"nursing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more nursing [comparative], most nursing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} nursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)
  1. In the state of suckling young, lactating. Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations Translations (lactating): 餵奶的 (Chinese Mandarin), 喂奶的 (wèinǎi de) (Chinese Mandarin), imettävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-nursing-en-adj-NhWqkmDh Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 12 3 30 33 22 Disambiguation of 'lactating': 92 8
  2. Referring to nurses. Translations (referring to nurses): تَمْرِيض (tamrīḍ) (Arabic), 護理的 (Chinese Mandarin), 护理的 (hùlǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), sairaanhoito- (Finnish), hoitava (Finnish), медсе́стринский (medséstrinskij) (Russian), се́стринский (séstrinskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nursing-en-adj-0RMImeC3 Disambiguation of 'referring to nurses': 1 99

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: nursings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)
  1. Suckling, such as breastfeeding. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations
    Sense id: en-nursing-en-noun-en:suckling Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 12 3 30 33 22
  2. The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations Translations (caring for patients): تَمْرِيض (tamrīḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), infermeria [feminine] (Catalan), 護理 (Chinese Mandarin), 护理 (hùlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 護理學 (Chinese Mandarin), 护理学 (hùlǐxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 看護 (Chinese Mandarin), 看护 (kānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), verpleging [feminine] (Dutch), flegado (Esperanto), sairaanhoitoala (Finnish), sairaanhoito (Finnish), enfermaría [feminine] (Galician), परिचर्या (paricaryā) [feminine] (Hindi), altranas [masculine] (Irish), banaltracht [feminine] (Irish), 看護 (kango) (alt: かんご) (Japanese), 간호 (ganho) (Korean), sykepleie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjukepleie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjukepleie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پرستاری (parastâri) (Persian), pielęgniarstwo (Polish), медсе́стринское де́ло (medséstrinskoje délo) [neuter] (Russian), се́стринское де́ло (séstrinskoje délo) (Russian), ухо́д (uxód) [masculine] (Russian), eiridinn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), altram [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), enfermería [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nursing-en-noun-en:health_care Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 12 3 30 33 22 Disambiguation of 'caring for patients': 11 89

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nursing
  1. present participle and gerund of nurse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nurse Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations Derived forms: nursing bottle, nursing bra, nursing chair, nursing father, nursing home, nursing informatics, nursing pad
    Sense id: en-nursing-en-verb-Mofa7ZcW Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 12 3 30 33 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 2 8 31 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 3 13 24 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɝsɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɜːsɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ"
    }
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lactating",
      "word": "餵奶的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèinǎi de",
      "sense": "lactating",
      "word": "喂奶的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lactating",
      "word": "imettävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tamrīḍ",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "تَمْرِيض"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "護理的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùlǐ de",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "护理的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "sairaanhoito-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "hoitava"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medséstrinskij",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "медсе́стринский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séstrinskij",
      "sense": "referring to nurses",
      "word": "се́стринский"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nursing"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Suckling, such as breastfeeding."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "Suckling",
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          "breastfeeding"
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          "text": "Nursing is an art; and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; […]",
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      "tags": [
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tamrīḍ",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "تَمْرِيض"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infermeria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "護理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùlǐ",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "护理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "護理學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùlǐxué",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "护理学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "看護"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kānhù",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "看护"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verpleging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "flegado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "sairaanhoitoala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "sairaanhoito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfermaría"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paricaryā",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परिचर्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "altranas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banaltracht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kango",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "看護"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ganho",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "간호"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sykepleie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjukepleie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sjukepleie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parastâri",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "پرستاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "pielęgniarstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medséstrinskoje délo",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "медсе́стринское де́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séstrinskoje délo",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "word": "се́стринское де́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxód",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ухо́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eiridinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "altram"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "caring for patients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfermería"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nursing"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English non-lemma forms",
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    "English verb forms",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nursing bottle"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing bra"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing father"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing home"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing informatics"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing pad"
    }
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The mother sat there nursing her baby.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        {
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        }
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        "present participle and gerund of nurse"
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        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse#English"
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        "form-of",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɝsɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɜːsɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nursing"
}

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