dry nurse
dry nurse · dry nurses · dry nursed · dry nursing
To feed, attend, and bring up without sucklingTo feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
Meaning
2 sensesTo feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
(archaic, slang)Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
Origin
To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.
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Forms
dry nurses, dry nursing, dry nursed, dry nursed| Base form | dry nurse · to dry nurse |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dry nurses |
| Present participle | dry nursing |
| Past simple | dry nursed |
| Past participle | dry nursed |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.