Mother : (noun)
1: a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term
of address to your mother); "the mother of three
children" [syn: female parent] [ant: father, father]
2: a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and
bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider
or wine to produce vinegar
3: a term of address for an elderly woman
4: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or
situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
(verb)
1: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
fuss, overprotect]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender,
father, sire, generate, bring forth]
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Mother : \Moth"er\, a.
Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,
mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of
a mother; producing others; originating.
It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is
derived. --T. Arnold.
Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions,
gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.
Mother church, the original church; a church from which
other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a
diocese.
Mother country, the country of one's parents or ancestors;
the country from which the people of a colony derive their
origin.
Mother liquor (Chem.), the impure or complex residual
solution which remains after the salts readily or
regularly crystallizing have been removed.
Mother queen, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen
mother.
Mother tongue.
(a) A language from which another language has had its
origin.
(b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.
Mother water. See Mother liquor (above).
Mother wit, natural or native wit or intelligence.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mother : \Moth"er\, n. [OE. moder, AS. m[=o]dor; akin to D.
moeder, OS. m[=o]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel.
m[=o][eth]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir.
& Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. m[=a]t[.r]; cf.
Skr. m[=a] to measure. [root]268. Cf. Material, Matrix,
Metropolis, Father.]
1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a
woman who has borne a child.
2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of
birth or origin; generatrix.
Alas! poor country! . . . it can not Be called our
mother, but our grave. --Shak.
I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother
of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand
years. --Landor.
3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar]
4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
abbess, etc.
5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mother Carey's chicken (Zo["o]l.), any one of several
species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel
({Procellaria pelagica), and Leach's petrel ({Oceanodroma
leucorhoa), both of the Atlantic, and O. furcata of the
North Pacific.
Mother Carey's goose (Zo["o]l.), the giant fulmar of the
Pacific. See Fulmar.
Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a
n[ae]vus.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mother : \Moth"er\, v. i.
To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as
vinegar.
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Mother : \Moth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mothered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Mothering.]
To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a
mother to.
The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the
crown, would have mothered another body's child.
--Howell.
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Mother : \Moth"er\, n. [Akin to D. modder mud, G. moder mold, mud,
Dan. mudder mud, and to E. mud. See Mud.]
A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of
fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and
acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the
alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus
leading to their oxidation.
Note: The film is composed of a mass of rapidly developing
micro["o]rganisms of the genus Mycoderma, and in the
mother of vinegar the micro["o]rganisms ({Mycoderma
aceti) composing the film are the active agents in the
Conversion of the alcohol into vinegar. When thickened
by growth, the film may settle to the bottom of the
fluid. See Acetous fermentation, under
Fermentation.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[ae]g? a maid.] [Also spelled
mawther, mother.]
A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
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MOTHER, domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
2. It is generally the duty of aMother : to support her child, when she
is left a widow, until he becomes of age, or is able to maintain himself; 8
Watts, R. 366; and even after he becomes of age, if he be chargeable to the
public, she may, perhaps, in all the states, be compelled, when she has
sufficient means, to support him. But when the child has property sufficient
for his support, she is not, even during his minority, obliged to maintain
him. 1 Bro. C. C. 387; 2 Mass. R. 415; 4 Miss. R. 97.
3. When the father dies without leaving a testamentary guardian, at
common law, the mother is entitled to be the guardian of the person and
estate of the infant, until he arrives at fourteen years, when he is able to
choose a guardian. Litt. sect. 123; 3 Co. 38; Co. Litt. 84 b; 2 Atk. 14; Com
Dig. B, D, E; 7 Ves. 348. See 10 Mass. 135, 140; 15 Mass. 272; 4 Binn. 487;
4 Stew. & Part. 123; 2 Mass. 415; Harper, R. 9; 1 Root, R. 487.
4. In Pennsylvania, the orphans' court will, in such case, appoint a
guardian until the infant shall attain his fourteenth year. During the joint
lives of the parents, (q.v.) the father (q.v.) is alone responsible for
the support of the children; and has the only control over them, except when
in special cases the mother is allowed to have possession of them. 1 P. A.
Browne's Rep. 143; 5 Binn. R. 520; 2 Serg. & Rawle 174. Vide 4 Binn. R. 492,
494.
5. The mother of a bastard child, as natural guardian, has a right to
the custody and control of such child, and is bound to maintain it. 2 Mass.
109; 12 Mass. 387, 433; 2 John. 375; 15 John. 208; 6 S. & R. 255; 1 Ashmead,
55.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Mother :
parent
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Mother : Mother: (1) The offspring as a female. To attribute the maternity of. (3) A cell or other structure from which similar cells or structures are formed. Accordingly, such a cell might be
referred to as the mother cell.(4) To provide maternal protection, guidance, and nurturing to children.
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