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nurse (iou) and steppe (medicine)


nurse (iou)



nurse verb. LME.
[Alt. of NOURISH verb, assim. to NURSE noun1.]
a. verb trans. Of a woman: breast-feed and look after (a baby); take maternal charge of (a young child or children). LME.
S. Hastings Sydney was determined to nurse the baby herself.
b. verb intrans. Breast-feed; act as wet-nurse. L18.
S. Kitzinger Women are naturally thirsty when nursing.
c. verb intrans. Be fed at the breast or teat. L19.
M. K. Rawlings The fawn nuzzled her full udders and began to nurse. B. Spock As the baby nurses, the suction engorges his painful gums.
verb trans. In pass. Be reared or brought up in a certain place or under certain conditions etc. Chiefly poet. E16.
Shelley The fierce savage, nursed in hate. Tennyson Thou wert not nursed by the waterfall.
verb trans.
a. Foster; promote the development of; harbour, nurture, (a feeling etc.). M16.
W. Cowper To nurse with tender care the thriving arts. R. K. Narayan Gandhi trained us not to nurse any resentment.
b. Supply (a plant) with warmth or moisture; tend or cultivate carefully. L16.
C. Marshall The pots are to be nursed and preserved moderately warm.
c. Manage (land) carefully or economically. arch. M18.
d. Help or cause (a person or thing) to develop into or to a certain form, size, state, etc. L18.
S. Johnson Kindness was employed to nurse them into mischief. E. Edwards To nurse the embers of the old enmity into a flame.
e. Guide or manoeuvre (a mount, vehicle, etc.) in a specified direction, esp. in circumstances requiring exceptional care or skill. Freq. foll. by along. M19.
C. A. Lindbergh Once in the air, I can nurse my engine all the way.
verb trans. Bring or rear up with care. L16.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure A Bohemian born; but here nurs'd up and bred.
verb trans. Cheat out of; obtain by cheating. slang. rare. M17.
a. verb trans. Care for during sickness or infirmity. M18.
D. H. Lawrence Mrs Bolton had once nursed him through scarlet fever.
b. verb trans. Try to cure (an illness) or heal (an injury) by taking care of oneself. L18.
Ld Houghton I am nursing an influenza which came on the evening I got here. J. Nagenda He was nursing a torrid hangover.
c. verb intrans. Work as a nurse providing Health care. M19.
F. Nightingale Bad arrangements often make it impossible to nurse. Day Lewis She was known as 'The Angel' in the..hospital where she had nursed.
verb trans. Hold closely and carefully, esp. in the arms or on the lap; clasp in one's hands. M19.
W. Black A gentleman..was sitting on the grass, nursing his knees. E. Lyall They..drove Home again, Francesca nursing a Dying Gladiator in terra-cotta. J. Higgins Nursing a mug of strong black coffee.
b. Consume (a drink) slowly, holding the glass etc. in the hand between sips. M20.
verb trans. Keep in touch with or influence, pay special attention to, (a constituency). M19.
W. S. Maugham Enough money to nurse the constituency.
Billiards. Keep (the balls) close together to enable a series of cannons to be made. M19.
nurser noun (now rare) LME.

steppe (medicine)


steppe


One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna. Steppe murrain.

<veterinary> See Rinderpest.

Origin: From Russ. Stepe, through G. Or F. Steppe.

Source: Websters Dictionary