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Definition of mother verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mother

verb

NAmE//ˈmʌðər//

mother somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mother

he / she / it mothers

past simple mothered

-ing form mothering

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to care for someone or something because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother He was a disturbed child who needed to be mothered. Stop mothering me!

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mother noun
den mother noun
mother hen noun
birth mother noun
earth mother noun
mother lode noun
mother ship noun
queen mother noun
mother country noun
mother figure noun
Mother Nature noun
mother tongue noun
mother-in-law noun
Mother's Day noun
mother's milk noun
Mother Superior noun
mother-to-be noun
Reverend Mother noun
surrogate mother noun
mother-of-pearl noun

Idioms

at your mother's knee
the mother of (all) something
necessity is the mother of invention
old enough to be somebody's father/mother

Nearby words

moth-eaten adjective
mother noun
mother verb
motherboard noun
mother country noun