Verb
be mother (no third-person singular simple present, present participle being mother, no simple past, past participle been mother)
(idiomatic, Britain) To pour out tea for others.
Ah, here are the cakes and tea; shall I be mother?
I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother and child, like the Schmoo salt and pepper shakers, or brother and sister like the Birdie salt and peppers, or cousins, like most of my dinnerware sets. Eva Zeisel
When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son. Ellen Barkin