Home › Words › N › nurslenursle/ˈnəːs(ə)l/nursle means to nurture, train, raise (a person).nursle is pronounced /ˈnəːs(ə)l/.EtymologyAlteration of nuzzle, after nurse.verbTo nurture, train, raise (a person).e.g.“the late borne childe […] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde […]” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nurture 75% match — The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care vs nursle →nurturement 71% match — nurture; the act of nurturing vs nursle →nustle 70% match — To take care of fondly; to cherish; to nurse. vs nursle →nursie 69% match — A nurse. vs nursle →nurtural 66% match — Relating to nurture. vs nursle →nurturant 65% match — That provides nourishment; nurturing. vs nursle →nurturance 64% match — The provision of physical and emotional care. vs nursle →nursemaid 61% match — A woman or girl employed to care for children. vs nursle →