mother-hen (English, verb)
expansion: mother-hen (third-person singular simple present mother-hens, present participle mother-henning, simple past and past participle mother-henned)
Senses:
glosses: To behave in an overprotective or extremely nurturing manner (towards).
tags: intransitive
transitive
Forms:
form: mother-hens
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mother-henning
tags: participle
present
form: mother-henned
tags: participle
past
form: mother-henned
tags: past