mother

a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.

Often Mother one’s own female parent.

I should give Mother a call today.

Our mother did not approve of many of the shenanigans we got up to.

a mother-in-law, stepmother, foster mother, female adoptive parent, or female guardian.

Usually Mother a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.

Thank you for coming, Mother.

a woman providing care or exercising influence or authority like that of a female parent.

The elderly widow next door was a mother to him.

the qualities characteristic of a mother, such as maternal affection, protectiveness, responsibility, etc..

Sometimes the mother in her comes out and she'll remind her students to drive safely.

something that gives rise to something else; origin or source.

Imagination is the mother of possibility.

a woman who originates or creates something.

Marie Curie was the mother of radiography.

Ecclesiastical. Usually Mother a title of respect for certain female church leaders, such as heads of convents, bishops, or priests.

Mother, (in Neopaganism) the second form of the Goddess, represented as a mother or middle-aged woman and said to symbolize fertility and the flourishing stages of life and growth.

Mother, a title for something personified as an older woman.

Mother Earth.

a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.

Slang. a euphemism for motherfucker.

Audio. (in disk recording) a mold from which stampers are made.

being a female parent.

I watched as the mother bird fed her baby.

of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother.

mother love.

learned or acquired from or as if from one's mother; native.

After emigrating, he never really abandoned his mother culture.

bearing a relation like that of a mother, as in being the origin, source, leader, protector, etc..

The mother company issues directives to all its affiliates.

The server is the mother computer for the whole network.

to be the mother, origin, or source of.

She mothered two children.

to care for or protect like a mother; act maternally toward, sometimes in an excessive way: Stop mothering me!

It’s in her nature to love and mother those around her.

Stop mothering me!

Synonyms:

raise, mind, nurse, tend

to acknowledge oneself the author of; assume as one's own.

1. a female who has given birth to offspring

2. ( as modifier )

   a mother bird

(often capital, esp as a term of address) a person's own mother

a female substituting in the function of a mother

archaic (often capital) a term of address for an old woman

1. motherly qualities, such as maternal affection

   it appealed to the mother in her

2. ( as modifier )

   mother love

3. ( in combination )

   mothercraft

1. a female or thing that creates, nurtures, protects, etc, something

2. ( as modifier )

   mother church

   mother earth

a title given to certain members of female religious orders

mother superior

Christian Science God as the eternal Principle

(modifier) native or innate

mother wit

offensive short for motherfucker

to pour the tea

I'll be mother

informal the greatest example of its kind

the mother of all parties