A mother is a female parent: mothers nurture and mother children. It's also a term for an elderly woman or mother superior.
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
Noun
a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
Noun
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
Noun
a term of address for an elderly woman
Noun
a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
Verb
make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don''t recognize them"
Verb
care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
n.
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman
who has borne a child.
n.
That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of
birth or origin; generatrix.
n.
An old woman or matron.
n.
The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
abbess, etc.
n.
Hysterical passion; hysteria.
a.
Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,
mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother;
producing others; originating.
v. t.
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of
a mother to.
n.
A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of
fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a
means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other
combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
v. i.
To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as
vinegar.
Mother
Alas! poor country! ... it can not Be called our mother, but our grave.
I behold ... the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years.3.
Mother
It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
Mother
The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child.
Mother
Mother
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural;
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
Usage Examples
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years.
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.
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Other Usage ExamplesAll that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education.
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.