English Dictionary

mother

/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)/

noun

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children. / A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child.

My mother is the most caring person I know.

意味（1）

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.

I am visiting my mother today.

意味（2）

A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

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

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

意味（5）

A female parent of an animal.

The lioness was a mother of four cubs.

意味（6）

(figuratively) A female ancestor.

And Adã called his wyfe Heua / becauſe ſhe was the mother of all that lyveth

意味（7）

(figuratively) A source or origin.

The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.

意味（8）

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

The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.

意味（9）

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

Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.

意味（10）

(dated) A term of address for one's wife.

意味（11）

(figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.

意味（12）

(figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

意味（13）

Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.

pieces of mother, adding mother to vinegar

意味（14）

(rail transport) A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.

意味（15）

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

意味（16）

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

意味（17）

(obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.

O how this mother ſwels vp toward my hart[…]

意味（18）

A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.