Mother - English meaning

Mother – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A woman in relation to her child or children.
Usage examples:
She returned to bristol to nurse her ageing mother
Synonims:
Female parent Biological mother Birth mother Foster mother Adoptive mother Stepmother Surrogate mother Materfamilias Matriarch Mama Mamma Ma Mammy Old dear Old lady Old woman Mum Mummy Mumsy

verb
Bring up (a child) with care and affection.
Usage examples:
She didn't know how to mother my brother and he was very sensitive
verb
Give birth to.
Usage examples:
She's mothered two foals that have gone on to be impressive dressage competitors
Synonims:
Give birth to Have Deliver Bear Produce Bring forth Birth Drop Be brought to bed of

noun
A female parent
Usage examples:
My mother was 20 when i was born., mother, where’s my red blouse?, they got caught in a mother of a…

Mother translation into English

Mother: translate from English into Chinese

母亲, 母, 娘, 收养, 仉

Mother: translate from English into Dutch

Moeder, Moer, In het leven roepen, Het leven schenken aan, Zich uitgeven als moeder van, Als een moeder zorgen voor

Mother: translate from English into French

Mère, Materner, Dorloter, Donner naissance, Servir de mère

Mother: translate from English into German

Mutter, Muttertier, Bemuttern, Mütterchen, Aufziehen

Mother: translate from English into Hindi

मां, माता, जननी, वालिदा, मां होना, दत्तक लेना, गोद लेना, उत्पन्न करना, महन्तिन, उत्पादक, पालण-पोषण करना

Mother: translate from English into Italian

Madre, Mamma, Materno

Mother: translate from English into Korean

어머니, 어미, 모, 할머니, 근원, 보육기, 여자 수도원장, 병아리의 보육기, 아세트산균, 어머니의, 어머니로서 돌보다, 어머니라는 것을 시인하다, 아이의 어머니라는 것을 시인하다

Mother: translate from English into Russian

Мать, Мама, Матушка, Мамаша, Быть матерью, Родить, Порождать, Вызывать к жизни, Усыновлять, Лелеять, Охранять, Брать на воспитание, Приписывать авторство, Источник, Начало, Относиться по-матерински

Mother: translate from English into Spanish

Madre, Mamá, Mimar, Servir de madre a, Parir, Prohijar, Dar a la luz

Word origin

Old English mōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeder and German Mutter, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mater and Greek mētēr .

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Mother – similar words

mothered

verb
Bring up (a child) with care and affection.
Usage examples:
She didn't know how to mother my brother and he was very sensitive

noun
A woman in relation to her child or children.
Usage examples:
His mother was a painter

verb
Past simple and past participle of mother
Usage examples:
Stop mothering her - she's 40 years old and can take care of herself.

Mothered - all meanings in English

Mother synonims

bear

verb
Carry the weight of; support.
Usage examples:
The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun
A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.
Usage examples:
Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun
Be pregnant with

Bear - all meanings in English

birth

noun
The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being.
Usage examples:
He was blind from birth

verb
Give birth to (a baby or other young).
Usage examples:
She birthed five children within ten years

Birth - all meanings in English

deliver

verb
Bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address.
Usage examples:
The products should be delivered on time

verb
Bring to a destination

verb
To take goods, letters, or packages to people’s houses or places of work
Usage examples:
[ t ] we had the pizza delivered., [ t ] we call our pharmacy with the doctor’s prescription and as…

Deliver - all meanings in English

drop

verb
Let or make (something) fall vertically.
Usage examples:
The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun
A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.
Usage examples:
The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb
Let fall to the ground

Drop - all meanings in English

have

hæv

verb
Possess, own, or hold.
Usage examples:
He had a new car and a boat

noun
People with plenty of money and possessions.
Usage examples:
An increasing gap between the haves and have-nots

Possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

Have - all meanings in English

ma

mɑː

noun
One's mother.
Usage examples:
I want my ma

abbreviation
Massachusetts (in official postal use).

Ma - all meanings in English

mama

noun
One's mother (especially as a child's term).
Usage examples:
She had hated being parted from her mama and papa

noun
Mother

Mama - all meanings in English

mamma

noun
Variant spelling of mama.

noun
A milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast).
Usage examples:
The breasts came to be understood as a sign of the anomalous nature of the human body, as other mam…

noun
One's mother (especially as a child's term).
Usage examples:
She had hated being parted from her mama and papa

Mamma - all meanings in English

mammy

noun
A child's word for their mother.
Usage examples:
He was screaming for his mammy

noun
Mother

Mammy - all meanings in English

materfamilias

noun
The female head of a family or household.
Usage examples:
On visiting the ancestral perch last weekend, the pending ethics upgrade of our electricity was dis…

Materfamilias - all meanings in English

matriarch

noun
A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
Usage examples:
In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch

noun
A powerful and usually older woman in charge of a family, or the female leader of a society in which women hold power
Usage examples:
A matriarchal society

Matriarch - all meanings in English

mum

noun
One's mother.
Usage examples:
She often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby

adjective
Silent.

noun
A cultivated chrysanthemum.
Usage examples:
He ordered everything: irises, mums, roses of every variety

Mum - all meanings in English

mummy

noun
(especially in ancient egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.
Usage examples:
The mummy of tutankhamen

noun
One's mother.
Usage examples:
He loves his mummy

noun
(esp. in ancient egypt) a dead body that has been preserved from decay, esp. by being treated with special substances before being wrapped in cloth

Mummy - all meanings in English

mumsy

adjective
Giving an impression of dull domesticity; dowdy or unfashionable.
Usage examples:
She wore a big mumsy dress

noun
One's mother.
Usage examples:
So, mumsy with baby pottering about, or family going to the zoo for the day can potentially have an…

adjective
A mumsy woman has an old-fashioned appearance, like that of a traditional mother
Usage examples:
As she became more successful, she changed her mumsy hairstyle for something more glamorous.

Mumsy - all meanings in English

produce

verb
Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
Usage examples:
The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun
Agricultural and other natural products collectively.
Usage examples:
Dairy produce

verb
Bring forth or yield

Produce - all meanings in English

stepmother

noun
A woman who is the wife or partner of one's father after the divorce or separation of one's parents or the death of one's mother.
Usage examples:
My mother is dead, and my father lives with my stepmother in a town just outside of london.

noun
A woman who is married to the father of a child but is not the biological mother

Stepmother - all meanings in English

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