mother

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)/
/ˈmʌðɚ/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

Example Sentences
  • He had something of his mother in him.
2 Definition

A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child

3 Definition

A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.

4 Definition

A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.

Example Sentences
  • Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
5 Definition

A female parent of an animal.

Example Sentences
  • The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
6 Definition

A female ancestor.

7 Definition

A source or origin.

Example Sentences
  • The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
8 Definition

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)

9 Definition

(when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.

Example Sentences
  • Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
10 Definition

Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.

11 Definition

Any person or entity which performs mothering.

12 Definition

The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

13 Definition

The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.

14 Definition

Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.

15 Definition

A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.

Example Sentences
  • pieces of mother, adding mother to vinegar
16 Definition

Motherfucker.

17 Definition

A striking example.

18 Definition

A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)

2 Definition

To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

3 Definition

To cause to contain mother.

Example Sentences
  • mothered oil / vinegar / wine
4 Definition

(of an alcohol) To develop mother.