mother

//ˈmʌðər//
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Noun

motherSingular
mothersPlural
1

A female parent; a woman who has given birth to or raised a child

My mother makes delicious cookies.

2

A female animal that has produced offspring

The mother cat is feeding her kittens.

3

A woman who is the head of a religious community, especially an abbess or prioress

Mother Superior leads the prayers every morning.

4

Something that is the origin or source of something else

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Verb

motherInfinitive
motherPresent tense
motheredPast tense
motheredPast participle
motheringPresent participle
mothersThird-person singular
1

To care for or protect someone in a maternal way

She mothered the orphaned children as if they were her own.

2

To give birth to or produce

The cat mothered five kittens.

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