mother
noun
a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
is mothering
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present progressiveof mother (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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No more social workers asking what your daily life is like as a way of finding out what your mother is up to personally, or whether she is mothering you at all.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 25, 2018
Of course it isn’t the same as mothering another human, but it is mothering nonetheless.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2016
There is mothering, and there is fathering—children do best with both.
From Forbes ● Jul. 22, 2015
The war, which has compelled U.S. farmers to look for manpower substitutes, is mothering some amazing new farm machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don’t know where you came from, but what you need is mothering.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Janet D. Wheeler
