mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/noun, verb2 syllables
Mother means: make (offspring) by reproduction.
Synonyms for mother25
noun, as in a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
verb, as in make (offspring) by reproduction
verb, as in care for like a mother
Opposites of mother
What does mother mean?7
verb
make (offspring) by reproduction“Abraham begot Isaac”
care for like a mother“She fusses over her husband”
noun
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)“the mother of three children”
a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
a term of address for an elderly woman
a term of address for a mother superior
a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation“necessity is the mother of invention”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with mother?3
Mother in a sentence
- By the way, would you like to come and see my mother?CK
- If you go anywhere, you had better tell your mother first.CC
- Instantly the girl saw her mother, she burst out crying.unknown
- The instant the girl saw her mother, she burst out crying.CK
- As soon as the child saw his mother, he stopped crying.CK
- At the time, she gave no thought to her mother.unknown
- To make matters worse, his mother became ill.CM
- These letters, in the main, are from my mother.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of mother
as a noun
- plural
- mothers
as a verb
- past tense
- mothered
- present participle
- mothering
- third-person singular
- mothers
- past participle
- mothered