mother
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
Noun 4 meanings
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
“I am visiting my mother any moment.”
A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
“Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.”
A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
A female ancestor.
Verb 4 meanings
To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
“mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine”
To develop mother.
Etymology
From Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor, from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and matter.
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MOTHER at a glance
MOTHER has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #547 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with mother
All rhymesOne letter away
- BOTHER11
- NOTHER9
- MOSHER11
- ROTHER9
- MITHER11
- POTHER11
- TOTHER9
- LOTHER9
- MOTIER8
- FOTHER12
- MOTHED12
- MOTSER8
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