Nurse and Repair

Nurse

Nurse verb - To attend to the needs and comforts of.

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Repair and nurse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repair" instead a verb "Nurse".

Nearby Words: nursed, nursery, nursing, nurseling

Repair verb - To bring back to a former condition or vigor.

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Nurse and repair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nurse" instead a verb "Repair".

good	good nurse	good repair
regular	regular nurse	regular repair
poor	poor nurse	poor repair
actual	actual nurse	actual repair
Other adjectives: great, little, new, makeshift.

Which Restroom Dilemma: When Cyril arrives at the hospital dressed as a female nurse, the elastic on his underwear breaks, and he asks the receptionist for a safety pin to repair it.

Source: Film / Carry On Matron
Colleen, with no experience actually performing surgery on her own (being a nurse), is forced to operate on the cadre leader to repair a sucking chest wound.

Source: Series / China Beach
Midair Repair: Mid-space repair, as the crew has to nurse their stricken spacecraft around the moon and back home.

Source: Film / Apollo 13

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