A woman who creates, originates, or founds something: "the discovery of radium, which made Marie Curie mother to the Atomic Age” ( Alden Whitman).
A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child.
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm, resulting in the conception of a child.
A woman who adopts a child.
A woman who raises a child.
A female parent of an animal.
A female ancestor.
A woman who holds a position of authority or responsibility similar to that of a mother: a den mother.
Roman Catholic Church A mother superior.
Roman Catholic Church Used as a form of address for such a woman.
A creative source; an origin: Philosophy is the mother of the sciences.
Used as a title for a woman respected for her wisdom and age.
Maternal love and tenderness: brought out the mother in her.
The biggest or most significant example of its kind: the mother of all battles.
Vulgar Slang Something considered extraordinary, as in disagreeableness, size, or intensity.
Relating to or being mother.
Characteristic of a mother: mother love.
Being the source or origin: the mother church.
Derived from or as if from one's mother; native: one's mother language.
To give birth to; create and produce.
To watch over, nourish, and protect maternally.
To act or serve as a mother.
A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.