nursing

nurs·ing
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US/ˈnɝsɪŋ/UK/ˈnɜːsɪŋ/

adjective

In the state of suckling young, lactating.

“She went into nursing as a career.”

Similar
breast feeding
Very commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectivenursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)

comparative more nursing · superlative most nursing

  1. In the state of suckling young, lactating.

    The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.

  2. Referring to nurses.

    The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

nounnursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)

plural nursings

  1. countableuncountableSuckling, such as breastfeeding.
  2. countableuncountableThe process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

    She went into nursing as a career.

    1 more example

    Nursing is an art; and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; […]

    1871, Florence Nightingale, Una and the Lion, page 6
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nurse

    The mother sat there nursing her baby.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnourishing at the breast

Similar
breast feeding
Broader
infant feeding
Also see
lactifluousmilky

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تَمْرِيض, تَمْرِيض
  • تَمْرِيض (tamrīḍ)referring to nurses
  • تَمْرِيض (tamrīḍ)caring for patients
Catalan infermeria
  • infermeriacaring for patients
Chinese Mandarin 餵奶的 /喂奶的, 護理的 /护理的
  • 餵奶的 /喂奶的 (wèinǎi de)lactating
  • 護理的 /护理的 (hùlǐ de)referring to nurses
  • 護理 /护理 (hùlǐ)caring for patients
  • 護理學 /护理学 (hùlǐxué)caring for patients
  • 看護 /看护 (kānhù)caring for patients
Dutch verpleging
  • verplegingcaring for patients
Esperanto flegado
  • flegadocaring for patients
Finnish imettävä, sairaanhoito-
  • imettävälactating
  • sairaanhoito-referring to nurses
  • hoitavareferring to nurses
  • sairaanhoitoalacaring for patients
  • sairaanhoitocaring for patients
Hindi परिचर्या
  • परिचर्या (paricaryā)caring for patients
Irish altranas, banaltracht
  • altranascaring for patients
  • banaltrachtcaring for patients
Japanese 看護
  • 看護 (kango)caring for patients
Korean 간호
  • 간호 (ganho)caring for patients
Norwegian Bokmål sykepleie, sjukepleie
  • sykepleiecaring for patients
  • sjukepleiecaring for patients
Persian پرستاری
  • پرستاری (parastâri)caring for patients
Polish pielęgniarstwo
  • pielęgniarstwocaring for patients
Portuguese enfermagem
  • enfermagemcaring for patients
Russian медсе́стринский, се́стринский
  • медсе́стринский (medséstrinskij)referring to nurses
  • се́стринский (séstrinskij)referring to nurses
  • медсе́стринское де́ло (medséstrinskoje délo)caring for patients
  • се́стринское де́ло (séstrinskoje délo)caring for patients
  • ухо́д (uxód)caring for patients
Scottish Gaelic eiridinn, altram
  • eiridinncaring for patients
  • altramcaring for patients
Spanish enfermería
  • enfermeríacaring for patients
Swahili unesi
  • unesicaring for patients
Tamil செவிலிய, செவிலியம்
  • செவிலிய (ceviliya)referring to nurses
  • செவிலியம் (ceviliyam)caring for patients

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nursing

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Cite this entry
APA

nursing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing

MLA

“nursing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nursing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing.

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