mother
/ˈmʌðər/
verb
- To care for or protect someone in a kind, motherly way.
- She tends to mother her friends when they are sick.
- He mothers his plants as if they were his children.
- Stop mothering me—I can take care of myself!
- To give birth to or be the mother of a child.
- She mothered three children before she turned thirty.
- They say she mothered the entire litter of puppies by herself.
- The mare mothered a healthy foal last spring.
noun
- A female parent of a child or animal.
- My mother taught me how to bake cookies when I was young.
- The mother cat gently carried her kitten to a warm spot.
- She became a mother at the age of thirty.
- A woman who is like a mother in caring for or protecting others.
- She acted as a mother to her younger siblings after their parents passed away.
- The teacher was a mother to the children in her class.
- The community saw her as a mother figure who always helped those in need.
- The origin or source of something.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- The university is considered the mother of modern education in this region.
- The river is the mother of the valley's fertile farmland.