Synonyms of the word

nurse

• n. (archaic) A wet-nurse.
• n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
• n. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
• n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
• n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
• n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
• n. A nurse shark.
• v. to breastfeed.
• v. to care for the sick.
• v. to treat kindly and with extra care.
• v. to drink slowly.
• v. to foster, to nourish.
• v. to hold closely to one's chest.
• v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

bottle-feed

• v. To feed a baby using a bottle, especially using a bottle filled with milk other than from its mother.

breastfeed

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
• v. (chiefly of a baby, intransitive) To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.

care

• n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
• n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
• n. Worry.
• n. Maintenance, upkeep.
• n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
• n. The state of being cared for by others.
• n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
• v. (intransitive) To look after.
• v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
• v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.

caregiver

• n. Alternative spelling of care-giver.

entertain

• v. (transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
• v. (transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
• v. (obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
• v. (obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
• v. (obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
• n. (obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.

experience

• n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
• n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
• n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
• n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
• v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

feed

• v. (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
• v. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
• v. (transitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
• v. (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
• v. (figuratively) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
• v. To supply with something.
• v. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
• v. (sports, transitive) To pass to.
• v. (phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply.
• n. (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
• n. Something supplied continuously.
• n. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
• n. (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.
• n. (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of fee.

feel

• v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
• v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
• v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
• v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
• v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
• n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
• n. A vague mental impression.
• n. An act of fondling.
• n. A vague understanding.
• n. An intuitive ability.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
• pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

harbor

• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
• n. Any place of shelter.
• n. (obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
• n. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading…
• n. A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
• v. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
• v. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
• v. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

harbour

• n. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.
• v. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

keeper

• n. One who keeps something.
• n. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
• n. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard;…
• n. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
• n. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits…
• n. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after…
• n. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
• n. A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.

lactate

• v. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk.
• n. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid.

nanny

• n. A child's nurse.
• n. (colloquial) A grandmother.
• n. A female goat.
• v. (pejorative) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

nursemaid

• n. a woman or girl employed to care for children.
• v. To tend to as a nursemaid.
• v. (colloquial) To care for or look after.

suck

• n. An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
• n. (vulgar) Fellatio of a penis.
• n. (Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who won't go along, especially out of spite; a crybaby…
• n. A sycophant, especially a child.
• v. (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
• v. (intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
• v. (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
• v. (transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
• v. (transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb…
• v. (transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used…

suckle

• n. (obsolete) A teat.
• v. (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
• v. (intransitive) To nurse; to suck.

treat

• v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
• v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
• v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
• v. To provide something special and pleasant.
• n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

wet-nurse

• n. Alternative spelling of wet nurse.

woman

• n. An adult female human.
• n. (collective) All females collectively; womankind.
• n. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
• n. A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of…
• n. A female attendant or servant.
• v. To staff with female labor.
• v. (transitive) To make effeminate or womanish.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.