📖 N — The English dictionary · page 20

nunnery — Everyday, meaning 1: A building where nuns live together, away from the world, to pray and work.↗ Example: The nuns lived quietly in the nunnery.↗ · A nunnery stood beside the old temple.↗ · Some girls went to the nunnery to learn.↗

nuptial — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Having to do with marriage or a wedding.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A wedding; the nuptial ring is the wedding ring.↗ Example: They gave the nuptial ring to the bride.↗ · The nuptial feast lasted all day.↗ · The king planned a grand nuptial.↗

nuptials — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, old use) A wedding, with its ceremony and feast.↗ Example: The nuptials will be held this evening.↗ · Everyone came to the nuptials.↗ · The nuptials were a great celebration.↗

nurse — Everyday, meaning 1: A nurse is a person trained to look after sick or injured people, usually in a hospital, clinic or school.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To nurse someone means to take care of them when they are ill.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To nurse a baby can mean to feed it milk from the breast.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To nurse a feeling means to keep it for a long time: nurse a grudge.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A nanny or nurse can also be a person, often a woman, who looks after a young child in a family home.↗ Example: The school nurse put a plaster on my knee.↗ · My aunt is a nurse at the hospital.↗ · The nurse checked my temperature.↗ · Dad nursed me when I had the flu.↗ · They nursed the injured bird back to health.↗ · Nurses work day and night shifts.↗ · My grandad lives in a nursing home.↗ · If you feel sick at school, ask to see the nurse.↗ · Were his nurses comely or harsh-looking?↗ · And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.↗ (Torah GEN.24.59, JPS 1917)↗ · And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.↗ (Torah GEN.35.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter: 'Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?'↗ (Torah EXO.2.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.↗ (Writings RUT.4.16, JPS 1917)↗ · But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber.↗ (Writings 2CH.22.11, JPS 1917)↗

nursery — Everyday, meaning 1: A nursery is a place where young children are cared for while their parents work, before they start school.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A nursery is a child's bedroom for a baby.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A nursery is a place where plants and trees are grown and sold.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK) Nursery (class or school) is the first class for children aged about three to four.↗ Example: My little sister goes to nursery every morning.↗ · They painted the nursery yellow before the baby came.↗ · We bought apple trees from the nursery.↗ · «Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star» is a nursery rhyme.↗ · The nursery has 24 children and 4 staff, so 6 children per adult.↗ · I learned to paint at nursery.↗ · The nursery grows thousands of baby plants.↗ · We now return to the nursery.↗

nursling — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A baby or child being looked after and fed.↗ Example: Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him, (Writings PRO.8.30, JPS 1917)↗

nurture — Everyday, meaning 1: To nurture is to care for and feed a young thing so that it grows well.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Nurture is the care and training that helps a person grow up.↗ Example: The bird nurtures her chicks in the nest.↗ · They nurtured the little seed until it grew.↗ · The girl was nurtured in a loving home.↗

nut — Everyday, meaning 1: A nut is a fruit with a hard shell and a seed inside that you can often eat, like a walnut or hazelnut.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A nut is a small piece of metal with a hole in it that screws onto a bolt to hold things together.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Informal) A nut is a person who is very keen on something, like a football nut, or who acts in a silly, crazy way.↗ Example: Squirrels bury nuts for the winter.↗ · Crack the shell to get the nut out.↗ · Our school is nut-free because some children have allergies.↗ · My sister has a nut allergy and carries an EpiPen.↗ · Tighten the nut on the bolt with a spanner.↗ · He's a real football nut.↗ · This puzzle is a hard nut to crack.↗ · In a nutshell, we lost the match.↗ · So Ib held the nut very tight.↗ · "lien Sira wanted to study the Sefer Yetzira, when a heav- enly voice came out and snid: 'Thou canst nut do it aloin-'.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

nutcase — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, unkind) A person who acts in a very silly, wild or crazy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, can be friendly) A fun, daft person, as in "You're a total nutcase!" among friends.↗ Example: "You're a nutcase!" laughed Tom as his friend jumped in the puddle.↗ · Some nutcase drove the wrong way down the road.↗ · My uncle is a lovable nutcase who dances everywhere.↗ · Don't call people nutcases; it can hurt.↗ · The dog went like a nutcase when it saw the ball.↗ · Only a nutcase would swim in the sea in January!↗

nutcracker — Everyday, meaning 1: A tool for cracking the hard shells of nuts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wooden doll shaped like a soldier whose jaw cracks nuts, popular at Christmas.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «The Nutcracker»: a famous Christmas ballet with music by Tchaikovsky.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A bird of the crow family that eats nuts and seeds.↗ Example: Pass me the nutcracker so I can open this walnut.↗ · We went to see «The Nutcracker» ballet at Christmas.↗ · A wooden nutcracker soldier stood on the shelf.↗ · A nutcracker is a type of lever.↗ · The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy comes from «The Nutcracker».↗ · The nutcracker bird hides seeds for winter.↗

nutmeg — Everyday, meaning 1: A brown spice made by grating the hard seed of a tropical tree, used in cakes, custard and drinks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (football slang, UK) To nutmeg someone is to kick the ball between their legs and run past them; the trick itself is called a nutmeg (or megs).↗ Example: Sprinkle a little nutmeg on the custard.↗ · Nutmeg was once so valuable that people fought wars over it.↗ · Grandma grates nutmeg into her rice pudding.↗ · He nutmegged the defender and scored!↗ · The crowd cheered the nutmeg.↗ · Too much nutmeg can make you ill, so use only a pinch.↗

nutrient — Everyday, meaning 1: A nutrient is a substance in food that a living thing needs to grow, stay healthy and have energy, like protein, vitamins and minerals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: For plants, nutrients are substances they take from the soil, like nitrogen.↗ Example: Vegetables are full of nutrients.↗ · Plants take nutrients from the soil through their roots.↗ · Protein is a nutrient that helps you grow.↗ · Milk has the nutrient calcium for strong bones.↗ · Chips have lots of fat but few other nutrients.↗ · The label shows the nutrients in each serving.↗ · Compost adds nutrients to the garden.↗ · Blood carries nutrients around the body.↗

nutrition — Everyday, meaning 1: The food that your body needs to grow, stay healthy and have energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The study of food and how it affects the body.↗ Example: Good nutrition helps children grow strong.↗ · Read the nutrition label on the cereal box.↗ · We learned about nutrition in science.↗ · Fruit and vegetables are important for good nutrition.↗ · Poor nutrition can make people ill.↗ · Athletes think carefully about their nutrition.↗

nutritional — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with nutrition: the food a body needs to grow, have energy and stay healthy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with how much good a food gives the body: its nutritional value.↗ Example: Read the nutritional information on the back of the cereal box.↗ · Fruit and vegetables have high nutritional value.↗ · Babies have different nutritional needs from adults.↗ · The nutritional label says there are 5 grams of sugar per 100 grams.↗ · Crisps are tasty but have little nutritional value.↗ · Athletes plan their meals for nutritional balance.↗

nutritionist — Everyday, meaning 1: A nutritionist is a person who knows a lot about food and how it affects health, and gives advice on healthy eating.↗ Example: The nutritionist said we should eat more vegetables.↗ · Our football club has a nutritionist.↗ · A nutritionist helped plan the school menu.↗ · She wants to become a nutritionist.↗ · The nutritionist explained why breakfast matters.↗ · Ask a doctor or nutritionist before changing your diet a lot.↗

nutritious — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of the things your body needs to grow and stay healthy (vitamins, protein, minerals): a nutritious meal.↗ Example: Fruit and vegetables are nutritious.↗ · A nutritious breakfast helps you concentrate at school.↗ · Beans are cheap and nutritious.↗ · Sweets taste nice but are not very nutritious.↗ · The school lunch is warm and nutritious.↗ · Porridge is a nutritious start to the day.↗ · Eggs are a nutritious food for growing children.↗

nuts — Everyday, meaning 1: Nuts are hard-shelled fruits or seeds of some trees and plants, like walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds; many can be eaten.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Nuts are small metal pieces with a hole in the middle that screw onto bolts to hold things together.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Nuts (informal) means crazy or silly.↗ e.g. That idea is nuts!↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Nuts about something (informal) means liking it very much: nuts about football.↗ Example: Squirrels hide nuts for the winter.↗ · Our school is nut-free because of allergies.↗ · She is allergic to nuts.↗ · Tighten the nuts on the bike wheel.↗ · Almonds and hazelnuts are nuts.↗ · He is nuts about dinosaurs.↗ · The crowd went nuts when we scored.↗ · Crack the nuts with a nutcracker.↗ · These wishing nuts, after all, had proved true fortune-tellers.↗ · I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.↗ (Writings SNG.6.11, JPS 1917)↗

nutshell — Everyday, meaning 1: The hard outer shell of a nut.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «In a nutshell» means in very few words, said briefly.↗ Example: The squirrel cracked the nutshell.↗ · In a nutshell, we lost because we were slow.↗ · The walnut's nutshell is hard.↗ · In a nutshell, the mean is the total divided by how many numbers there are.↗ · Explain your story in a nutshell.↗ · The nutshells lay all over the floor.↗

nutty — Everyday, meaning 1: Containing nuts or tasting like nuts: «a nutty chocolate bar».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Silly, crazy or strange in a funny way: «a nutty idea».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Very keen on something: «nutty about football».↗ Example: This bread has a nutty taste.↗ · I love nutty chocolate bars.↗ · My friend is allergic, so she can't eat nutty cakes.↗ · That's a nutty idea, but it might work!↗ · The nutty professor invented a flying bicycle.↗ · He's nutty about dinosaurs.↗

nylon — Everyday, meaning 1: Nylon is a strong, light, man-made material made from chemicals (a plastic), used for clothes, ropes, toothbrush bristles, tents and fishing line.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned) Nylons are women's thin stockings or tights made of nylon.↗ Example: My coat is made of nylon.↗ · Nylon rope is strong and light.↗ · Toothbrush bristles are usually nylon.↗ · Nylon is a man-made material, not a natural one.↗ · Parachutes were made of nylon in the war.↗ · Nylon dries quickly after rain.↗ · Old nylon fishing nets can trap sea animals.↗

nymph — Everyday, meaning 1: In Greek and Roman myths, a nymph is a nature spirit who looks like a young woman and lives in a forest, river, sea or mountain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science, a nymph is the young form of some insects, like dragonflies and grasshoppers, that look a bit like the adult but have no wings yet.↗ Example: A dragonfly nymph lives in the pond.↗ · In the Greek myth, Echo was a nymph.↗ · Grasshopper nymphs have no wings yet.↗ · Water nymphs lived in the river.↗ · The nymph sheds its skin as it grows.↗ · The painting shows nymphs dancing in a forest.↗ · The MELIADES were the nymphs who presided over fruit-trees.↗