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Mothering
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noun
1.
a female parent.
2.
(often initial capital letter) one's female parent.
3.
a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.
4.
a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
5.
EXPANDa term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.
7.
a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother: to be a mother to someone.
8.
the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection: It is the mother in her showing itself.
9.
something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.
10.
COLLAPSE(in disc recording) a mold from which stampers are made.
adjective
11.
being a mother: a mother bird.
12.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mother: mother love.
13.
derived from or as if from one's mother; native: his mother culture.
14.
bearing a relation like that of a mother, as in being the origin, source, or protector: the mother company and its affiliates; the mother computer and its network of terminals.
verb (used with object)
15.
to be the mother of; give origin or rise to.
16.
to acknowledge oneself the author of; assume as one's own.
17.
to care for or protect like a mother; act maternally toward.
verb (used without object)
Idiom18.
to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent; act maternally: a woman with a need to mother.
19.
mother of all, the greatest or most notable example of: the mother of all mystery novels.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English mother, moder, Old English mōdor; cognate with Dutch moeder, German Mutter, Old Norse mōthir, Latin māter, Greek mḗtēr, Sanskrit mātar-. As in father, th was substituted for d, possibly on the model of brother
before 900; Middle English mother, moder, Old English mōdor; cognate with Dutch moeder, German Mutter, Old Norse mōthir, Latin māter, Greek mḗtēr, Sanskrit mātar-. As in father, th was substituted for d, possibly on the model of brother
Related forms
moth·er·less, adjective
moth·er·less·ness, noun
un·moth·ered, adjective
Synonyms
17. tend, nurse, mind, raise.
17. tend, nurse, mind, raise.
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| mother1 (ˈmʌðə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a female who has given birth to offspring |
| b. (as modifier): a mother bird | |
| 2. | (often capital, esp as a term of address) a person's own mother |
| 3. | a female substituting in the function of a mother |
| 4. | archaic chiefly (often capital) a term of address for an old woman |
| 5. | a. motherly qualities, such as maternal affection: it appealed to the mother in her |
| b. (as modifier): mother love | |
| c. (in combination): mothercraft | |
| 6. | a. a female or thing that creates, nurtures, protects, etc, something |
| b. (as modifier): mother church; mother earth | |
| 7. | a title given to certain members of female religious orders: mother superior |
| 8. | Christian Science God as the eternal Principle |
| 9. | (modifier) native or innate: mother wit |
| 10. | offensive, taboo, slang chiefly (US) short for motherfucker |
| 11. | be mother to pour the tea: I'll be mother |
| 12. | informal the mother of all … the greatest example of its kind: the mother of all parties |
| —vb | |
| 13. | to give birth to or produce |
| 14. | to nurture, protect, etc as a mother |
| Related: maternal | |
| [Old English mōdor; compare Old Saxon mōdar, Old High German muotar, Latin māter, Greek mētēr] | |
| 'mothering1 | |
| —n | |
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