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Definition: Meaning of, mother in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmʌðə /

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Singular Plural
mother mothers
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  1. a female parent of a child or animal
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  2. be (like) a mother to somebody to care for someone as if you were their mother
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  3. like a mother hen if someone behaves like a mother hen, they try to protect their children too much and worry about them all the time
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  4. learn/be taught something at your mother's knee to learn something when you are a very young child
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  5. the mother of something the origin or cause of something
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  6. the mother of something informal a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad
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  7. spoken especially American English something very large and usually very good
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  8. American English taboo spoken MOTHERFUCKER
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  9. Mother used to address the woman who is in charge of a CONVENT
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
mother mothered mothered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
mothering mothers
[transitive]
  1. to look after and protect someone as if you were their mother, especially by being too kind and doing everything for them
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mother used in phrases

  • Great Mother (noun)
    1. great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
  • Mother Carey's chicken (noun)
    1. medium-sized storm petrel
  • Mother Carey's hen (noun)
    1. medium-sized storm petrel
  • Mother Earth (noun)
    1. the world, considered as the place or thing from which all life comes
  • Mother Goose
    1. American English the imaginary writer of a book of NURSERY RHYME s (= old songs or poems for young children), or the NURSERY RHYMEs themselves
  • Mother Hubbard (noun)
    1. a woman's loose unbelted dress
  • Mother Jones (noun)
    1. 1830-1930 born in Ireland united States labour leader who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World
  • Mother Nature (noun)
    1. used to talk about nature, especially when it is thought of as a force that affects people and the world
  • Mother Seton (noun)
    1. 1774-1821 united States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized
  • Mother Superior (noun)
    1. the woman who is in charge of a CONVENT
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