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mother up

mother up verb: to unite and remain with one's mother.

Verb

mother up (third-person singular simple present mothers up, present participle mothering up, simple past and past participle mothered up)

  1. To unite and remain with one's mother.
    • We have to open the pen so the calves can mother up.
  2. (informal) To act as a mother to a child.

Forms of mother up

third-person singular presentmothers up
present participlemothering up
past participlemothered up
pastmothered up

Questions about mother up

What does mother up mean?
Mother up means to unite and remain with one's mother.
What part of speech is mother up?
Mother up is a verb.
What is the past tense of mother up?
The past tense of mother up is mothered up.

Words near mother up in the dictionary

  1. Mother Theresa
  2. Mother Theresas
  3. Mother Thumb and her four daughters
  4. mother tongue
  5. mother tongues
  6. mother up
  7. mother wit
  8. mother wits
  9. mother world
  10. mother worlds
  11. mother wound

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