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(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle. / (intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast. / (transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

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Source Word

nurse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɜːs/

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

授乳する：乳児に母乳を与える / 看護する：病気の人の世話をする

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After the delivery, she decided to nurse her baby every two hours.

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出産後、彼女は赤ちゃんに2時間おきに授乳することにした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.

She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

She nursed him back to health.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To treat kindly and with extra care.

She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.

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Sense（5）

(transitive) To manage with care and economy.

Sense（6）

(transitive) To drink slowly, to make it last.

Rob was nursing a small beer.

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Sense（7）

(transitive) To foster, to nourish.

If, like me, you have been confined to your home, glued to the news and nursing ever greater anxiety about the state of the world, you have probably become familiar with the sight of the World Health Organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and his daily press briefings.

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