nurse

En français : allaiter, donner le sein, soigner

1. To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle. (transitive)
2. To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast. (intransitive)
3. To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to. (transitive) · She nursed him back to health.
4. To tend gently and with extra care. (transitive) · She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
5. To manage or oversee (something) with care and economy. (transitive)
6. To drink (a beverage) slowly, so as to make it last. (informal, transitive) · Rob was nursing a small beer.
7. To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over. (figuratively, transitive) · to nurse a grudge· to nurse a grievance
8. To hold closely to one's chest. (transitive) · Would you like to nurse the puppy?

He/she/it nurses · Prétérit nursed · Participe passé nursed · Forme en -ing nursing