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moth·er ¹  (mr)

n.

1. A woman who conceives, gives birth to, or raises and nurtures a child.

2. A female parent of an animal.

3. A female ancestor.

4. A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother: a den mother.

5. Roman Catholic Church

a. A mother superior.

b. Used as a form of address for such a woman.

6. A woman who creates, originates, or founds something: "the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age" Alden Whitman.

7. A creative source; an origin: Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.

8. Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.

9. Maternal love and tenderness: brought out the mother in her.

10. The biggest or most significant example of its kind: the mother of all battles.

11. Vulgar Slang Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.

adj.

1. Relating to or being mother.

2. Characteristic of a mother: mother love.

3. Being the source or origin: the mother church.

4. Derived from or as if from one's mother; native: one's mother language.

tr.v. moth·ered, moth·er·ing, moth·ers

1. To give birth to; create and produce.

2. To watch over, nourish, and protect maternally.

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[Middle English moder, mother, from Old English mdor; see mter- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 10, translation of Iraqi Arabic 'umm. N., sense 11, short for motherfucker.]

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moth·er ²  (mr)

n.

A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.

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[Probably alteration (influenced by mother¹) of obsolete Dutch moeder, from Middle Dutch, probably from moeder, mother of children; see mter- in Indo-European roots.]

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mother

Noun

1. a female who has given birth to offspring

2. a person's own mother

3. a title given to certain members of female religious orders

4. motherly qualities, such as maternal affection: it appealed to the mother in her

5. the mother of a female or thing that creates, founds, or protects something: the mother of modern feminism, necessity is the mother of invention

6. the mother of all Informal the greatest example of its kind: the mother of all parties

Adjective

1. of or relating to a female or thing that creates, founds, or protects something: our mother company is in New York

2. native or innate: mother wit

Verb

1. to give birth to or produce

2. to nurture or protect [Old English mōdor]

motherless adj
motherly adj

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Mother

See also children; father; parents; pregnancy.

matriarchy

a system of social order wherein final authority is vested in the mother or eldest female and in which descent is reckoned in the female line. — matriarchal, adj.

matricentric

tending to move toward or centering upon the mother.

matricide

1. the killing of one’s mother.
2. one who has killed his mother. — matricidal, adj.

matriliny

tracing of descent through the mother’s side of a family. — matrilinear, adj.

momism

an excessive attachment and devotion of children to their mothers, resulting in a child’s dependence and failure to achieve emotional emancipation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children" female parent ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mummy, mum, mammy - informal terms for a mother mater - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously mother-in-law - the mother of your spouse parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian para I, primipara - (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time puerpera - a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter quadripara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies quintipara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies supermom - an informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment surrogate mother - a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so; "a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term" begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
	2.	mother - a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar barm, yeast - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
	3.	mother - a term of address for an elderly woman old woman - a woman who is old
	4.	mother - a term of address for a mother superior abbess, mother superior, prioress - the superior of a group of nuns
	5.	mother - a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention" inspiration - arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
Verb	1.	mother - care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" overprotect, fuss give care, care - provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
	2.	mother - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" beget, father, sire, engender, generate, bring forth, get create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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mother

noun 1. female parent, mum Brit. (informal) ma (informal) mater, dam, old woman (informal) mom U.S., Canad. mummy Brit. (informal) old lady (informal) foster mother, birth mother, biological mother

verb 2. give birth to, produce, bear, bring forth, drop

verb 3. nurture, raise, protect, tend, nurse, rear, care for, cherish

modifier 4. native, natural, innate, inborn, connate >> adjective maternal

Translations

mother [ˈmʌðəʳ] n → madre f

adj → materno

vt (= care for) → cuidar (como una madre)

mother [ˈmʌðəʳ] n → mère f

vt (= pamper, protect) → dorloter

mother [ˈmʌðəʳ] n → Mutter f

adj (country) → Heimat-;

(company) → Mutter-

vt → großziehen;

(pamper, protect) → bemuttern

mother [ˈmʌðəʳ] n → madre f

vt (= care for) → fare da madre a

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mother

n mother [ˈmaðə]

1 a female parent, especially human John's mother lives in Manchester; (also adjective ) The mother bird feeds her young.moederأُمмайкаmatka; mateřskýmor; -mordie Mutter; Mutter-...μητέραmadreemaمادرäitimèreאִמָאमाता, जननीmajkaanyaibumóðirmadre, mamma母어머니motina, patelėmāteibumoedermormatkamãemamăмама, матьmatka; materskýmatimajkamoder, morแม่anne, ana母親матиماں، والدہmẹ母亲

2 (often with capital also Mother Superior ) the female leader of a group of nuns.Moederرَئيسة دَيْر، الأم الرِّئيسَهводачка на група монахиниmatka představenáabbedisseMutterηγουμένηmadreabtissسر چشمهabbedissaMèreאֵם הַמִנזָרमदरčasna majkafejedelemasszonyPemimpin Biarawatiabbadís, forstöðukonaMadre女子修道院長수녀 원장motina, vyresniojimātepemimpin biarawatimoeder-oversteabbedisse, mormatka przełożonaMadreMaică (stareţă)мать-настоятельницаmatka predstavenámati prednicaMajkamoder, abbedissaคุณแม่อธิการAna, baş rahibe女主管人ігуменяخانقاہ وغیرہ کی سربراہ خاتونMẹ (tôn giáo)女主管人

v

to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much) His wife tries to mother him.beskermتَعْتَني عِنايَة الأمотглеждамmateřsky pečovat (o)være som en mor forbemutternφροντίζω σαν μάναcuidar como una madre, criaremalikult hoolitsemaمادرى کردنholhotadorloterלְטַפֵּל כְּמוֹ אִמָאमां की तरह ख्याल करनाstarati se materinskianyáskodik (vki felett)merawatannast sem móðir(fare da madre), (coccolare)母のように世話する어머니로서 돌보다, 과잉 보호하다motiniškai prižiūrėtirūpēties kā māteimengambil berat seperti ibubemoederenpasse på som en mor; beskyttematkowaćprotegera cocoloşiотноситься по-матерински; лелеятьmatersky sa starať (o)po materinsko skrbetičuvati kao majkavara som en mor förเลี้ยงดูannelik yapmak/etmek(母親般地)照管ставитися по-материнськомуماں کی طرح دیکھ بھال کرناchăm sóc（母亲般地）照管

n ˈmotherhood

the state of being a mother. moederskapأُمومَهмайчинствоmateřstvímoderskabdie Mutterschaftμητρότηταmaternidademadusمادرىäitiysmaternitéאִמָהוּתमातृत्वmajčinstvoanyaságfungsi ibuþað að vera móðir; móðurhlutverkmaternità母性어머니됨, 모성motinystėmātes stāvokliskeibuanmoederschapmo(de)rskap, det å være mormacierzyństwomaternidadematernitateматеринствоmaterstvomaterinstvomajčinstvomoderskapความเป็นแม่annelik, analık母性материнствоامومتtình mẹ母性

adj ˈmotherless

having no mother The children were left motherless by the accident.moederloosبِدون أم، يَتيمбез майкаbez matkymoderløsmutterlosορφανός από μητέραhuérfano de madreematuبى مادرäiditönsans mèreחֲסַר אֵםमातृहीनbez majkeanyátlan (árva)tanpa ibumóðurlaussenza madre, orfano (di madre)母のない어머니가 없는be motinos, našlaitisbez mātes-; bārenistidak ada ibumoederloosmorløsosieroconysem mãeorfan de mamă, fără mamăлишённый материbez matkybrez materebez majkemoderlösซึ่งไม่มีแม่annesiz沒有母親的позбавлений матеріبغیر ماں کاmồ côi mẹ没有母亲的

adj ˈmotherly

like a mother; of, or suitable to, a mother a motherly woman; motherly love.moederlikأُمومي، اُمَّهيмайчинскиmateřskýmoderligmütterlichμητρικόςmaternalemalikمادرانهäidillinenmaternelאִימָהִיमातृ-सुलभ, माता की भांतिmajčinskianyaikeibuanmóðurlegurmaterno母のような어머니다운, 어머니로서의motiniškasmātes-; mātišķssifat ibumoederlijkmoderligmacierzyńskimaternalmaternзаботливый, нежныйmaterskýmaterinskimajčinskimoderligอย่างแม่anne gibi母親般的материнськийمادرانہthuộc mẹ母亲般的

n ˈmotherliness

moederlikheidعَدَم وُجود أُم، يُتْمзагриженостmateřská láskamoderligheddie Mütterlichkeitμητρική στοργήmaternalismo, instinto maternalemalikkusصفت مادرىäidillisyysaffection maternelleאִימָהוּתमातृसुलभताmaterinska ljubavanyaiasság, anyai szeretetsifat keibuanmóðurástsenso materno母らしさ어머니다움motiniškumasmātišķumsbersifat keibuanmoederlijkheidmoderlighetmacierzyńskośćmaternalismoiubire maternăматеринская заботливость/нежностьmaterinská láskamaterinska skrbmajčinstvomoderlighetความเป็นแม่ana gibi olma母性материнське піклуванняشفقت مادریsự mồ côi母性

nouns ˈmother-country, *ˈmotherland [-land]

the country where one was born. vaderlandمَسْقِط الرِّأس، الوَطَن الأُمродинаvlastfædrelanddas Vaterlandπατρίδαpatria, madre patriasünnimaaکشور اصلىsynnyinmaapatrieאֶרֶץ לֵידָהमातृ भूमिdomovinahazatanah airættjörð; föðurlandpatria, madrepatria母国모국, 조국tėvynėdzimtenetanah airmoederlandfedrelandojczyznamãe-pátriapatrieродина, отчизнаvlasťdomovinadomovinafosterlandบ้านเกิดana vatan, yurt祖國батьківщинаمادر وطنnơi sinh祖国

n ˈmother-in-law

the mother of one's husband or wife. skoonmaحَماة، أم الزَّوْج أو الزَّوْجَهтъщаtchyněsvigermordie Schwiegermutterπεθεράsuegraämmمادر شوهرو مادر زنanoppibelle-mèreחָמוֹת, חוֹתֶנֶתसासpunica, svekrvaanyósibu mertuatengdamóðirsuocera義母시어머니, 장모anyta, uoðvëvīramāte; sievasmāteemak mertuaschoonmoederteściowasograsoacrăсвекровь; тёщаsvokrataščataštasvärmorแม่สามี; แม่ภรรยาkayınvalide岳母，婆母теща; свекрухаساسmẹ chồng, mẹ vợ岳母，婆母

n / adj ˌmother-of-ˈpearl

(of) the shining, hard, smooth substance on the inside of certain shells. perlemoerعِرْق لؤلُؤ، أم اللآلِئседефperleť(ový)perlemordas Perlmuttφίλντισιmadreperla, nácarpärlmutter(-)صدف مرواريدhelmiäinen(de) nacreאֵם הַפּנִינָהमुक्ता सीपsedefgyöngyházindung mutiaraperlumóðirmadreperla; di madreperla真珠層 (の)진주층(의)perlamutras; perlamutrinisperlamutrsgewangpaarlemoerperlemormacica perłowamadrepérolaперламутрperleť; perleťovýbiserovinasedefpärlemorหอยมุกsedef珍珠母(的)перламутровийسیپtrai dùng để khảm珍珠母

n ˈmother-tongue

a person's native language My mother-tongue is Hindi.moedertaalلُغَة الأم، لُغَة المَوْلِدмайчин езикmateřský jazykmodersmåldie Mutterspracheμητρική γλώσσαlengua maternaemakeelزبان مادرىäidinkielilangue maternelleשׂפַת אֵםमातृ भाषाmaterinji jezikanyanyelvbahasa ibumóðurmálmadrelingua母国語모국어gimtoji kalbadzimtā valodabahasa ibundamoedertaalmorsmåljęzyk ojczystylíngua natallimbă maternăродной языкmaterinský jazykmaterinščinamaternji jezikmodersmålภาษาแม่anadil母語рідна моваمادری زبانtiếng mẹ đẻ母语