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nursing

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?n?s??/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??s??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)s??
  • Hyphenation: nurs?ing

Adjective

nursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)

  1. In the state of suckling young, lactating.
  2. Referring to nurses.

Translations

Noun

nursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)

  1. Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
  2. The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

Translations

Verb

nursing

  1. present participle of nurse

Derived terms

  • nursing bra

Anagrams

  • unrings, urnings

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pursing

English

Verb

pursing

  1. present participle of purse

Noun

pursing (plural pursings)

  1. An expression or motion that purses.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
      The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.

Anagrams

  • Spurgin, pig runs, pig-runs, rings up, spruing

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