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morse
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??s/
Etymology 1
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Noun
morse (plural morses)
- A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. [from 15th c.]
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
- The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Compare Russian ???? (morž, “walrus”), Sami morša, Finnish mursu (all attested later).
Noun
morse (plural morses)
- (now rare) A walrus. [from 15th c.]
- 1880–1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:
- Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.
- 1880–1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622:
Anagrams
- Mores, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, omers, s'more, smore, somer
Breton
Adverb
morse
- never
Synonyms
- nepred
Related terms
- biken
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
morse
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of morsen
Anagrams
- smore
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??s/
Etymology 1
From Russian ???? (morž), from Northern Sami.
Noun
morse m (plural morses)
- walrus
See also
- otarie f
- phoque m
Etymology 2
Noun
morse m (uncountable)
- Morse code
Anagrams
- mores
Further reading
- “morse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
morse f
- plural of morsa
Verb
morse
- third-person singular past historic of mordere
morse f
- plural of morso
Anagrams
- merso
Latin
Participle
morse
- vocative masculine singular of morsus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English Morse, after the American inventor Samuel Morse.
Noun
morse m (definite singular morsen) (uncountable)
- Morse or Morse code
Synonyms
- morsealfabet
Derived terms
- morsenøkkel
Verb
morse (imperative mors, present tense morser, simple past and past participle morsa or morset)
- (sende morse) to transmit Morse code
- to die
Usage notes
Using morse to signify die instead of the more common dø is a special usage found among health workers. The use of the term in this way is unknown in the general population.
References
- “morse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- morsa (a infinitive)
Etymology
From English Morse, named after Samuel Morse (1791–1872).
Noun
morse m (definite singular morsen, uncountable)
- Morse code
Derived terms
- morsealfabet
- morsekode
Verb
morse (present tense morsar, past tense morsa, past participle morsa, passive infinitive morsast, present participle morsande, imperative mors)
- to transmit Morse code
References
- “morse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish morghons. From morgon + -s (“adverbial suffix”). Compare the development of afse (from afton).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²m?rse/
Adverb
morse
- adverbial genitive form of morgon; a past morning
Usage notes
- Only found in the expression i morse (“the morning of today”), and related expressions, e.g. i går morse (”yesterday morning”), i måndags morse (”last Monday morning”).
See also
- afse
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nurse
English
Alternative forms
- nourice (archaic)
- norice (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Latin n?tr?cius (“that nourishes”), from n?tr?x (“wet nurse”), from n?tri? (“to suckle”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /n?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Noun
nurse (plural nurses)
- (archaic) A wet nurse.
- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
- A person trained to provide care for the sick.
- 1990, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4
- Francis Urquhart: Right. Mackenzie. Health. No chance of getting him into a demo at a hospital, I suppose?
Tim Stamper: Doesn't go to hospitals any more. Kept getting beaten up by the nurses... I think he has trouble getting insured now.
- Francis Urquhart: Right. Mackenzie. Health. No chance of getting him into a demo at a hospital, I suppose?
- 1990, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4
- (figuratively) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
- (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
- A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
- A nurse shark.
Usage notes
- Some speakers consider nurses (medical workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male nurse" to refer to a man doing the same job.
Derived terms
- nurse practitioner
- snotty's nurse
- wet nurse, wet-nurse
Descendants
Translations
Verb
nurse (third-person singular simple present nurses, present participle nursing, simple past and past participle nursed)
- (transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
- She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
- (intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
- (transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
- She nursed him back to health.
- to treat kindly and with extra care
- She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
- to manage with care and economy
- Synonym: husband
- to drink slowly, to make it last
- Rob was nursing a small beer.
- to foster, to nourish
- to hold closely to one's chest
- Would you like to nurse the puppy?
- (billiards) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
- 1866, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Supplemental report of the Joint Committee
- It is to our interest to let Lee and Johnston come together, just as a billiard-player would nurse the balls when he has them in a nice place
- 1866, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Supplemental report of the Joint Committee
Usage notes
In sense “to drink slowly”, generally negative and particularly used for someone at a bar, suggesting they either cannot afford to buy another drink or are too miserly to do so. By contrast, sip is more neutral.
Synonyms
- (drink slowly): sip, see also Thesaurus:drink
Translations
See also
- matron
- sister
Further reading
- nurse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nurse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- nurse at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Nurse in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Nuers, Suren, Unser, runes, urnes
Middle English
Noun
nurse
- Alternative form of norice
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