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mismother

mismother verb: to fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.

Verb

mismother (third-person singular simple present mismothers, present participle mismothering, simple past and past participle mismothered)

  1. (especially a ewe) To fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.

Forms of mismother

third-person singular presentmismothers
present participlemismothering
past participlemismothered
pastmismothered

Origin of mismother

From mis- + mother.

Questions about mismother

What does mismother mean?
Mismother means to fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.
What part of speech is mismother?
Mismother is a verb.
What is the past tense of mismother?
The past tense of mismother is mismothered.

Words near mismother in the dictionary

  1. mismodels
  2. mismold
  3. mismolded
  4. mismolding
  5. mismolds
  6. mismother
  7. mismothered
  8. mismothering
  9. mismothers
  10. mismotion
  11. mismotivate

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