<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.</li><li>Often Mother.</li><li>one’s own female parent: I should give Mother a call today.</li><li>Our mother did not approve of many of the shenanigans we got up to.</li><li>a mother-in-law, stepmother, foster mother, female adoptive parent, or female guardian.</li><li>Usually Mother.</li><li>a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent: Thank you for coming, Mother.</li><li>a woman providing care or exercising influence or authority like that of a female parent: The elderly widow next door was a mother to him.</li><li>the qualities characteristic of a mother, such as maternal affection, protectiveness, responsibility, etc.: Sometimes the mother in her comes out and she'll remind her students to drive safely.</li><li>something that gives rise to something else; origin or source: Imagination is the mother of possibility.</li><li>a woman who originates or creates something: Marie Curie was the mother of radiography.</li><li>Usually Mother.</li><li>Ecclesiastical. a title of respect for certain female church leaders, such as heads of convents, bishops, or priests.</li><li>mother superior (def).</li><li>Mother, (in Neopaganism) the second form of the Goddess, represented as a mother or middle-aged woman and said to symbolize fertility and the flourishing stages of life and growth.</li><li>Compare crone (def 3), maiden (def 3).</li><li>Mother, a title for something personified as an older woman: Mother Earth.</li><li>a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.</li><li>Slang. a euphemism for motherfucker.</li><li>Audio. (in disk recording) a mold from which stampers are made.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>being a female parent: I watched as the mother bird fed her baby.</li><li>of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother: mother love.</li><li>learned or acquired from or as if from one's mother; native: After emigrating, he never really abandoned his mother culture.</li><li>bearing a relation like that of a mother, as in being the origin, source, leader, protector, etc.: The mother company issues directives to all its affiliates.</li><li>The server is the mother computer for the whole network.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to be the mother, origin, or source of: She mothered two children.</li><li>to care for or protect like a mother; act maternally toward, sometimes in an excessive way: Stop mothering me!</li><li>It’s in her nature to love and mother those around her.</li><li>Stop mothering me!</li><li>Synonyms: raise, mind, nurse, tend to acknowledge oneself the author of; assume as one's own.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to perform the tasks or duties of a female parent, sometimes in an excessive way; act maternally: She’s always wanted to mother.</li></ul>