Meaning of mother In English

• 0 a female parent:

  • My mother was 21 when she got married.

  • All the mothers and fathers had been invited to the end-of-term concert.

  • The little kittens and their mother were all curled up asleep in the same basket.

  • [ as form of address ] formal or old-fashioned May I borrow your car, Mother?

• 1 the title of a woman who is in charge of, or who has a high rank within, a convent (= house of religious women):

  • Mother Theresa

  • a mother superior

  • [ as form of address ] Good morning, Mother.

• 2 a mixture used for making sourdough bread, consisting of flour and water that has been allowed to ferment (= to undergo a chemical process of being broken down by bacteria or yeasts) and has been kept from a previous occasion when bread was made:

  • Head baker Saci made his mother nearly twenty years ago.

  • He shows them how to mix older mother dough with fresh new dough for the perfect balance of flavour.

  • The kefir mother grows slowly from batch to batch.

  • Here's how to grow a kombucha mother.

  • Organic, unfiltered apple cider vinegar also contains "mother", strands of proteins, enzymes and friendly bacteria that give the product a murky appearance.

• 3 →  motherfucker

• 4 to treat a person with great kindness and love and to try to protect them from anything dangerous or difficult:

  • Stop mothering her - she's 40 years old and can take care of herself.

• 5 a female parent:

  • My mother was 20 when I was born.

  • Mother, where’s my red blouse?

• 6 the largest or most extreme example of something:

  • They got caught in a mother of a storm.

• 7 to treat someone with kindness and affection and try to protect that person from danger or difficulty:

  • Leave me alone – I don’t need to be mothered.