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The act of nursing.

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  1. n. The act of nursing.
  2. n. The place where nursing is carried on
  3. n. The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
  4. n. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
  5. n. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
  6. n. That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
  7. n. That which is nursed.
  8. n. a child's room for a baby
  9. n:100 n. a child's room for a baby