mother

noun

1. 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.”

2. A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.

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

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

verb

1. To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child.

2. To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

3. To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).

   “mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine”

4. To develop mother.

noun

1. Motherfucker.

2. A striking example. (Appears as "mother of a(n) __".)

noun

1. Alternative form of moth-er.