mother
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈmʌð.ə/]
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1. mother (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
Example: Q's sister, Debbie, had mothered two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight.
2. mother (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
Example: She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.
3. mother (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
Example: mothered oil, mothered vinegar, mothered wine
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