nurse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
Types & categories
- PCP hypernym
- foster-nurse hyponym
- graduate nurse hyponym
- head nurse hyponym
- licensed practical nurse hyponym
- matron hyponym
- midwife hyponym
- probationer hyponym
- registered nurse hyponym
- scrub nurse hyponym
- visiting nurse hyponym
- Cavell instance hyponym
- Florence Nightingale instance hyponym
- Margaret Sanger instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- nurse-patient relation member holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- nursing derivation
- nurse derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a woman who is the custodian of children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wet-nurse derivation
Sense 4 verb
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
bear a grudge
Types & categories
- feel hypernym
Sense 5 verb
serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people
Types & categories
- give care hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
treat carefully
He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- nurser derivation
Sense 7 verb
give suck to
The wetnurse suckled the infant
Types & categories
- feed hypernym
Related & opposite
- bottlefeed antonym
- sucking derivation
- lactation derivation
- breast feeding derivation
- sucker derivation
- nursery derivation
- nanny derivation
- lactation derivation
- lactation derivation
- suck verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurse |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | nurse-patient relation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | PCP |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster-nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduate nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | licensed practical nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | matron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | midwife |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | probationer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | registered nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrub nurse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | visiting nurse |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cavell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Florence Nightingale |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Margaret Sanger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nursing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurse |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wet-nurse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | keeper |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | woman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry nurse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mammy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | amah |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | feel |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nursing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nursing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | give care |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurser |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | bottlefeed |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | breast feeding |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | nursery |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | nanny |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | suck |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | feed |