MOTHER definition: 1. a female parent: 2. the title of a woman who is in charge of, or who has a high rank within, a…. Learn more.
- Relating to or being a mother. 2. Characteristic of a mother: mother love. 3. Being the source or origin: the mother church. 4. Derived from or as if from one's mother; native: one's mother language.
Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you. You can also call someone your mother if she brings you up as if she was this woman. You can call your mother 'Mother'. She sat on the edge of her mother's bed.
A mother is a female parent: mothers nurture and mother children. It's also a term for an elderly woman or mother superior. Your mother is the woman who gave birth to you: mothers are parents, the female equivalent of a father.
The female parent of a human being; a woman or girl in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth; (also, in extended use) a woman who undertakes the responsibilities of a parent towards a child, esp. a stepmother.
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MOTHER definition: a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent. See examples of mother used in a sentence.
Derived or learned from or as if from one's mother; native. English is her mother tongue.
Definition of mother noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.