Nursing
['nɜːsɪŋ] or ['nɝsɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm.
(noun.) nourishing at the breast.
(noun.) the profession of a nurse.
Typed by Lena--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurse
(a.) Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.
Editor: Quentin
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream of nursing her baby, denotes pleasant employment. For a young woman to dream of nursing a baby, foretells that she will occupy positions of honor and trust. For a man to dream of seeing his wife nurse their baby, denotes harmony in his pursuits.
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Examples
- Not knowing what else to do with my girl while I was nursing in Cumberland, I put her to school at Limmeridge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Well, you know, Chettam, said Mr. Brooke, good-humoredly, nursing his leg, I can't turn my back on Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But poor Lady Glyde knew nothing of nursing--nothing whatever, I am sorry to say. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On my word, I understand nursing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But you talk as if you had been nursing her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She wants no doctor now--all she requires is careful watching and nursing for some time to come, and that I see she has. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now, I wonder,' he meditated as he went along, nursing his stick, 'whether it can be, that Venus is setting himself to get the better of Wegg? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was nursing the baby, and appeared to be a benignant member of society. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The child he was nursing stretched forth its arms and cried out to be taken by Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Ophelia was old, and skilled in the tactics of nursing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She herself had slept on a great chair in Amelia's room, ready to wait upon her poor friend or the ensign, should either need her nursing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Madame Beck and the priest were thus, for money reasons, equally and sincerely interested in the nursing of the West Indian estate. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I've used it when I used to go out nursing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I was nursing D'Arnot. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Terrence