mother
noun
a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
have mothered
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present perfectof mother.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some of us have mothered, all of us have tended to the needs of others; we’ve provided shelter, radiated warmth, loved and moved one another in mysterious ways — and we will do it again.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2020
We are mothers, we have mothered our babies and all of our children will forever be a part of who we are.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2015
The party's economic program sounds like something the U.S.'s National Association of Manufacturers might have mothered.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And you have mothered his babies all these years?"
From All Aboard A Story for Girls by Fannie E. Newberry
"A boy," sniffed Levine, "and who'd have mothered little Patience if she'd been a boy?"
From Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow
