Lexic.us

Definition of Mother

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

2. 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"

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

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

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. Proper noun. One's mother ¹

2. Proper noun. A title given to a nun or a priestess ¹

3. Proper noun. (context: Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a virginal Maiden but younger than a old woman Crone. ¹

4. Noun. A (human) female who (a) parents a child or (b) gives birth to a baby. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be (c). ¹

5. Noun. A female parent of an animal. ¹

6. Noun. (figuratively) A female ancestor. ¹

7. Noun. (figuratively) A source or origin, viewed affectionately. ¹

8. Noun. (context: when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law. ¹

9. Noun. (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community ¹

10. Noun. (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture. ¹

12. Noun. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. ¹

13. Noun. (euphemistic coarse slang) motherfucker. ¹

14. Noun. (euphemistic colloquial) A striking example. ¹

15. Noun. (nonstandard) A cat that catches moths. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

moth-er moth-resistant moth bean moth miller moth mullein moth orchid moth patch moth plant mothball mothballed

mothballing mothbally mothed mothen mother's boy mother's daughter mother's line mother's milk mother's son mother-child relations

mother-goddess mother-in-law mother-in-law's tongue mother-in-law apartment mother-in-law plant mother-in-law style

Literary usage of Mother

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"BUT when the mother of Morning, Rose-fingered Day-dawn, shone, Then Telemachus, beloved, godlike Odysseus' son, His sandals fairly fashioned bound ..."

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