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Mother has 14 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"the mother of three children"

2

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

"The home brewer carefully transferred the mother from his old batch into the new jug of fermenting apple juice to ensure it would turn into vinegar."

3

a term of address for an elderly woman

"The old lady smiled kindly when I called her Mother while asking for directions to the village square."

4

a term of address for a mother superior

"The novices bowed their heads as Mother blessed them before they began the morning prayers."

5

a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

"necessity is the mother of invention"

6

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

7

A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting 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.

8

Motherfucker.

9

Alternative form of moth-er

In plain English: A mother is a female parent who gives birth to and raises her children.

"My mother always makes my favorite lasagna on Sundays."

Verb
1

care for like a mother

"She fusses over her husband"

2

make (offspring) by reproduction

"Abraham begot Isaac"

"John fathered four daughters"

3

To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)

"The warm, humid cellar conditions caused the old wine casks to slowly mother over time."

4

To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).

In plain English: To mother someone means to take care of them with too much fussiness and overprotectiveness, often treating an adult or older person like they are still very young.

"The old computer motherboard finally burned out after years of hard work and never failed to mother its users through every storm."

Proper Noun
1

One's mother.

"My mother taught me how to bake bread when I was a child."

Example Sentences
"My mother always makes my favorite lasagna on Sundays." noun
"The old computer motherboard finally burned out after years of hard work and never failed to mother its users through every storm." verb
"The old woman decided to mother her shy grandson by cooking him extra meals every night." verb
"Don't just criticize my work; come over and help me mother this project until it launches." verb
"After years of neglecting his garden, he began to mother the plants with careful watering and pruning." verb
See Also
parent female daughter woman mom family mommy female parent
Related Terms
parent female daughter woman mom family mommy female parent relative motherly grandmother mum great grandmother nature birth maternal children child father jocasta
Antonyms
male parent begetter
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
parent yeast old woman abbess inspiration care make
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ma mater mother-in-law primipara puerpera quadripara quintipara supermom surrogate mother

Origin

The word mother comes from Old English mōdor, which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *méh₂tēr. It shares a common ancestor with related words like mater and matrix across many languages.

Rhyming Words
her cher wher ther sher oher other moher ather ocher upher uther asher ofher ether maher taher acher usher opher
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