dry nurse n. A nurse employed to care for but not breast-feed an infant.
dry′-nurse′ v.
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dry-nurse Past participle: dry-nursedGerund: dry-nursingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative dry-nurse dry-nurse
Present I dry-nurse you dry-nurse he/she/it dry-nurses we dry-nurse you dry-nurse they dry-nurse
Preterite I dry-nursed you dry-nursed he/she/it dry-nursed we dry-nursed you dry-nursed they dry-nursed
Present Continuous I am dry-nursing you are dry-nursing he/she/it is dry-nursing we are dry-nursing you are dry-nursing they are dry-nursing
Present Perfect I have dry-nursed you have dry-nursed he/she/it has dry-nursed we have dry-nursed you have dry-nursed they have dry-nursed
Past Continuous I was dry-nursing you were dry-nursing he/she/it was dry-nursing we were dry-nursing you were dry-nursing they were dry-nursing
Past Perfect I had dry-nursed you had dry-nursed he/she/it had dry-nursed we had dry-nursed you had dry-nursed they had dry-nursed
Future I will dry-nurse you will dry-nurse he/she/it will dry-nurse we will dry-nurse you will dry-nurse they will dry-nurse
Future Perfect I will have dry-nursed you will have dry-nursed he/she/it will have dry-nursed we will have dry-nursed you will have dry-nursed they will have dry-nursed
Future Continuous I will be dry-nursing you will be dry-nursing he/she/it will be dry-nursing we will be dry-nursing you will be dry-nursing they will be dry-nursing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been dry-nursing you have been dry-nursing he/she/it has been dry-nursing we have been dry-nursing you have been dry-nursing they have been dry-nursing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been dry-nursing you will have been dry-nursing he/she/it will have been dry-nursing we will have been dry-nursing you will have been dry-nursing they will have been dry-nursing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been dry-nursing you had been dry-nursing he/she/it had been dry-nursing we had been dry-nursing you had been dry-nursing they had been dry-nursing
Conditional I would dry-nurse you would dry-nurse he/she/it would dry-nurse we would dry-nurse you would dry-nurse they would dry-nurse
Past Conditional I would have dry-nursed you would have dry-nursed he/she/it would have dry-nursed we would have dry-nursed you would have dry-nursed they would have dry-nursed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. dry-nurse - take care of an infant without breastfeeding itgive care ,
care - provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
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