to nurse
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6.7
- verb
- /nɜrs/
- Informal
:
alimentar
- What shall I do with these arrant doubts I have been nursing for years?
- nurse a grudge
Because wrath that is nursed in the heart is causing darkening or darkness in our minds.
- Because wrath that is nursed in the heart is causing darkening or darkness in our minds.
Examples
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He has been nursing a grudge against her ever since their argument last year.
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Now, I'm sitting at the bar, nursing a scotch...
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Lauren is nursing a hangover.
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Allegra sat alone in the Dugdale drawing room, nursing her dark mood.
Fiction book (1991) -
So those of you nursing broken hearts from a narcissistic relationship, please don't feel foolish because those broken hearts are very real.
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Before I met my husband, I nursed a serious crush on Jasper, a handsome postdoc from the Caribbean.
Academic text (2007) -
She is nursing the belief that she will eventually be promoted at work.
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After the incident, he couldn't help but nurse his disappointment for a long time.
Synonyms
732
1.1
To believe something to be true
111
3.3
To hold tightly to something or keep believing something strongly in hard times
82
4.2
Think about an idea or possibility
68
6.6
To keep a thought or feeling in your mind for a long time
25
3.5
To stay loyal to a promise, plan or belief
11
5.5
To stay firmly attached to something or keep believing strongly in an idea
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
19
2.8
A trained health worker who cares for sick people and has official permission to work
- Specialized
14
3.8
A health worker with extra training who can find and treat illnesses
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
2
6.3
A slow shark that lives on warm shallow sea floors and has small whiskers near its mouth
- Specialized
2
3.9
A hospital worker who helps the surgeon during surgery by keeping things sterile and handing instruments
- Specialized
1
3.8
A trained health worker who cares for women in pregnancy and helps them give birth
- Specialized
1
3.6
A trained health worker who gives basic care to sick people under a senior health worker
- Specialized
1
3.5
A trained health worker allowed by the state to give basic medical care under a doctor or senior medical worker
- Specialized
A person who finished nursing school training but is not yet licensed to work as a nurse
- Formal
The way a nurse and a patient work together, with the nurse trying to help and protect the patient's health
A trained health worker who is registered and can do many tasks doctors usually do
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nurse meaning 'to keep a feeling or idea' comes from the same old idea of 'feeding' or caring for something, like nurture. So to nurse an ambition or a grudge is to keep feeding it so it stays alive inside you.