brothering
SayBRUTH-er-ingUS · UK/ˈbɹʌðəɹɪŋ/AUS/ˈbɹɐðəɹɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of brother.
He spent the war years brothering the orphaned boys in his care.
The older monks took to brothering each new arrival at the abbey.
Note
A form built on a transitive verb, so it wants an object: you are brothering someone, not simply brothering. As a gerund it can keep that object or take of instead, as in his brothering of the orphaned boys. The verb draws on the noun's whole range, from a sibling to a fellow member of a religious community or union. Brothering can therefore mean family-style care or the welcome of fellowship.
brothering is a form of brother
- Spelling
- brother → brothering: add -ing
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