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725 lines
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{
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"nurse":{
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"antonyms":[
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"administer (to)",
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"care (for)",
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"minister (to)",
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"mother"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a female mammal used to suckle (see suckle sense 1a ) the young of another":[
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"a nurse cow"
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],
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": a woman who suckles an infant not her own : wet nurse":[],
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": a woman who takes care of a young child : dry nurse":[],
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": a worker form of a social (see social entry 1 sense 4b ) insect (such as an ant or a bee) that cares for the young":[],
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": one that looks after, fosters, or advises":[
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"Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.",
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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],
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": rear , educate":[],
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": to act or serve as a nurse":[],
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": to attempt to cure by care and treatment":[],
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": to care for and wait on (someone, such as a sick person)":[],
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": to consume slowly or over a long period":[
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"nurse a cup of coffee"
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],
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": to feed an offspring from the breast":[],
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": to feed at the breast : suck":[],
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": to hold in one's memory or consideration":[
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"nurse a grievance"
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],
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": to manage with care or economy":[
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"nursed the business through hard times",
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"nursed a 1\u20130 lead"
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],
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": to nourish at the breast : suckle":[],
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": to promote the development or progress of":[],
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": to take charge of and watch over":[],
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": to take nourishment from the breast of":[],
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": to use sparingly":[],
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": to use, handle, or operate carefully so as to conserve energy or avoid injury or pain":[
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"nurse a sprained ankle"
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],
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"Sir Paul Maxime 1949\u2013 British geneticist":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The nurse will take your blood pressure before the doctor sees you.",
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"Nurse , may I have some water",
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"Verb",
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"She is nursing her son through his illness.",
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"The couple nursed the business through hard times.",
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"He nursed the farm back to productivity.",
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"The team nursed a 1\u20130 lead until the last inning.",
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"The dog nursed her puppies.",
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"The baby nursed for several months.",
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"The puppies nursed for eight weeks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"His mother, Margaret, was a nurse , and his father, Alex, is a gastroenterologist. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
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"Joseph, a native of Haiti, is a nurse in the emergency room at Brigham & Women\u2019s Hospital. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
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"The 24-year old is a nurse in a children\u2019s hospital, and this was her week off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
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"My aunt, uncle and father are all physicians, and my mom is a nurse . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
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"Rucker\u2019s late mother was a nurse at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and $1 of each ticket sold to Riverfront Revival will support the MUSC Arts in Healing program. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"My late wife was a nurse for almost 40 years and came in contact with many people. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Neighbors said Desmond often visited with his grandmother, who was a retired nurse . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"It\u2019s sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass, a Newnan Republican whose wife is a nurse . \u2014 Andy Miller, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"With Trey Mancini continuing to nurse a right hand injury first suffered more than two weeks ago, McKenna drew the start in left field and ended a long bottom of the first by throwing a runner out at the plate. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 2 July 2022",
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"Frustrated by the short life span of her plants, Greene began to test out different watering and care methods that could nurse her plethora of greenery back to life. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 13 June 2022",
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"Meantime, Roberts\u2019 Sara is troubled with postpartum psychosis and a cranky baby who refuses to nurse , while her workaholic husband Alex (Gallagher) is busy trying to build his veterinary practice in their new town. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Hodges was unable to nurse for part of her hospital stay after she was put on bed rest and her daughter was taken to the nursery. \u2014 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
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"Gary Payton II, who continues to nurse a sore left knee, didn\u2019t scrimmage with the team on Saturday. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Every sport has its heroes and villains, tension rising to a climactic battle, and winners lapping up the sweet taste of victory while losers nurse the sting of defeat. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
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"Rescue centers are scrambling with limited funds to feed and nurse the brown pelicans, and workers can\u2019t help but wonder what warnings this all points to. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
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"Barnes notes that sow bears often nurse twins or triplets during hibernation without eating or drinking, tapping into their own fat and water stores for the sake of their cubs. \u2014 Chris Woolston, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English norice, norce, nurse , from Anglo-French nurice , from Late Latin nutricia , from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing \u2014 more at nutritious":"Noun",
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"Middle English nurshen to suckle, nourish, contraction of nurishen":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babysitter",
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"dry nurse",
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"nanny",
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"nannie",
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"nursemaid",
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"nurser",
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"sitter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040316",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nurse practitioner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a registered nurse who is qualified through advanced training to assume some of the duties and responsibilities formerly assumed only by a physician":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation NP"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102846",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nurse-midwife":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a registered nurse with additional training as a midwife who delivers infants and provides prenatal and postpartum care, newborn care, and some routine care (such as gynecological exams) of women":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs-\u02c8mid-\u02ccw\u012bf"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122214",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nursemaid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a girl or woman who is regularly employed to look after children":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"sent the children to their nursemaid",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Rhys received equally brutal treatment from the other female figure of authority in her formative years, her nursemaid , Meta, who violently shook her young charge when angry and terrified her with stories about blood-sucking zombies. \u2014 Malcolm Forbes, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
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"According to Encyclopedia Britannica, she was forced to work from a young age, alternatively acting as a nursemaid , a field hand, a cook and a woodcutter. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2021",
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"Smith and her husband deducted the cost of their nursemaid from their federal income taxes in 1937. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 10 Mar. 2021",
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"Many moms are on their own, but a fortunate few get help from babysitters or nursemaids . \u2014 Brian Handwerk, National Geographic , 8 May 2020",
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"Torn's cagey Arthur often had to become a multi-hyphenate nursemaid -therapist-taskmaster to the talented, but hugely insecure host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling), who called him Artie. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 10 July 2019",
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"With the assistance of nursemaid /housekeeper Mrs. Blott, Maisie is raised by her father, Peter, a distracted academic who treats his daughter more like an experiment than as a child. \u2014 Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2018",
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"Here are nursemaids and newsboys; elegant sisters in their Sunday best; gentlemen out for a stroll in striped vests. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2018",
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"Three people attended Toole's funeral at St. Peter and Paul Church: his mother, his father and Beulah Mathews, his childhood nursemaid . \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 14 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs-\u02ccm\u0101d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babysitter",
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"dry nurse",
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"nanny",
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"nannie",
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"nurse",
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"nurser",
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"sitter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184549",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nurser":{
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"antonyms":[
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"administer (to)",
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"care (for)",
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"minister (to)",
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"mother"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a female mammal used to suckle (see suckle sense 1a ) the young of another":[
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"a nurse cow"
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],
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": a woman who suckles an infant not her own : wet nurse":[],
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": a woman who takes care of a young child : dry nurse":[],
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": a worker form of a social (see social entry 1 sense 4b ) insect (such as an ant or a bee) that cares for the young":[],
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": one that looks after, fosters, or advises":[
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"Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.",
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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],
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": rear , educate":[],
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": to act or serve as a nurse":[],
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": to attempt to cure by care and treatment":[],
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": to care for and wait on (someone, such as a sick person)":[],
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": to consume slowly or over a long period":[
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"nurse a cup of coffee"
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],
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": to feed an offspring from the breast":[],
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": to feed at the breast : suck":[],
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": to hold in one's memory or consideration":[
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"nurse a grievance"
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],
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": to manage with care or economy":[
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"nursed the business through hard times",
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"nursed a 1\u20130 lead"
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],
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": to nourish at the breast : suckle":[],
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": to promote the development or progress of":[],
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": to take charge of and watch over":[],
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": to take nourishment from the breast of":[],
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": to use sparingly":[],
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": to use, handle, or operate carefully so as to conserve energy or avoid injury or pain":[
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"nurse a sprained ankle"
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],
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"Sir Paul Maxime 1949\u2013 British geneticist":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The nurse will take your blood pressure before the doctor sees you.",
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"Nurse , may I have some water",
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"Verb",
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"She is nursing her son through his illness.",
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"The couple nursed the business through hard times.",
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"He nursed the farm back to productivity.",
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"The team nursed a 1\u20130 lead until the last inning.",
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"The dog nursed her puppies.",
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"The baby nursed for several months.",
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"The puppies nursed for eight weeks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"His mother, Margaret, was a nurse , and his father, Alex, is a gastroenterologist. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
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"Joseph, a native of Haiti, is a nurse in the emergency room at Brigham & Women\u2019s Hospital. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
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"The 24-year old is a nurse in a children\u2019s hospital, and this was her week off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
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"My aunt, uncle and father are all physicians, and my mom is a nurse . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
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"Rucker\u2019s late mother was a nurse at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and $1 of each ticket sold to Riverfront Revival will support the MUSC Arts in Healing program. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"My late wife was a nurse for almost 40 years and came in contact with many people. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Neighbors said Desmond often visited with his grandmother, who was a retired nurse . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"It\u2019s sponsored by Sen. Matt Brass, a Newnan Republican whose wife is a nurse . \u2014 Andy Miller, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"With Trey Mancini continuing to nurse a right hand injury first suffered more than two weeks ago, McKenna drew the start in left field and ended a long bottom of the first by throwing a runner out at the plate. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 2 July 2022",
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"Frustrated by the short life span of her plants, Greene began to test out different watering and care methods that could nurse her plethora of greenery back to life. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 13 June 2022",
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"Meantime, Roberts\u2019 Sara is troubled with postpartum psychosis and a cranky baby who refuses to nurse , while her workaholic husband Alex (Gallagher) is busy trying to build his veterinary practice in their new town. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Hodges was unable to nurse for part of her hospital stay after she was put on bed rest and her daughter was taken to the nursery. \u2014 Charisse Jones, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
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"Gary Payton II, who continues to nurse a sore left knee, didn\u2019t scrimmage with the team on Saturday. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"Every sport has its heroes and villains, tension rising to a climactic battle, and winners lapping up the sweet taste of victory while losers nurse the sting of defeat. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
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"Rescue centers are scrambling with limited funds to feed and nurse the brown pelicans, and workers can\u2019t help but wonder what warnings this all points to. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
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"Barnes notes that sow bears often nurse twins or triplets during hibernation without eating or drinking, tapping into their own fat and water stores for the sake of their cubs. \u2014 Chris Woolston, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English norice, norce, nurse , from Anglo-French nurice , from Late Latin nutricia , from Latin, feminine of nutricius nourishing \u2014 more at nutritious":"Noun",
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"Middle English nurshen to suckle, nourish, contraction of nurishen":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babysitter",
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"dry nurse",
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"nanny",
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"nannie",
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"nursemaid",
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"nurser",
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"sitter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120215",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nursery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a child's bedroom":[],
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": a place in which persons are trained or educated":[],
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": a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents' absence":[],
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": a place where young animals grow or are cared for":[],
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": an area where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stocks for budding and grafting, or for sale":[],
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": attentive care : fosterage":[],
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": day nursery":[],
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": something that fosters, develops, or promotes":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She still needs to decorate the nursery before the baby comes.",
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"We get our flowers from a local nursery .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To me, the nonprofit Theodore Payne Foundation and nursery in L.A. is the main mechanism. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 23 June 2022",
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"Best Air Purifier for a Baby Nursery Fridababy, a company known for ingenious solutions to everyday parenting problems, recently introduced a small-room air purifier designed for spaces up to 150 square feet \u2014 like a baby's nursery . \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
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"Combs proudly added that the nursery is in full swing. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
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"And my 2-year-old son\u2019s nursery was doubling as a guest room. \u2014 Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"Since 2017, his home, paddy fields and decade-old nursery business have been washed away twice. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
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"The nursery is open and the gardens are greened up and starting to bloom. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
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"The stars help a pregnant veteran and her fiance make their home baby and family friendly, with an improved kitchen, living room and surprise nursery makeover. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
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"Enjoy tours of the open garden, nursery and winery at this one-day event. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs-(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"\u02c8n\u0259rs-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8n\u0259r-s\u0259-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8n\u0259r-s\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"breeding ground",
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"hotbed",
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"hothouse",
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"nest",
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"nidus",
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"seedbed",
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"seminary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093907",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nurture":{
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"antonyms":[
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"discourage",
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"frustrate",
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"hinder",
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"inhibit"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": educate":[
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"\u2026 nurture kids in clean, colorful rooms with the latest books and learning gadgets.",
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"\u2014 Sue Shellenbarger"
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],
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": something that nourishes : food":[
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"\u2026 fed him well, and nourished himself, and took nurture for the road \u2026",
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"\u2014 R. D. Blackmore"
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],
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": the sum of the environmental factors influencing the behavior and traits expressed by an organism":[
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"Is our character affected more by nature or by nurture "
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],
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": to further the development of : foster":[
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"\u2026 nurture his intellectual inclinations.",
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"\u2014 Ray Olson",
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"nurture a friendship"
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],
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": to supply with nourishment":[
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"care for and nurture a baby"
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],
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": training , upbringing":[
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"With proper focus during early nurture , one can grow into a secure being \u2026",
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"\u2014 Ella Pearson Mitchell"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Members of the family helped in the nurture of the baby.",
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"Verb",
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"Teachers should nurture their students' creativity.",
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"a professor who nurtures any student who shows true interest in history",
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"The study looks at the ways parents nurture their children.",
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"You have to carefully nurture the vines if you want them to produce good grapes.",
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"She nurtured a secret ambition to be a singer.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Help nurture native SoCal plants for restoration projects. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"What CEOs want to see is marketing and sales teams working together to build processes that create, nurture , and close buyers and retain and grow them as customers. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"But less has been said about Giuliani\u2019s equally perverse nurture by the Brooklyn Mafia family into which he was born in 1944. \u2014 Jim Sleeper, The New Republic , 16 June 2022",
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"Medo\u2019s story begins at the intersection of this expectation to nurture and her own professional ambition. \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"Driving digital transformation enables us to make bold moves, nurture innovation, grow our people and amaze our customers. \u2014 Jeff Thomson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"Passions boil over in a field where Guadagnino\u2019s lens captures nature, nurture and nudes. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
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"Baltimore County needs to continue to thoughtfully redevelop its older communities and nurture employment hubs such as Tradepoint Atlantic. \u2014 David Marks, Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
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"Breast milk is revered as the ideal food for newborns and a sign of motherly nurture . \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"This is, after all, the Baja Peninsula, a dagger of land jutting into the Pacific, with deserted beaches and sprawling cities that nurture anonymity. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Another important change is that now almost all schools that once taught in Russian have switched to Ukrainian, which has helped nurture a new generation proud to be Ukrainian. \u2014 Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Mia enrolled Mark into Miami Beach Senior High, where Mr. Burroughs, the music teacher who ran the after-school rock ensemble, helped to nurture her musical journey. \u2014 Deidre Dyer, Billboard , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"Meet-ups have helped nurture diverse crews such as Board 2 Tears and GRLSWIRL in Los Angeles, froSkate in Chicago and the Skate Kitchen in New York. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"What\u2019s a young Indiana retro-soul quintet going to do at SOMA, the all-ages club that once helped nurture young San Diego bands like blink-182",
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"By the same token, though, the strands of liberal and left politics that persisted through the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s helped to nurture a resistance\u2014one that may be able, in the future, to transform American politics once again. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 2 Aug. 2021",
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"During her last six years at PepsiCo, Nooyi had helped nurture a handful of individuals who went on to become CEOs, CFOs, and other management leaders at both her own company and others. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 23 June 2021",
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"Such initiatives can support career development, strengthen onboarding efforts, reduce training costs, and even help nurture a culture of learning. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 8 May 2022"
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"Of the15 species identified, the most common by far was the nurse shark , followed by the blacktip, lemon and bull shark. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 23 June 2021",
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"The nurse shark took the speared fish then swam away with it in its mouth. \u2014 John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"When a diver speared a lionfish that sought refuge under a coral head, a small nurse shark appeared. \u2014 John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
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"Once disturbed a nurse shark will bolt away, a dangerous predicament if a diver is in the way and gets pushed aside by an excited fish. \u2014 John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Dec. 2020",
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"Four shark species, included sandbar sharks, sand tiger sharks, lemon sharks and nurse sharks , can be spotted in the shark exhibit. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, azcentral , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"The nurse shark rests below, and the osprey scouts from above. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"Walker said this time of year, his charters generally see bull sharks, lemon sharks and nurse sharks , along with an occasional hammerhead. \u2014 USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2020",
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"The experts at MarAlliance then surprised everyone with a stop at the local Caye Caulker Shark Ray Alley where everyone got the rare opportunity to swim with southern stingrays and nurse sharks . \u2014 National Geographic , 10 Sep. 2019"
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"Put a spin on the classic nursery rhyme with this oh-so-simple DIY costume for three. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
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"The one who marched up the hill and down in the nursery rhyme may have been Richard, the third Duke of York, who sparred with King Henry VI in the 1400s. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"He was then taken from Tomsk to Omsk\u2014which sounds like the dark refrain of a nursery rhyme . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Probably just below the chance that Ush would blast one of Fiddy\u2019s most beloved, not that nursery rhyme -ish jams during the birth of said son. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"The book has a fairy-tale quality, a ring of the nursery rhyme . \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"One child wanted to know if there are cows on the moon \u2014 like in the nursery rhyme . \u2014 Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"Services quickly moved online, offering everything from virtual nursery rhyme sessions to read-alouds and even cooking classes. \u2014 Freya Sampson, Good Housekeeping , 13 Sep. 2021",
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"Nowadays, Gigi, Zayn, and Khai continue to spend time going on little hikes in the woods or listening to Bollywood music or singing one Arabic nursery rhyme in particular that Khai enjoys. \u2014 Collier Schorr; Styling By Ludivine Poiblanc, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 July 2021"
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"parents trying to find the right nursery school for their children",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Greyson Martin Kessler never got to finish nursery school . \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
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"The youngest children can be part of the nursery school on the eighth deck. \u2014 Rick Noack And Sandra Mehl, Anchorage Daily News , 13 May 2022",
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"The youngest children can be part of the nursery school on the eighth deck. \u2014 Sandra Mehl, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
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"Katy Perry and Jimmy Kimmel have crafted a song meant to be blasted through nursery school speakers. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"There were armed guards outside her nursery school , their fingers on the triggers. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"The family often heads out of their Kensington Palace home in London \u2014 near George and Charlotte's school, Thomas's Battersea, and Louis' nursery school , Willcocks Nursery School \u2014 to their country home in Norfolk, Anmer Hall. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Other cuts include scenes featuring seedy Parisian exteriors, marginalized communities, and images of children in the bathroom\u2014a bizarre thing to censor in a film about a nursery school . \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"One was an illustration of a man gazing up at a giant wall of cubbies, like at a museum gift shop or a nursery school . \u2014 Honor Jones, The Atlantic , 28 Dec. 2021"
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"But an enterprising nurseryman from Vincennes, Indiana saw the potential. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"The shoes are named after Johnny Appleseed, the nurseryman largely credited with introducing apple trees to the United States. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"The nurseryman also improved commercial orchards and private estates. \u2014 Sally Peterson, oregonlive , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"The institute was named after the French nurseryman who first brought the trees and vines planted at stagecoach stops and homesteads throughout the California foothills in the late 1800s. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2020",
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"Every day the nurseryman rises and prays and walks the rows of his trees. \u2014 Marc Mcandrews, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Sep. 2020",
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"Evolution of my mulching knowledge began by listening to nurserymen and landscape contractors who thought mulching was unimportant. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 19 Feb. 2020",
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"It is created and managed by Northwest nurserymen , so the information is specific to our area. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Jan. 2020",
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"His father was a fruit-tree nurseryman , his mother a librarian. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019"
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"She has been employed in nursing for several years now.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Over 1 million seniors a year enter a skilled nursing facility. \u2014 Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
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"Sadly, when someone dies, goes into a nursing facility, or is incapacitated \u2014 and there is no will or power of attorney indicating who takes over the animal's care \u2014 pets are often dispatched to a city shelter for rehoming. \u2014 Cathy M Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 9 June 2022",
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"His daughter Paula Vance confirmed the death, at a nursing facility. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
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"Hospital and skilled nursing facility workers would be eligible for $1,500 stipends, rising to $2,000 per worker if employers chip in. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
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"Due to a failure of nursing care, the patient was not turned regularly in bed and developed pressure injuries in two different locations. \u2014 Ruth Ann Dorrill, STAT , 18 June 2022",
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"By comparison, turnover of the nursing staff at Goodwin Living facilities last year was 23.8 percent, according to Fran Casey, the chief people officer. \u2014 Beth Decarbo, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"So far, the JDC, in coordination with the Claims Conference and local Jewish social service agencies, has evacuated more than 70 Holocaust survivors and placed them in long-term nursing care in Germany. \u2014 Ryan Bergeron, CNN , 17 June 2022",
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"The city's founders, Romulus and Remus, are seen nursing from a wolf. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022"
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"Residents kept in 'unsafe, unsanitary, and unhealthy' conditions, officials said The nursing home residents were taken to the warehouse in Independence, about 57 miles east of Baton Rouge, ahead of Hurricane Ida's landfall on August 29. \u2014 Amir Vera, Amanda Musa And Paul Murphy, CNN , 23 June 2022",
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"The charges came less than a year after more than 800 nursing home residents were evacuated on Aug. 27 to a former pesticide warehouse shortly before the hurricane made landfall. \u2014 Ashley White, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
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"The nation's vaccination campaign started in December 2020 with the rollout of adult vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, with health care workers and nursing home residents first in line. \u2014 CBS News , 16 June 2022",
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"The nation\u2019s vaccination campaign started in December 2020 with the rollout of adult vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, with health care workers and nursing home residents first in line. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner And Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
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"The nation\u2019s vaccination campaign started in December 2020 with the rollout of adult vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, with health care workers and nursing home residents first in line. \u2014 Lindsey Tanner, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
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"Coronavirus infections among nursing home residents are on the rise again, increasing almost six-fold over one month. \u2014 Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant , 20 May 2022",
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"More than 150,000 nursing home residents have died of Covid, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. \u2014 Elliott Ramos, NBC news , 6 May 2022",
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"The virus has killed more than 150,000 nursing home residents and staff since the beginning of the pandemic. \u2014 Ruth Talbot, ProPublica , 21 Apr. 2022"
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