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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 \Moth"er\ (m[u^][th]"[~e]r), 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.
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     2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of
        birth or origin; generatrix.
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              Alas! poor country! . . . it can not
              Be called our mother, but our grave.  --Shak.
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              I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother
              of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand
              years.                                --Landor.
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     3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar]
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     4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
        abbess, etc.
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     5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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 Oceanodroma
        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
        birthmark; a n[ae]vus.
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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.
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           It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is
           derived.                                 --T. Arnold.
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     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.
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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\ (m[u^][th]"[~e]r), n. [Shortened from
     motherfucker as a euphemism.]
     1. Same as motherfucker. [Vulgar slang]
        [PJC]
  
     2. A person or thing with some exceptional quality, as great
        size or power; as, a grizzly stuck his nose in my tent and
        I grabbed my pistol and shot the mother. [Slang]
        [PJC]

  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.
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           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.
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     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.
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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.

  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.

  Mother \Moth"er\, v. i.
     To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as
     vinegar.

  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.

  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.

  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.]

  mother
       n 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"
       v 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]

  mother
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ οικογένεια en) η μητέρα

  moth-er
     alt.
     (l en mother)
     n.
     A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.

  mother
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Late ME) (alternative form of enm moder)

  Mother
     n.
     1 A title given to a nun or a priestess.
     2 A title given to the personification of a force of nature or
  abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.
     n.
     1 (lb en dated) One's mother.
     2 (lb en Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca
  alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a
  girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.

  moth-er
     alt.
     (l en mother)
     n.
     A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.

  mother
     alt.
     1 A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who
  parent#Verbs a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or
  fostered).
     2 A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to
  her child or children.
     n.
     1 A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who
  parent#Verbs a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or
  fostered).
     2 A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to
  her child or children.
     vb.
     (lb en chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female
  parent) a child. (q Compare ''father#Verb father''.)
     alt.
     1 (lb en euphemistic mildly coarse slang) motherfucker.
     2 (lb en euphemistic colloquial) A striking example.
     n.
     1 (lb en euphemistic mildly coarse slang) motherfucker.
     2 (lb en euphemistic colloquial) A striking example.
     n.
     (alternative form of en moth-er)

  Mother
     n.
     1 A title given to a nun or a priestess.
     2 A title given to the personification of a force of nature or
  abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.
     n.
     1 (lb en dated) One's mother.
     2 (lb en Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca
  alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a
  girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.

  moth-er
     alt.
     (l en mother)
     n.
     A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.

  mother
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Late ME) (alternative form of enm moder)

  Mother
     n.
     1 A title given to a nun or a priestess.
     2 A title given to the personification of a force of nature or
  abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.
     n.
     1 (lb en dated) One's mother.
     2 (lb en Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca
  alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a
  girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.

  moth-er
     alt.
     (l en mother)
     n.
     A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.

  mother
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Late ME) (alternative form of enm moder)

  Mother
     n.
     1 A title given to a nun or a priestess.
     2 A title given to the personification of a force of nature or
  abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.
     n.
     1 (lb en dated) One's mother.
     2 (lb en Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca
  alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a
  girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.

  mother
     Englanti n.
     äiti

  mother
     Anglisht n.
     nënë

  mother
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=släktingar språk=en) moder, mamma, mor

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  ma, moeder

  Mother /mˈʌðə/
  الأمّ

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. ле́ля
  any elderly woman
  2. майка, ма́йка 2.
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
   3.
  one’s female parent
  3. ма́йка
  female parent of an animal
  4. ма́йка, майка
  source or origin

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  mateřský

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  pečovat

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  rodný

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  matečný

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  rodný

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  mateřský

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  pečovat

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  matka

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  mam 

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  mamogi 

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  Begründerin , Mutter  [übtr.]
   see: mothers
  

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  Mutter  [soc.]
        "mother-to-be"  - werdende Mutter
        "mother of three"  - Mutter von drei Kindern, Mutter dreier Kinder
   see: mothers, expectant mother, single mother
  

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  Muttertier  [zool.]
     Synonym: dam
  
   see: mothers, dams
  

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  bemuttern 
   see: mothering, mothered, mothers, mothered
  

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  
  μητέρα

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. rouva 2.
  any elderly woman
   3.
  title of respect for one's mother-in-law
  2. äiti 2.
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
   3.
  one’s female parent
   4.
  something that is the greatest of its kind
   5.
  source or origin
   6.
  any person or entity which performs mothering
   7.
  female superior or head of a religious house
  3. esiäiti
  female ancestor
  4. emo, emä
  female parent of an animal

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  olla äitinä
  to treat as a mother would be expected to

  mother /mʌðər/
  mère

  mother /mʌðər/
  máthair

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  1. माता, जननी
        "Mother is the best creation of God."

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  majka, mama, materinji jezik, materinski, mati, posiniti

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  1. forrás
  2. fû
  3. anya
  4. létrehozó
  5. anya-
  6. marihuána
  7. mama
  8. szülôanya

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. bunda, ibu, ibunda 2.
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
   3.
  one’s female parent
  2. induk
  female parent of an animal

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  madre

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. お母さん, 母, お袋, ママ
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
  2. お母さん, 母
  one’s female parent
  3. 最大の, 最悪の, 最高の
  something that is the greatest of its kind
  4. 元, 母
  source or origin

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  母のように世話する, 甘やかす
  to treat as a mother would be expected to

  mother /mʌðər/
  mater

  mother /mʌðər/
  motina

  mother /mʌðər/
  1. bemoederen
  2. moeder

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. mor, moder, mamma 2.
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
   3.
  one’s female parent
  2. mor, moder
  something that is the greatest of its kind

  mother /ˈmʌðə/
  I.    matka
  II.   1.  matkować
   2.  opiekować się jak matka
  III.  mother country /ˈmʌðə kʌntrɪ/   ojczyzna
  IV.  mother tongue /ˌmʌðə ˈtʌŋ/   język ojczysty

  mother /mʌðər/
  mãe

  mother /mʌðər/
  madre

  mother /mʌðər/
  мајка, мати

  mother //ˈmʌðə(ɹ)// //ˈmʌðɚ// /[ˈmɐðə(ɹ)]/ 
  1. gumma, tant
  any elderly woman
  2. mor, moder, mamma
  female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
  3. mor, moder 2.
  one’s female parent
   3.
  something that is the greatest of its kind

  mother /mˈʌðə/ 
  
  mama

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  1. anne, ana, valide
  2. analık
  3. baş rahibeye verilen unvan
  4. annesi olmak, annelik etmek
  5. evlât edinmek. mother country anayurt, anavatan, memleket.Mother' Day Anneler Günü. mother earth toprak ana
  6. zemin, yer. mother lode (mad.) zengin maden daman, ana damar. mother love ana sevgisi. mother tongue anadili. mother wit sağduyu.

  mother /mˈʌðə/
  1. sirke tortusu.

  
/ˈməðɝ/

  MOTHER, domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child. 
       2. It is generally the duty of a mother 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. 
  
  

  233 Moby Thesaurus words for "mother":
     SOB, agent, ancestorial, ancestors, ancestral, apprentice,
     architect, artificer, artist, attend to, aunt, auntie, author,
     baby, baby-sit, bastard, bear, beget, begetter, beginner, birth,
     blood brother, breed, breed true, brethren, bring to birth,
     brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, bugger, builder, care for,
     catalyst, causer, chaperon, cherish, coddle, conceiver, conserve,
     constructor, copulate, cosset, country cousin, cousin,
     cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, cradle, craftsman,
     creator, creep, crossbreed, cultivate, dam, daughter, designer,
     deviser, discoverer, dry-nurse, effector, engender, engenderer,
     engineer, executor, executrix, fart, father, fatherlike, fatherly,
     feed, first cousin, fondle, foster, foster brother, foster mother,
     founder, frater, generate, generator, genesis, genetrix, get,
     give birth to, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandnephew,
     grandniece, grandparental, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle,
     grower, half brother, heel, hood, hooligan, inaugurator, inbreed,
     indulge, industrialist, initiator, innate, inspirer, instigator,
     institutor, introducer, inventor, jerk, journeyman,
     keep watch over, kid brother, lavish care on, look after,
     look out for, look to, louse, ma, make love, maker, mam, mama,
     mamma, mammy, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mater,
     materfamilias, maternal, maternal ancestor, matriarch, matronize,
     maw, meanie, mind, minister to, mom, mommy, motherlike, motherly,
     mover, multiply, mum, mummy, native, natural, nephew, niece,
     nourish, nuncle, nunks, nunky, nurse, nurture, nurturer, old,
     old lady, old woman, organizer, origin, originator, outbreed,
     pamper, parent, parental, past master, paternal, patriarchal, pill,
     planner, precursor, preserve, prime mover, primum mobile,
     procreate, producer, progenitrix, proliferate, propagate, protect,
     protege, provide for, raiser, rat, realizer, reproduce in kind,
     ride herd on, second cousin, see after, see to, serve, shaper,
     shelter, shepherd, shit, shithead, shitheel, sire, sis, sissy,
     sister, sister-german, sistern, smith, son, source, spoil,
     spoon-feed, stepbrother, stepmother, stepsister, stinkard, stinker,
     suckle, support, sustain, take care of, take charge of, tend,
     the old woman, turd, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother, wait on,
     watch, watch out for, watch over, wellspring, wet-nurse, wright
  
  

  n. 母亲,修女院长;

     n. 母亲,修女院长
     vt. 产生,照看,收养