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.

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