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Definitions for Mothering

[1] the nurturing of an infant or small child by its mother.
[2] (in rural England) the custom of visiting one's parents on Laetare Sunday with a present.
[3] a female parent.
[4] (often initial capital letter ) one's female parent.
[5] a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.
[6] a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
[7] a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.
[8] mother superior.
[9] a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother: to be a mother to someone.
[10] the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection: It is the mother in her showing itself.
[11] something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.
[12] (in disc recording) a mold from which stampers are made.
[13] being a mother: a mother bird.
[14] of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother: mother love.
[15] derived from or as if from one's mother; native: his mother culture.
[16] bearing a relation like that of a mother, as in being the origin, source, or protector: the mother company and its affiliates; the mother computer and its network of terminals.
[17] to be the mother of; give origin or rise to.
[18] to acknowledge oneself the author of; assume as one's own.
[19] to care for or protect like a mother; act maternally toward.
[20] to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent; act maternally: a woman with a need to mother.
[21] a female who has given birth to offspring (as modifier ) a mother bird
[22] (often capital, esp as a term of address) a person's own mother
[23] a female substituting in the function of a mother
[24] (often capital) mainly archaic a term of address for an old woman
[25] motherly qualities, such as maternal affection it appealed to the mother in her (as modifier ) mother love (in combination ) mothercraft
[26] a female or thing that creates, nurtures, protects, etc, something (as modifier ) mother church ; mother earth
[27] a title given to certain members of female religious orders mother superior
[28] Christian Science God as the eternal Principle
[29] (modifier) native or innate mother wit
[30] offensive , taboo , slang , mainly US short for motherfucker offensive
[31] be mother to pour the tea I'll be mother
[32] the mother of all … informal the greatest example of its kind the mother of all parties
[33] to give birth to or produce
[34] to nurture, protect, etc as a mother
[35] a stringy slime containing various bacteria that forms on the surface of liquids undergoing acetous fermentation. It can be added to wine, cider, etc to promote vinegar formation Also called: mother of vinegar

Words related to Mothering

feed, nourish, vaccinate, cradle, multiply, proliferate, inseminate, spawn, breed, propagate, hatch, create, generate, watch, tend, pamper, immunize, further, cultivate, humor

Words nearby Mothering

mother-out-law, motherboard, motherese, motherfucker, motherhood, mothering, mothering sunday, motherland, motherless, motherly, motherwell

Origin of Mothering

1before 900; Middle English mother, moder, Old English mōdor; cognate with Dutch moeder, German Mutter, Old Norse mōthir, Latin māter, Greek mḗtēr, Sanskrit mātar-. As in father, th was substituted for d, possibly on the model of brother

Other words from Mothering

moth·er·less , adjective
moth·er·less·ness , noun
un·moth·ered , adjective
Related adjective: maternal

Word origin for Mothering

C16: perhaps from mother 1 , but compare Spanish madre scum, Dutch modder dregs, Middle Low German modder decaying object, mudde sludge

Synonyms for Mothering

cradle, feed, keep an eye on, look after, nourish, take care of, vaccinate, advance, aid, attend, baby-sit, cherish, cultivate, encourage, father, forward, foster, further, harbor, humor, immunize, indulge, inoculate, irradiate, medicate, mother, nurture, pamper, preserve, promote, serve, sit, succor, support, treat, keep alive, keep tabs on, minister to, see to, take charge of, wait on, watch out for, watch over