mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/ verb C2- To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”). · mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine
- To develop mother.
He/she/it mothers · Past mothered · Past participle mothered · -ing form mothering
Verb forms
- Base form
- mother
- He/she/it
- mothers
- Past
- mothered
- Past participle
- mothered
- -ing form
- mothering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
At last I heard my mother call
The mother keeps heated.
## II TO MY MOTHER
YOU too, my mother, read my rhymes
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