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-nursed
Gerund: dry-nursing
| 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
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. dry-nurse - take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
give care,
care - provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
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