mother
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈmʌðə(r)/US /ˈmʌðər/
Meaning
noun
a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child
“I want to buy a present for my mother and father.”
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“My mother says that I started reading at the age of two, although I think four is probably close to the truth.”
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“So, this oak-paneled room, and she was there with her mother, and she was led and sat on this chair at the end, and she sat on her hands for 20 minutes,”
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“My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.”
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