mother

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mother

A mother reads a storybook to her child at bedtime.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A female parent: A woman who has given birth to a child, or who has the role of raising and caring for a child.
    • The origin or source of something: A person, place, or thing that gives rise to or is the inspiration for something else.
    • A title of respect: A term used to address a woman in a position of authority, such as a mother superior in a convent, or sometimes an elderly woman.
    • A substance in fermentation: A slimy, stringy substance consisting of yeast and bacteria, used to produce vinegar from cider or wine.

  2. Verb:

    • To give birth to or originate: To be the biological mother of a child, or to be the source of an idea or invention.
    • To care for protectively: To look after someone with great care and affection, as a mother would.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She is the mother of three children.
    • Necessity is the mother of invention.
    • The children brought flowers for Mother Superior.
    • The vinegar mother is essential for fermentation.

  • Verb:

    • She mothered two sons and a daughter.
    • He mothered the idea for the new community project.
    • She mothered the orphaned kittens, feeding them every few hours.
Advanced Usage
  • "the mother of all (something)": Used to describe something as the largest, most extreme, or most significant example of its kind.
    • We got caught in the mother of all traffic jams.
  • "at your mother's knee": Learned or experienced as a very young child.
    • She learned these stories at her mother's knee.
Variants and Related Words
  • Motherly (adj): Having the qualities of a mother; kind, nurturing, and protective.
    • She gave him a motherly hug.
  • Motherhood (n): The state of being a mother.
    • She embraced motherhood with joy.
  • Motherless (adj): Having no mother.
    • The motherless calf was cared for by the farmer.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Parent, mom, mum, matriarch, source, origin.
  • Verb: Bear, birth, produce, nurture, raise, foster, care for.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Mother over: To care for someone in an excessively fussy or protective way.
    • She tends to mother over her adult son too much.
Related Idioms
  • "Tied to your mother's apron strings": To be excessively dependent on one's mother, especially as an adult.
    • He's 30 years old and still tied to his mother's apron strings.
  • "The mother lode": The main source or a very rich supply of something.
    • The archaeologist discovered the mother lode of ancient artifacts.
mother

A mother reads a storybook to her child at bedtime.

Verb
  1. make children
    • Abraham begot Isaac
    • Men often father children but don't recognize them
  2. care for like a mother
    • She fusses over her husband
Noun
  1. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
    • necessity is the mother of invention
  2. a term of address for a mother superior
  3. a term of address for an elderly woman
  4. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
  5. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
    • the mother of three children

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