mother

باللغة العربية: أُمّ، وَالِدَة، مَامَا، ماما

1. A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc). · I am visiting my mother any moment.· The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
2. A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby. · Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
3. A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
4. A female ancestor. (figuratively)
5. A source or origin. (figuratively) · Near-synonym: matrix· The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
6. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.) · Near-synonym: Big One· 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio. The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.
7. A title of respect for one's mother-in-law. (dated) · Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
8. A term of address for one's wife. (dated)

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