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moth·er1
 mother1
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- pronunciation:
- muh
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a female parent.
- synonyms:
- ma, mama, mom, mommy
- similar words:
- dam, materfamilias, matriarch, mother-in-law, old lady, parent
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| definition 2: |
a woman who adopts the role or exercises the authority of a female parent.
- similar words:
- earth mother, guardian, materfamilias, matriarch, parent, stepmother
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| definition 3: |
the origin or source of something.
- synonyms:
- fountainhead, origin, provenance, source
- similar words:
- cause, head, root, wellspring
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| definition 4: |
a woman in the top position of a female religious community.
- synonyms:
- mother superior
- similar words:
- abbess, nun, priestess, sister
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| related words: |
ancestor |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
being a female parent.
a mother fox- similar words:
- female
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| definition 2: |
of or relating to characteristics generally attributed to a female parent.
mother love- synonyms:
- maternal, parental
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mothers, mothering, mothered |
| definition 1: |
to be the mother of.
- similar words:
- bear, parent, rear
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| definition 2: |
to be the origin of.
- synonyms:
- originate, procreate, produce
- similar words:
- bear, beget, breed, conceive, create, engender, spawn, yield
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| definition 3: |
to care for and nurture, especially in a tender or excessive way.
My older sister always liked to mother me, for which I was grateful when I grew up.Stop mothering him! He's old enough to make his own decisions.- synonyms:
- nurture, take care of
- similar words:
- cherish, nourish, nurse, pamper, protect, shelter, tend
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| related words: |
adopt, breed, nurture, procreate, raise, start |
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| derivation: |
motherless (adj.) |
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