Finnish Meaning of nurse

sairaanhoitaja

Other Finnish words related to sairaanhoitaja

Definitions and Meaning of nurse in English

Wordnet

nurse (n)

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

a woman who is the custodian of children

Wordnet

nurse (v)

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

treat carefully

give suck to

Webster

nurse (n.)

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.

A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

Either one of the nurse sharks.

Webster

nurse (v. t.)

To nourish; to cherish; to foster

To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant.

To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does.

FAQs About the word nurse

sairaanhoitaja

one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician), a woman who is the custodian of children, try to cure by sp

lastenhoitaja,hoitaja,Lastenvahti,lastenhoitaja,lastenhoitaja,imettäjä,Kotiapulainen,Au pair,Jae,bonne

unohtaa,laiminlyönti,lievä,harjata (sivulle tai pois),jättää huomiotta

nurnberg => Nürnberg, nurling => vastasyntynyt, nurled => Karhennettu, nurl => pahka, nureyev => Nurejev,