Mother vs. Lode

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.

Lodenoun

(obsolete) A way or path; a road.

Lodenoun

(dialectal) a watercourse

Lodenoun

(mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.

Lodenoun

(by extension) A rich source of supply.

Lodenoun

A water course or way; a reach of water.

Lodenoun

A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.

Lodenoun

a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

Lodenoun

a vein of metal ore in the earth

Lodenoun

a rich source of something

Lode

In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fissure (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock. The current meaning (ore vein) dates from the 17th century, being an expansion of an earlier sense of a in late Middle English, which in turn is from the 11th-century meaning of lode as a ‘course, way’.The generally accepted hydrothermal model of lode deposition posits that metals dissolved in hydrothermal solutions (hot spring fluids) deposit the gold or other metallic minerals inside the fissures in the pre-existing rocks.