Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
nursing

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. If a female is nursing, they are breastfeeding their young.
    The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.

Verb change

Plain form
nurse

Third-person singular
nurses

Past tense
nursed

Past participle
nursed

Present participle
nursing

  1. The present participle of nurse.

Noun change

Singular
nursing

Plural
nursings

  1. (uncountable) Nursing is the profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
    She went into nursing as a career.