Definition of Mother

Mother A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. An old woman or matron. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. Hysterical passion; hysteria. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. Related Definitions: Abbess, Acting, Adopt, Air, Alcohol, Alcoholic, Also, An, And, Anything, As, Become, Birth, Borne, By, Child, Combustible, Conveying, Daughter, Developed, Duties, Especially, Female, Fermented, Film, From, Full, Generatrix, Having, Head, House, Human, Hysteria, Hysterical, Has, Is, Language, Leading, Like, Liquid, Matron, Matter, Membrane, Mother, Native, Natural, Nurtured, Of, Old, On, One, Or, Origin, Originating, Other, Oxidation, Oxygen, Parent, Part, Passion, Perform, Place, Produced, Producing, Race, Received, Religious, Son, Source, Such, Superior, Surface, That, The, Their, Thick, Thus, To, Vinegar, Which, Who, Wine, Woman

Mother Quotations The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Mother Teresa My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. Maya Angelou All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother. Abraham Lincoln All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. Abraham Lincoln I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. Ronald Reagan My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. George Washington Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. Kahlil Gibran Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. Mark Twain

Mother Translations mother in Afrikaans is ma mother in Danish is mor, moder mother in Dutch is ouder, moeder mother in German is Mutter, Mutter/Haupt mother in Italian is madre mother in Latin is mater matris mother in Norwegian is mor mother in Spanish is madre mother in Swedish is mor, moder, mamma