mothers

Noun

mother (plural mothers)

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.

   Synonyms:

   biological mother

4. (figuratively) A female ancestor.
   • And Adã called his wyfe Heua⸝ becauſe ſhe was the mother of all that lyveth1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Genesis...
5. (figuratively) A source or origin.
   • Near-synonym: matrix

   Synonyms:

   matrix

6. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
   • Near-synonym: Big One

   Synonyms:

   Big One, father, grandfather, granddaddy

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