nursing

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɜː(r)sɪŋ

Adjective

nursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)

In the state of suckling young, lactating.
The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
Referring to nurses.
The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

Translations

lactating

Finnish: imettävä (fi)

referring to nurses

Finnish: sairaanhoito- (fi), hoitava (fi)

Noun

nursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)

suckling, such as breastfeeding
The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
She went into nursing as a career.

Translations

breastfeeding — see breastfeeding

caring for patients

Catalan: infermeria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護理 (zh), 护理 (zh) (hùlǐ), 護理學 (zh), 护理学 (zh) (hùlǐxué)
Dutch: verpleging (nl) f
Finnish: sairaanhoitoala, sairaanhoito (fi)

Irish: altranas m, banaltracht f
Polish: pielęgniarstwo (pl)
Scottish Gaelic: eiridinn m, altram m
Spanish: enfermería (es) f

Verb

nursing

present participle of nurse
The mother sat there nursing her baby.

Derived terms

nursing bra

Anagrams

unrings, urnings

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