Definitions for Mother
ˈmʌð ərMoth·er

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mother, female parentnoun

   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. mothernoun

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

3. mothernoun

   a term of address for an elderly woman

4. mothernoun

   a term of address for a mother superior

5. motherverb

   a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

   "necessity is the mother of invention"

6. mother, fuss, overprotectverb

   care for like a mother

   "She fusses over her husband"

7. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forthverb

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mothernoun

   One's mother

   Etymology: Shortened from motherfucker

2. Mothernoun

   A title given to a nun or a priestess

   Etymology: Shortened from motherfucker

3. Mothernoun

   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.

   Etymology: Shortened from motherfucker

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mothernoun

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

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

2. Mothernoun

   that which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

3. Mothernoun

   an old woman or matron

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

4. Mothernoun

   the female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

5. Mothernoun

   hysterical passion; hysteria

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

6. Motheradjective

   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

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

7. Motherverb

   to adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

8. Mothernoun

   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

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

9. Motherverb

   to become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar

   Etymology: [Shortened from motherfucker as a euphemism.]

Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mother

   A mother is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally acceptable definition for the term. The male equivalent is a father.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mother

   muth′ėr, n. a female parent, esp. one of the human race: a woman in relation to her child: a matron: that which has produced anything: the female head of a religious house: a familiar term of address to an old woman.—adj. received by birth, as it were from one's mother: natural: acting the part of a mother: originating.—v.t. to adopt as a son or daughter.—ns. Moth′er-church, the church from which others have sprung; Moth′er-coun′try, -land, the country of one's birth: the country from which a colony has gone out; Moth′erhood, state of being a mother; Moth′ering, a rural English custom of visiting one's parents on Mid-Lent Sunday; Moth′er-in-law, the mother of one's husband or wife.—adj. Moth′erless, without a mother.—n. Moth′erliness.—adj. Moth′erly, pertaining to, or becoming, a mother: like a mother: parental: tender.—ns. Moth′er-of-pearl′, the nacreous internal layer of the shells of several molluscs, esp. of the pearl-oyster, so called because producing the pearl; Moth′er's-mark, a birth-mark; Moth′er-tongue, a person's native language: a language from which another has its origin; Moth′er-wa′ter, the residual liquid remaining after the chemical substances it contained have been crystallised or precipitated; Moth′er-wit, native wit: common-sense; Moth′er-wort, a labiate plant growing in waste places; Queen′-moth′er, the mother of a reigning sovereign.—Mother Carey's chicken, the stormy petrel, or other bird of the same family; Mother-Hubbard, a woman's loose flowing gown, like that proper to the nursery heroine.—Every mother's son, all, without exception. [A.S. móder; Dut. moeder, Ice. móðir, Ger. mutter, Ir. and Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mētēr, Sans, mátá, mátri.]

2. Mother

   muthėr, n. dregs or sediments, as of vinegar.—v.i. to become concreted.—adj. Moth′ery. [Mud.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mother

   A female parent with a maternal instinct who chooses to act with unconditional love, unity, peace and is nonjudgmental and nurturing.

   Our mother is such a beautiful person.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

2. mother

   The natural ability, qualities and acts of every mother to give and share love, nurture, provide and contribute to the development of their child or children in a nonjudgmental, fair and just way and to create a united family environment where their child or children have a positive and loving relationship with their father and all their family members.

   Every father and mother has the role to unify the family where required.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 21, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Abbess
   • Old Woman
   • Parent
   • Yeast

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mother' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #323

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mother' in Written Corpus Frequency: #485

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mother' in Nouns Frequency: #86

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mother in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mother in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Mother in a Sentence

1. Joan Rivers:

   What ultimately guided me was my unwavering belief that no family should ever have to go through what my mother, Cooper and I have been through, the level of medical mismanagement, incompetency, disrespect and outrageous behavior is shocking and frankly, almost incomprehensible.

2. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Warren:

   My daddy worked hard his whole life, he sold fencing and carpeting, and ended up as a maintenance man. He and my mother never had much, but he said that his life was a success because his four kids had more opportunities than he had.

3. Stephanie Grisham:

   Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. President Trump, rather than focus on President Trump positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother.

4. Jackie Speier:

   It is a true story ... It's one of the stories I occasionally tell because it had some very unfortunate consequences. Afterwards my mother gave me a bowl haircut, so for the school photograph later in that week I looked like Richard the Third.

5. Carol Sowar:

   It was something that bothered my mother the whole time, this was very hard on my mother, and the fact that they were not buried the way that you'd want them to be buried, with dignity and a service, always bothered her.

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