mother

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈmʌðə/, SAMPA: /"mVD@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈmʌðɚ/, SAMPA: /"mVD@`/

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Noun

Singular mother

Plural mothers

A mother with her baby

A mother and her children

1. (countable) A mother is the woman who is one of a person or animal's parents.
   • Synonyms: mom, mum, mommy, mama and ma

   My mother read me a story and put me to bed every night when I was a child.

Related words and phrases

• motherhood
• motherless
• mother-in-law
• stepmother
• motherly

Verb

Plain form mother

Third-person singular mothers

Past tense mothered

Past participle mothered

Present participle mothering

1. (transitive) If you mother someone, you take care of them as if you were their mother.

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