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Mother   /mˈəðər/   Listen
Mother

noun
1.
A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother).  Synonym: female parent.
2.
A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar.
3.
A term of address for an elderly woman.
4.
A term of address for a mother superior.
5.
A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation.
verb
(past & past part. mothered; pres. part. mothering)
1.
Care for like a mother.  Synonyms: fuss, overprotect.
2.
Make children.  Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire.  "Men often father children but don't recognize them"



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"Mother" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ellis. "I can't rest here and think of what they are exposed to. By skulking through bye-streets and keeping under the shadows of houses I may escape observation—at any rate, I must run the risk." And he began to button up his coat. "Don't let your mother know I'm gone; stick by her, my girl," said he, kissing Esther; ...
— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb
... before he could speak there was a rapid clattering at the gate and a dismounted vaquero entered excitedly. Turning to Mrs. Brant he said hurriedly, "Mother of God! the casa is surrounded by a rabble of mounted men, and there is one among them even now who demands admittance in the ...
— Clarence • Bret Harte
... not welcome his visits, although he was invariably kind, for on one occasion she caught a low murmur from him to the effect that her mother had better come to her, and this suggestion had thrown her into a most painful state of apprehension. She had implored them weeping to let her mother stay away, and they had hushed her with soothing promises; but she never saw the doctor thereafter without a nervous dread that she might also ...
— Greatheart • Ethel M. Dell
... great force in drawing them, placing a child to suck at improper times, the use of stimulating liquors and heated rooms, which frequently occasion milk fevers and abscesses in the breast. The nipple is sometimes so sore, that the mother is sometimes obliged to refuse the breast, and a stagnation takes place, which is accompanied with ulcerations and fever. To prevent these dangerous affections, the young mother should carefully protrude the nipple between her fingers to make it more prominent, ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton
... hesitated for a few moments, and then held out her little hand timidly, but only to turn to her mother directly, and cling to her as she strove to keep back ...
— Crown and Sceptre - A West Country Story • George Manville Fenn


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