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verb · transitive · rare

wet nurse

wet nurse · wet nurses · wet nursed · wet nursing

To act as a wet nurseTo act as a wet nurse (in either sense).

» My baby's wet nurse is also my family's dietitian.

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Meaning

1 senses

To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).

Examples

2 sentences

My baby's wet nurse is also my family's dietitian.
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The children played under the wet nurse's watchful eye.
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Forms

wet nurses, wet nursing, wet nursed, wet nursed

Base form	wet nurse · to wet nurse
3rd person singular	wet nurses
Present participle	wet nursing
Past simple	wet nursed
Past participle	wet nursed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	wet nurse
he, she, it	wet nurses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

wet nursed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have wet nursed
he, she, it	has wet nursed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will wet nurse

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 dictionary

westwardB1 wetA2 wetlandB1 wetsuit whack

Dictionary 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.

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