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What does mother mean?

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Noun
  1. A (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
  2. A female parent of an animal.
  3. (figuratively) A female ancestor.
  4. (figuratively) A source or origin.
  5. (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
  6. (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
  7. (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
  8. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
  9. The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
  10. (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
Noun
  1. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
Noun
  1. A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
  2. (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
Noun
  1. (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
Noun
  1. Alternative form of moth-er
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