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bemoederen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mollycoddle noun Someone, usually a boy or man, who is given too much care and shielded from hardship.
  • mother noun A female parent.

Senses

bemoederen is used for these senses in English:

  • mother (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

mother — full definition

  1. noun A female parent.
  2. noun The origin or source of something.
  3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.
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