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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mother /ˈmʌðə/
▶noun
- 1 a woman in relation to her child or children.
■ a female animal in relation to its offspring.
- 2 (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community.
- 3 informal an extreme example or very large specimen: the mother of all traffic jams.
- 4 vulgar slang, chiefly N. Amer. short for motherfucker.
- 1 bring up (a child) with care and affection.
- 2 look after kindly and protectively.
- 3 dated give birth to.
– derivatives
motherhood noun,
mothering noun,
motherless adjective,
motherlessness noun.
motherhood noun,
mothering noun,
motherless adjective,
motherlessness noun.
– origin OE mōdor, of Gmc origin.
'mother' also found in these Oxford entries:
abalone
- Achilles heel
- alma mater
- alphafetoprotein
- amma
- aunt
- babymother
- birth
- birth mother
- business
- Caesarean section
- cognate
- coloured
- costmary
- cousin
- Creole
- dura mater
- earth mother
- eclampsia
- Electra complex
- FAS
- galactagogue
- grandfather
- grandmother
- great-aunt
- great-uncle
- haemolytic disease of the newborn
- Invention of the Cross
- knee
- lady of the bedchamber
- let-down
- ma
- mam
- mama
- mammy
- marry
- marsupial
- mater
- materfamilias
- maternal
- matriarch
- matricide
- matrifocal
- matrilineal
- matrimony
- matrix
- matron
- matronymic
- matter
- metropolis
Forum discussions with the word(s) "mother" in the title:
"a" mother of creativity?
"he is staying there with his old lady" does "old lady" mean his wife or his mother?
"Mother of all" + plural noun
"This is a picture of my mother when she was young."
"What does your mother" or "What your mother does"
"wolfish mother nature drink"
a child hiding/burying her head in her mother's skirts
A former friend of my mother's (mother)
a mother of one boy [who was] involved said ......
A mother-to-be, a would-be mother
a mother's love for her child
A retarded mother
A successful career woman and a good mother
a/the mother of a student
about his adventures being (a/the) mother at home.
admitted (to) stealing his mother's money
After Bud's mother died, he has been...
after her mother dies/died
All you have to do is tell him that all he has to do is tell his mother that all she has to do is..
article usage - the/a mother of two young boys
as a child clings to his mother's breasts
As a young widow to leave her son with her mother
as by his father as by his mother
as hard as is being a mother
As mother tongue
As, like - She dresses <like, as> her mother - <as, like> her mother did.
ask you his mother's name/about his mother's name
Back home, I saw my mother (was ) crying in the kitchen.
being hugged by your mother
Branson's mother and to represent a new beginning.
more...
"he is staying there with his old lady" does "old lady" mean his wife or his mother?
"Mother of all" + plural noun
"This is a picture of my mother when she was young."
"What does your mother" or "What your mother does"
"wolfish mother nature drink"
a child hiding/burying her head in her mother's skirts
A former friend of my mother's (mother)
a mother of one boy [who was] involved said ......
A mother-to-be, a would-be mother
a mother's love for her child
A retarded mother
A successful career woman and a good mother
a/the mother of a student
about his adventures being (a/the) mother at home.
admitted (to) stealing his mother's money
After Bud's mother died, he has been...
after her mother dies/died
All you have to do is tell him that all he has to do is tell his mother that all she has to do is..
article usage - the/a mother of two young boys
as a child clings to his mother's breasts
As a young widow to leave her son with her mother
as by his father as by his mother
as hard as is being a mother
As mother tongue
As, like - She dresses <like, as> her mother - <as, like> her mother did.
ask you his mother's name/about his mother's name
Back home, I saw my mother (was ) crying in the kitchen.
being hugged by your mother
Branson's mother and to represent a new beginning.
more...
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