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.
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Mother Quotations
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Mark Twain
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Abraham Lincoln
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Abraham Lincoln
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Mark Twain
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
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin
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
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
Necessity... the mother of invention.
Plato
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
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