Noun

• S: (n) nursing (the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) care, attention, aid, tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something) "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
• S: (n) work (activity directed toward making or doing something) "she checked several points needing further work"
• S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) nursing (the profession of a nurse)
• S: (n) nursing, breast feeding (nourishing at the breast)

Verb

• S: (v) nurse (try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury) "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
• S: (v) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse (maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)) "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
• S: (v) nurse (serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people)
• S: (v) nurse (treat carefully) "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"
• S: (v) breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck (give suck to) "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"