Dictionary

nursing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

nonnursing · nursingly

Translations (9)

fi hoitava (referring to nurses) · cmn 護理的 /护理的 (referring to nurses) · ru медсе́стринский (referring to nurses) · cmn 餵奶的 /喂奶的 (lactating) · ar تَمْرِيض (referring to nurses) · ru се́стринский (referring to nurses) · fi sairaanhoito- (referring to nurses) · fi imettävä (lactating) · ta செவிலிய (referring to nurses)

nursing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
   • 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:
   • She went into nursing as a career.

Forms

Deriveds

paranursing · prenursing · nursing cover · nursingwear

Translations (29)

ga altranas (caring for patients) · hi परिचर्या (caring for patients) · nb sykepleie (caring for patients) · fa پرستاری (caring for patients) · nb sjukepleie (caring for patients) · ga banaltracht (caring for patients) · ar تَمْرِيض (caring for patients) · ta செவிலியம் (caring for patients) · pl pielęgniarstwo (caring for patients) · eo flegado (caring for patients) · sw unesi (caring for patients) · ru се́стринское де́ло (caring for patients) · ru ухо́д (caring for patients) · gd altram (caring for patients) · gl enfermaría (caring for patients) · ja 看護 (caring for patients) · cmn 護理 /护理 (caring for patients) · ca infermeria (caring for patients) · fi sairaanhoito (caring for patients) · nn sjukepleie (caring for patients) · cmn 看護 /看护 (caring for patients) · gd eiridinn (caring for patients) · pt enfermagem (caring for patients) · es enfermería (caring for patients) · ko 간호 (caring for patients) · ru медсе́стринское де́ло (caring for patients) · cmn 護理學 /护理学 (caring for patients) · nl verpleging (caring for patients) · fi sairaanhoitoala (caring for patients)

nursing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of nurse
   form of nurse
   • The mother sat there nursing her baby.

Deriveds

nursing bra · nursing home · nursing assistant · nursing bottle · nursing pad · certified nursing assistant · nursing father · nursing informatics · nursing chair · barrier nursing