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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

   “He had something of his mother in him.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.

   “Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A female parent of an animal.

   “The lioness was a mother of four cubs.”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A female ancestor.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A source or origin.

   “The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.

   “Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.”

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    Any person or entity which performs mothering.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.

How this word is used

• Everyday “He had something of his mother in him.”
• General “Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.”
• General “The lioness was a mother of four cubs.”
• General “The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.”
• General “Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.”

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