Father vs. Mother

Fathernoun

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

Fathernoun

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for a priest.

Fathernoun

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

Fathernoun

The founder of a discipline or science.

Fathernoun

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Fathernoun

A senator of Ancient Rome.

Fatherverb

To be a father to; to sire.

Fatherverb

(figuratively) To give rise to.

Fatherverb

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

Fatherverb

To provide with a father.

Fatherverb

To adopt as one's own.

Fathernoun

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

Fathernoun

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; - in the plural, fathers, ancestors.

Fathernoun

One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

Fathernoun

A respectful mode of address to an old man.

Fathernoun

A senator of ancient Rome.

Fathernoun

A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Fathernoun

One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; - often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.

Fathernoun

One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

Fathernoun

The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Fatherverb

To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Fatherverb

To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Fatherverb

To provide with a father.

Fathernoun

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);

Fathernoun

the founder of a family;

Fathernoun

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

Fathernoun

(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

Fathernoun

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;

Fathernoun

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

Fathernoun

a person who founds or establishes some institution;

Fathernoun

the head of an organized crime family

Fatherverb

make children;

Father

A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations.

Mothernoun

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

Mothernoun

A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child

Mothernoun

A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.

Mothernoun

A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.

Mothernoun

A female parent of an animal.

Mothernoun

(figuratively) A female ancestor.

Mothernoun

(figuratively) A source or origin.

Mothernoun

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. mother of all.}}

Mothernoun

(when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.

Mothernoun

(figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.

Mothernoun

(figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.

Mothernoun

The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

Mothernoun

The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.

Mothernoun

(obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.

Mothernoun

A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.

Mothernoun

Motherfucker.

Mothernoun

A striking example.

Mothernoun

alternative form of moth-er

Motherverb

To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. father]].

Motherverb

(transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

Motherverb

(transitive) To cause to contain that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar.

Motherverb

To develop mother.

Mothernoun

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

Mothernoun

That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

Mothernoun

An old woman or matron.

Mothernoun

The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.

Mothernoun

Hysterical passion; hysteria.

Mothernoun

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.

Mothernoun

Same as motherfucker.

Mothernoun

A person or thing with some exceptional quality, as great size or power; as, a grizzly stuck his nose in my tent and I grabbed my pistol and shot the mother.

Motheradjective

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.

Motherverb

To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

Motherverb

To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

Mothernoun

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

Mothernoun

a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

Mothernoun

a term of address for an elderly woman

Mothernoun

a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation;

Motherverb

care for like a mother;

Motherverb

make children;

Mother

A mother is the female parent of a child. Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring.