have nursed |
| he;she;it | have nursed |
| we | have nursed |
| you | have nursed |
| they | have nursed |
Imperfect
| I | nursed |
| you | nursed |
| he;she;it | nursed |
| we | nursed |
| you | nursed |
| they | nursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had nursed |
| you | had nursed |
| he;she;it | had nursed |
| we | had nursed |
| you | had nursed |
| they | had nursed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nurse |
| you | would nurse |
| he;she;it | would nurse |
| we | would nurse |
| you | would nurse |
| they | would nurse |
Perfect
| I | would have nursed |
| you | would have nursed |
| he;she;it | would have nursed |
| we | would have nursed |
| you | would have nursed |
| they | would have nursed |
Imperative
| you | nurse |
| we | Let's nurse |
| you | nurse |
Verbs conjugated like 'nurse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nurse'
curse,
nursle,
purse,
arse,
burke,
burst,
course,
cure,
curve,
dure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- drink slowly
- drink
- attend
- minister, heal, tend, sustain, treat
- help
- abet, aid, cherish, encourage
- nurture
- feed, foster, cultivate, nourish, mother, father, raise, rear
- suckle
- feed, cradle, breast-feed
- medicate
- vaccinate, x-ray, immunize
Antonyms
- attend
- disregard, desert, forsake, leave
- help
- hamper, counteract, combat, attack
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 12c., nurrice "wet nurse, foster-mother to a young child," from O.Fr. norrice (source of proper name Norris), from L.L. *nutricia "nurse, governess, tutoress," from L., fem. of nutricius "that suckles, nourishes," from nutrix (gen. nutricis) "wet nurse," from nutrire "to suckle" (see nourish). Meaning "person who takes care of sick" first recorded in Eng. 1590; the verb is first attested 1535 in sense of "to suckle (an infant)," 1526 in the passive sense, alt. of M.E. nurshen (13c.; see nourish), originally "to bring up or suckle a child," sense of "take care of (a sick person)" is first recorded 1736.
2. From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).
Verbs referencing "nurse"
Cebuano nars.
Sample Sentences
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In the same neighbourhood is the Farm, where young orphans are nursed and bred. I did not see it, but I believe it is well conducted; and I can the more easily credit it, from knowing how mindful they usually are, in America, of that beautiful passage in the Litany [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] tightly in her arms, and slowly one tear after another fell on his wondering, unconscious face; and gradually she seemed, and little by little, to grow calmer, and busied herself with tending and nursing him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of husbands in such circumstances of bereavement; and there was another lady (with a lap-dog ) old enough to moralize on the lightness of human affections, and yet not so old that she could help nursing the baby, now and then, or laughing with the rest, when the little woman called it by its father 's name, and asked it all manner of fantastic questions concerning him in the joy of her heart.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] relief or change all through his days, were his ! Looking round upon these people: far from home, houseless, indigent, wandering, weary with travel and hard living: and seeing how patiently they nursed and tended their young children: how they consulted ever their wants first, then half supplied their own; what gentle ministers of hope and faith the women were; how the men profited by their [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ O, carry him along to Amariah 's. There's old Grandmam Stephens there,—Dorcas, they call her,—she's most an amazin ’ nurse. She takes to nursing real natural, and an't never better suited than when she gets a sick body to tend. We may reckon on turning him over to her for a fortnight or so. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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For the child, though nursed so tenderly, and though life was unfolding before her with every brightness that love and wealth could give, had no regret for herself in dying.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)