- present participle of nurse.
nursing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Could home care or long-term care in a nursing facility cost you more than $20,000 a month?
From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026
In more severe cases, people may need to go to the hospital for supportive measures such as IV fluids, pain management and nursing care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
The Royal College of Nursing's chief nursing officer, Prof Lynn Woolsey, said the rollout could mark "an important step in upgrading technology in the NHS" and "ease the administrative burden on nursing staff".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
Bob was adamant about not being remanded to a nursing home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
In November 1781, Jackson’s mother also died after nursing victims of a wartime cholera epidemic on a ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
