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Take for instance the word ‘nurse’. A nurse is a person trained to care for the sick or infirm and assist doctors or dentists. One also refers to a nurse as a nursemaid. The singular verb form of the word ‘nurse’ means to work as a nurse or to attend to a sick person. The other verb forms of the term mean feeding or to be fed at the breast; to hold or to treat carefully.