as in mom
a female human parent
he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken
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as in maternal
of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother
she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own
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as in to have
to bring forth from the womb
I hope to mother at least one child
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as in to nurse
to attend to the needs and comforts of
mothered the patients with chicken soup
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Recent Examples of mother
ABC News,
30 June 2026
The goal was to be closer to his now-13-year-old daughter, who lives in Essex County with her mother (Rashid’s second wife).
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Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants by seed instead of buying plants that someone else has started, watered and mothered for months.
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Henry Homeyer,
The Providence Journal,
13 Mar. 2026
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Noun
At least 12 people have been confirmed dead in Ghana, including a mother and her child who were both swept away in the Achimota-Agbogbloshie district, Alex King Nartey, a spokesperson for Ghana National Fire Service told The Associated Press.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The goal was to be closer to his now-13-year-old daughter, who lives in Essex County with her mother (Rashid’s second wife).
—
Dean Kaufman,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
Verb
Perhaps pasta or pizza with cheese is so comforting because we’re literally being mothered by flowering plants and bovines?
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Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants by seed instead of buying plants that someone else has started, watered and mothered for months.
—
Henry Homeyer,
The Providence Journal,
13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mother
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother
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Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
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They were first spotted together as a couple in September 2023, when Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game alongside Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce.
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This Is a Black Maternal Health Story The United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world.
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Smith and a sister took an early shine to cooking by watching their maternal grandmother, who watched them often while their mom worked.
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The landmark property celebrates the style of the sixties, when air travel still had a spark of glamor.
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The Chiefs have a world championship banner hanging atop the press box.
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Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
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They are set to be without right-back Reece James, who is nursing a hamstring injury.
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During an earnings call in May, Chief Executive Brian Chesky said AI now writes nearly 60% of new code, produced by the company’s engineers.
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For decades, oceans have acted as the planet’s main heat sink, absorbing 90% of the excess heat produced by humans burning fossil fuels.
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Album with Major Performance Cardi B delivered a high-energy performance of multiple tracks from her Am I the Drama?
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Those four men’s campaign led to the Constitutional Convention, whose leaders aimed to birth a new America, not resuscitate a dying system.
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While Washington’s prayer came to help birth our nation, Lincoln’s prayer was to sustain it, to keep it together.
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“Mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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