mother

Từ điển Collocation

mother noun

ADJ. lone, single, unmarried She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother. | widowed | biological, natural, real | surrogate (= bearing a child for sb else) | adoptive, foster, step-(also stepmother) | teenage, young | elderly, old | dead, deceased, late | good, excellent, loving, wonderful | proud the proud mother of the bride | doting, over-protective, possessive | stern, strict | dominant, domineering | bad, unfit The court decided she was an unfit mother. | anxious, distraught, frantic Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone. | expectant, pregnant (also mother-to-be (informal) | first-time | new | full-time | breast-feeding | sick caring for his sick mother

VERB + MOTHER resemble, take after The two boys were like their father in character, but Louise took after her mother. | inherit sth from She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.

Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); female parent

  the mother of three children

• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
• a term of address for an elderly woman
• a term of address for a mother superior
• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

  necessity is the mother of invention

v.

• care for like a mother; fuss, overprotect

  She fusses over her husband

• make children; beget, get, engender, father, sire, generate, bring forth

  Abraham begot Isaac

  Men often father children but don't recognize them

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