Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Nurse
Nurse verb - To keep in one's mind or heart.
Usage example: he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| sweet | sweet keep | sweet nurse |
| human | human keep | human nurse |
| old | old keep | old nurse |
| good | good keep | good nurse |
| Other adjectives: short, regular, actual, great, black, cute, private, personal, unofficial. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The unofficial nurse's motto: "Be kind to your nurse — we keep the doctor from accidentally killing you."
Source: Ensign Newbie -
The nurse in the Disturbed Ward actually tries to keep patients there longer to keep them away from Ratched.
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Vegetarian Vampire - Aidan's job as a nurse gives him access to donated blood, which is enough to keep him going (though, as he tells a new vampire, bagged blood "tastes like ass").
Source: Series / Being Human (US)
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