mother

🇺🇸 /ˈmʌðər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmʌðə(r)/
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Tags TOP500Oxford3000CEFR-A1
noun
A1

a female parent

My mother loves me very much.

R

the head woman of a convent

The mother of the convent leads the nuns.

verb
R

to care for someone like a mother

She mothers her younger brother when their mother is away.

translation

n. a female parent; the head woman of a convent
v. to care for someone like a mother

Word Forms

Plural mothers
Progressive mothering
Past mothered
3rd Present mothers
Perfect mothered