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Webster 1913 Edition
Nursing
Nurs′ing
,Adj.
Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast;
as, a
nursing
mother; a nursing
infant.Webster 1828 Edition
Nursing
NURS'ING
,ppr.
Definition 2025
nursing
nursing
English
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
referring to nurses
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Noun
nursing (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
Verb
nursing
- present participle of nurse
- The mother sat there nursing her baby.