Mother vs. Mummy

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.

Mummynoun

(countable) An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.

Mummynoun

A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.

Mummynoun

Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

Mummynoun

A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

Mummynoun

A pulp.

Mummynoun

A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

Mummynoun

A sort of wax used in grafting.

Mummynoun

mother.

Mummyverb

To mummify.

Mummynoun

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

Mummynoun

Dried flesh of a mummy.

Mummynoun

A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; - formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

Mummynoun

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

Mummynoun

A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

Mummynoun

One whose affections and energies are withered.

Mummyverb

To embalm; to mummify.

Mummynoun

informal terms for a mother

Mummynoun

a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

Mummy

A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least 1615 AD (see the section Etymology and meaning).