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mother

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  1. mother
  2. mother aircraft
  3. mother bed
  4. mother bulb
  5. Mother Carey's chicken
  6. Mother Carey's goose
  7. Mother Carey's hen
  8. mother cell
  9. mother church
  10. mother-city
  11. mother cloves
  12. mother country
  13. mother earth
  14. Mother Goose
  15. Mother Goose rhyme
  16. mother hen
  17. Mother Hubbard
  18. mother-in-law
  19. mother-in-law plant
  20. mother liquor
  21. mother lode
  22. mother mark
  23. mother-naked
  24. Mother Nature
  25. mother of coal
  26. mother-of-millions
  27. mother-of-pearl
  28. mother-of-pearl cloud
  29. mother-of-thousands
  30. mother-of-thyme

1moth·er

noun \ˈmə-thər\

Definition of MOTHER

1
a : a female parent
b (1) : a woman in authority; specifically : the superior of a religious community of women (2) : an old or elderly woman
2
: source, origin <necessity is the mother of invention>
3
: maternal tenderness or affection
4
[short for motherfucker] sometimes vulgar : motherfucker
5
: something that is an extreme or ultimate example of its kind especially in terms of scale <the mother of all construction projects>
— moth·er·hood \-ˌhu̇d\ noun
— moth·er·less \-ləs\ adjective
— moth·er·less·ness noun

Origin of MOTHER

Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mētēr, Sanskrit mātṛ
First Known Use: before 12th century

2mother

adjective

Definition of MOTHER

1
a : of, relating to, or being a mother
b : bearing the relation of a mother
2
: derived from or as if from one's mother
3
: acting as or providing parental stock —used without reference to sex

Examples of MOTHER

  1. <she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own>

First Known Use of MOTHER

13th century

Related to MOTHER

Synonyms
maternal, motherly

Rhymes with MOTHER

other, smother

3mother

transitive verb
moth·eredmoth·er·ing \ˈmə-thə-riŋ, ˈməth-riŋ\

Definition of MOTHER

1
a : to give birth to
b : to give rise to : produce
2
: to care for or protect like a mother

Examples of MOTHER

  1. She mothered two sons but no daughters.
  2. <I hope to mother at least one child.>

First Known Use of MOTHER

1548

Related to MOTHER

Synonyms
birth [chiefly dialect], deliver, drop, have, bear, produce

Other Embryology Terms

gravid, neonate, ontogeny, parturition

4mother

noun

Definition of MOTHER

: mother of vinegar

Origin of MOTHER

archaic mother dregs, lees; akin to Middle Dutch moeder dregs
First Known Use: circa 1828

moth·er

noun \ˈməth-ər\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of MOTHER

: a female parent

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