Associations to the word «Mothering»

MOTHERING, verb. Present participle of mother

MOTHERING, noun. The nurturing of a child by its mother.

MOTHERING, noun. The protective behaviour of a mother towards her child.

MOTHERING, noun. Nurturing or protective behaviour reminiscent of that performed by a literal mother.

MOTHERING, noun. (obsolete) Shortened form of a-mothering (obsolete); practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare Mothering Sunday).

MOTHERING SUNDAY, proper noun. A day in honor of mothers and/or one's mother church, which falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland; compare a-mothering