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Definition of Mother

1. Noun. 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. Verb. Care for like a mother. "She fusses over her husband"

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

4. Verb. Make children. "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

5. Noun. A term of address for an elderly woman.

6. Noun. A term of address for a mother superior.

7. Noun. A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation. "Necessity is the mother of invention"

Definition of Mother

1. n. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

2. a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.

3. v. t. To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

4. n. A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.

5. v. i. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

Definition of Mother

1. to give birth to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Mother

1. 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. 2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. "Alas! poor country! . It can not Be called our mother, but our grave." (Shak) "I behold . The solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years." (Landor) 3. An old woman or matron. 4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. 5. Mother Carey's chicken, a congenital mark upon the body; a naevus. 6. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. "It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived." (T. 7. Arnold) Mother cell, the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed. Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother. Mother tongue. A language from which another language has had its origin. The language of one's native land; native tongue. Mother water. See Mother liquor (above). Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mother

motets motett motetts motey moth moth moth-eaten moth-eaten alopecia moth-resistant mothball

mothballed mothballing mothballs mothed mother (current term) mother (current term) mother's boy mother's daughter Mother's Day mother's milk

mother's son mother-child relations mother-in-law mother-in-law's tongue mother-in-law plant mother-naked mother-of-pearl mother-of-pearl mother-of-pearl cloud mother-of-thousands

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