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mother

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.

synonym: female parent.

Roget 166: paternity; parentage; consanguinity etc. 11.    parent; father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba; genitor, progenitor, ... show more

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Dutch: ma, mam, mama, mammie, moe, moeder, moederlief, moes, moesje
Polish: mama, matka, rodzicielka

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.

3 mother

A term of address for an elderly woman.

4 mother

A term of address for a mother superior.

Polish: matka

5 mother

A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation.

verb

1 mother

Care for like a mother.

synonyms: fuss, overprotect.

Dutch: bemoederen

2 mother

Make (offspring) by reproduction.

synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire.

Dutch: voortbrengen, veroorzaken, verwekken


Moby thesaurus: SOB, agent, ancestorial, ancestors, ancestral, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, attend to, aunt, auntie, author, baby, baby-sit, bastard, bear, beget, begetter, beginner ... show more.

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