Synonyms for nursing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : nurs

Phonetic Transcription : nɜrs

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Other synonyms for the word nursing

watching over

Définition of nursing

Origin : 1530s, verbal noun from nurse (v.). Meaning "profession of one who nurses the sick" is from 1860.

adj acting as a nurse
adj gaining nourishment by suckling

Example sentences :

Then you mean to give up society for the sake of nursing the poor?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Kingozi, nursing the bowl of his pipe, continued to stare up at him.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

He flicked the ashes from his cigar, nursing his knee with the other hand.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

I found the kindliest of nursing and care in my old quarters in the Schuyler mansion.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Was the nursing of my betrothed one of those services, Marquis?
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

She remembered that there were Sisters of Charity there, who used to go about nursing the sick.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

And Mr. Lumbey went on nursing the baby with a thoughtful look.
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

If I had spoken of nursing the little one myself you would have told me I was a fool.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

After the accident in the Rue de la Nation she had spent their savings in nursing him.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Nana was now nursing little Victor, who had a goose-bone in his throat.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

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