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mothered up

mothered up is the simple past and past participle of mother up.

Meaning of mother up

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.

Questions about mothered up

What is mothered up the simple past and past participle of?
Mothered up is the simple past and past participle of mother up.

Words near mothered up in the dictionary

  1. motherchucker
  2. motherchuckers
  3. mothercraft
  4. motherdom
  5. mothered
  6. mothered up
  7. mothereffer
  8. mothereffers
  9. mothereffing
  10. motherer
  11. motherers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mothered up (page history and authors); mother up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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