All nurse synonyms

verb nurse

• look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• tend — to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
• foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
• nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
• cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
• feed — to give a fee to.
• keep an eye on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
• nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
• vaccinate — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
• baby-sit — to act or work as a baby-sitter
• cherish — If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
• cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
• encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
• father — a male parent.
• forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
• further — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
• harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
• humor — hacker humour
• humour — hacker humour
• immunize — to make immune.
• immunise — to make immune.
• indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
• inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
• irradiate — to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
• medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
• mother — parent
• pamper — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• serve — to act as a servant.
• sit — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
• succour — help; relief; aid; assistance.
• succor — help; relief; aid; assistance.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• treat — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
• keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
• see to — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• wait on — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• watch over — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• have — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• dry-nurse — to act as a dry nurse to.
• lactate — to produce milk.
• suck — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
• suckle — to nurse at the breast or udder.
• wet-nurse — to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).