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— English words —

• nurse n. (Archaic) A wet nurse.
• nurse n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
• nurse n. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
• nurse n. (Figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
• nurse n. (Horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
• nurse n. (Nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
• nurse n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
• nurse v. (Intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To treat kindly and with extra care.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To manage with care and economy.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To drink slowly, to make it last.
• nurse v. (Transitive) To foster, to nourish.
• nurse v. To hold closely to one’s chest.
• nurse v. (Billiards, transitive) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during…
• nurse n. A nurse shark or dogfish.
• Nurse prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • nurse n. Alternative form of norice.

— English word, defined in German —

• nurse S. Krankenschwester, Krankenpfleger.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• nurse n. (Beroep) verpleegkundige.

— English words, defined in French —

• nurse n. Infirmière, infirmier.
• nurse n. Nourrice.
• nurse v. Soigner.
• nurse v. Allaiter, donner le sein.
• nurse v. Téter.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• nurse s. Profesión. Enfermera.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• nurse s. (Medicina) infermiera, infermiere.

— In German —

• Nurse S. Veraltet: weibliche Person, die in einer Familie die Kinder betreut.

— In Dutch —

• nurse n. (Beroep) vrouw die kinderen verzorgt.
• nurse n. (Beroep) vrouw die verpleegkundige is.

— In French —

• nurse n.f. (Anglicisme) (Puériculture) Personne qui s’occupe de jeunes enfants.
• nurse v. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de nurser.
• nurse v. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de nurser.
• nurse v. Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de nurser.
• nurse v. Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de nurser.
• nurse v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de nurser.
• nursé v. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe nurser.

— In Italian —

• nurse s. Persona che s’occupa di bambini.
• nurse s. Infermiera.

108 English words from 19 English definitions

Alternative and Archaic asexual asexual␣reproduction as␣to baby balls billiard billiard␣balls Billiards breast breastfeed brings brings␣up captain care care␣for care␣of causes cercariae certain chest closely command dogfish drink during economy especially extra fed feed Figurative first first␣officer for form foster fosters gently good grow his hold Horticulture Intransitive keep kindly larva last lieutenant make make␣it manage Nautical norice nourish nurse nurse␣shark officer one other people person place plant position produces protects provide rears reproduction shark shrub sick sickness slowly so␣as so␣as␣to someone strike suckle surname takes takes␣care takes␣care␣of takes␣command tend that the them trained trains transitive treat tree trematodes unfit usually wet wet␣nurse when which who with woman young

13 English words from 21 foreign definitions

bambini che die donner Kinder masculin nurser passé Person Persona Première sein vrouw

45 foreign words from 21 foreign definitions

Allaiter Anglicisme Beroep betreut Deuxième Deuxième␣personne donner␣le␣sein einer enfants Enfermera Familie impératif indicatif infermiera infermiere infirmier Infirmière jeunes kinderen Krankenpfleger Krankenschwester Medicina Nourrice occupa occupe Participe Participe␣passé personne Première␣personne présent Profesión Puériculture qui singulier Soigner subjonctif subjonctif␣présent Téter Troisième Troisième␣personne Veraltet verbe verpleegkundige verzorgt weibliche

74 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

nursed nurser nurses Nurses nursey nurse-in nursers nursery nursest nurseth nurseys nursebot nursedom nurse-ins nurse␣log nurseman nursemen nursebots nursegirl nurseless nurselike nurseling nurse␣logs nursemaid nursepond nurseries nursewear nursegirls nursehound nurselings nursemaids nurseponds nurserydom nurseryful nurseryman nurserymen nurse␣shark nursehounds nursemaided nurseryfish nurseryfuls nurserymaid nurseryware nurse␣sharks nursetender nursemaiding Nurse␣Ratched nurserymaids nursery␣nurse nursery␣rhyme +24 words

39 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unnursed drynursed drynurses dry-nurses dry␣nurses nit␣nurses nonnurses wetnursed wet␣nursed wetnurses wet-nurses wet␣nurses allonursed grey␣nurses overnursed overnurses prenursery sicknurses telenurses scrub␣nurses supernurses undernurses charge␣nurses flight␣nurses nickel␣nurser paleonursery district␣nurses graduate␣nurses grey␣nurse␣shark paleonurseries stellar␣nursery community␣nurses grey␣nurse␣sharks practical␣nurses registered␣nurses stellar␣nurseries workplace␣nursery psychiatric␣nurses workplace␣nurseries

28 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

drynurse dry-nurse dry␣nurse nit␣nurse nonnurse wetnurse wet-nurse wet␣nurse allonurse grey␣nurse overnurse sicknurse telenurse scrub␣nurse staff␣nurse supernurse undernurse charge␣nurse flight␣nurse nursery␣nurse snotty's␣nurse district␣nurse graduate␣nurse snottie's␣nurse community␣nurse practical␣nurse registered␣nurse psychiatric␣nurse

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nur Nur nurs RSE urs URs

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ESR run SRU

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Nuers runes Suren Unser urnes

69 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Bruens Brunes drusen Durens Dusner encurs ensure enures Gruens insure inures lusern mensur Nehrus nerues neuros Nourse nukers Nurmes nursed nurser nurses Nurses nursey nursie nursle Nusser oursen prunes querns Rauens reruns re-runs respun resung resunk reunes Rouens Ruanes Rubens Rudens rumens Rumens Rumsen runers rushen rusine senryu senryū Snegur +19 words

28 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Enus erns Ersu ERUs neur- Neus Nuer nurs rens Reus rues Rues rune runs ruse Ruse Suen suer sure Uren ures urne urns URNs usen user useR US'er

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

burse Burse curse Furse murse Norse nurst nursy purse Purse

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

nurs

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Nourse nursie nursle

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