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grandmother
UK
/ˈɡrændˌmʌðə/
US
/ˈɡrændˌmʌðər/
Translations
grandmothers
pl
UK
/ˈɡrændˌmʌðə/
US
/ˈɡrændˌmʌðər/
My grandmother makes the best apple pie.
Моя бабушка готовит лучший яблочный пирог.
I love spending weekends with my babulya.
Я люблю проводить выходные с моей бабулей.
Additional translations
grandmothered
Past Simple
grandmothered
Past Participle
grandmothering
Gerund
Transitive verb meaning ‘to act as a grandmother to’ or ‘to treat with indulgent affection.’
UK
/ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌð.ə/
US
/ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌð.ɚ/
Used attributively to modify a noun or to describe something characteristic of a grandmother (e.g., “grandmother clock”).
Definitions
Every summer, we visit my grandmother at her house in the countryside.
The children in the neighborhood affectionately called her 'grandmother' because she always shared stories and cookies with them.
Ada Lovelace is often hailed as the grandmother of computer programming.
Mrs. Harris grandmothers the neighborhood children after school.
The museum displayed an ornate grandmother clock dating from the 19th century.