mother

Verb

• make children
  • Abraham begot Isaac
    
  • Men often father children but don't recognize them
    

• care for like a mother
  • She fusses over her husband
    

Noun

• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
  • necessity is the mother of invention
    

• a term of address for a mother superior

• a term of address for an elderly woman

• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
  • the mother of three children
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  beget , get , engender , father , sire , generate , bring forth , fuss , overprotect , female parent
• Antonyms: 
  father , male parent , begetter