[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.Compare nurse-midwife , nurse-practitioner , physician's assistant physician's assistant, practical nurse practical nurse, registered nurse registered nurse.", "a woman who has the general care of a child or children; dry nurse.", "a woman employed to suckle an infant; wet nurse.", "any fostering agency or influence.", "Entomology.a worker that attends the young in a colony of social insects.", "Billiards.the act of maintaining the position of billiard balls in preparation for a carom."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to tend or minister to in sickness, infirmity, etc.Antonyms: neglect", "to try to cure (an ailment) by taking care of oneself:to nurse a cold.", "to look after carefully so as to promote growth, development, etc.; foster; cherish:to nurse one's meager talents.Synonyms: back , aid , help , abet , encourage Antonyms: neglect", "to treat or handle with adroit care in order to further one's own interests:to nurse one's nest egg.", "to use, consume, or dispense very slowly or carefully:He nursed the one drink all evening.", "to keep steadily in mind or memory:He nursed a grudge against me all the rest of his life.", "to suckle (an infant).", "to feed and tend in .Synonyms: raise , rear", "to bring up, train, or nurture.", "to clasp or handle carefully or fondly:to nurse a plate of food on 's lap.", "Billiards.to maintain the position of (billiard balls) for a series of caroms."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to suckle a child, especially one's own.", "(of a child) to suckle:The child did not nurse after he was three months old.", "to act as nurse; tend the sick or infirm."]}]