mother

  • 51mother — n American 1. an abbreviated and euphemistic version of motherfucker. This version, more common than the full form, is often used appreciatively rather than pejoratively. It is sometimes spelled muthah in imitation of black or southern… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 52mother — [ mʌδə] noun 1》 a woman in relation to her child or children.     ↘a female animal in relation to its offspring. 2》 (Mother) (especially as a title or form of address) the head of a female religious community. 3》 informal an extreme example or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 53mother-to-be — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mother to be : singular mother to be plural mothers to be a pregnant woman …

    English dictionary

  • 54mother*/*/*/ — [ˈmʌðə] noun [C] I your female parent My mother and father live in Rome.[/ex] II verb [T] mother [ˈmʌðə] to give someone a lot of care and protection …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 55mother — [OE] The ancestral Indo European word for ‘mother’ was *māter , which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma, suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind… …

    Word origins

  • 56mother — See: TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 57mother — See: TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 58mother — 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.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 59Mother — noun a) Ones mother b) A title given to a nun or a priestess Syn: Mom, Mum, Mummy …

    Wiktionary

  • 60mother — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

    Moby Thesaurus