mother

Plural: mothers

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"
• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
• a term of address for an elderly woman
• a term of address for a mother superior
• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
  • "necessity is the mother of invention"
• A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
• A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.
• A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
• A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
• A female ancestor.
• A source or origin.
• Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
• A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
• A term of address for one's wife.
• Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
• Any person or entity which performs mothering.
• Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of a culture 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.
• A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
• The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
• The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
• Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.
• A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.
• A person who is admired, respected, or looked up to within a particular fandom or community; see also: serve cunt
• Motherfucker.
• A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".)
• Alternative form of moth-er.

Verb

Verb Forms: mothered, mothering, mothers

• To give birth to, care for, or nurture.
• care for like a mother
• make children
• To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
• To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
• To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
• To develop mother.

Examples

• He had something of his mother in him.
• I am visiting my mother today.
• Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
• mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine
• My sister-in-law has just become a mother for the first time.
• Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
• pieces of mother ;   adding mother to vinegar
• She felt she had to MOTHER her struggling opponent with a gentle, low-scoring word.
• The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
• The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.

Synonyms

beget, bring forth, engender, father, female parent, fuss, generate, get, overprotect, sire, Colloquial or slang synonyms:, MF, Mom, Mommy, Mother, Mum, Mummy, biological mother, dam, granddaddy, grandfather, ma, mam, mama, mamaw, mamma, mammaw, mammy, mamsie, mamsy, mater, matriarch, meemaw, memaw, metro-, mofo, mom, momma, mommy, moms, momsy, mother, motherfucker, motherling, mum, mummy, mumsy, mutha, old lady

Antonyms

father, male parent, child, daughter, offspring, son

Related Words

materfamilias, material, maternal, maternity, matriculate, matrimony, matrix, matter