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nursemaiding

nursemaiding is the present participle and gerund of nursemaid.

Meaning of nursemaid

Verb

nursemaid (third-person singular simple present nursemaids, present participle nursemaiding, simple past and past participle nursemaided)

  1. To tend to as a nursemaid.
  2. (colloquial) To care for or look after.
    • I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.

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Questions about nursemaiding

What is nursemaiding the present participle and gerund of?
Nursemaiding is the present participle and gerund of nursemaid.

Words near nursemaiding in the dictionary

  1. nurseling
  2. nurselings
  3. nursely
  4. nursemaid
  5. nursemaided
  6. nursemaiding
  7. nursemaids
  8. nurseman
  9. nursemen
  10. nursepond
  11. nurseponds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nursemaiding (page history and authors); nursemaid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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