Определение a-mother в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- Earth Mother
- The Great Goddess of the Earth and fertility
- Holy Mother
- expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
- Holy Mother of God
- expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
- Mother
- One's mother
- Mother
- A title given to a nun or a priestess
- Mother Carey's chicken
- The storm petrel
- Mother City
- Cape Town
- Mother Earth
- The goddess of earth in various cultures
- Mother Earth
- The personification of Earth and its biosphere; Mother Nature
- Mother Nature
- A personification of nature as woman, stressing fertility and fecundity
- Mother Russia
- A national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc
- Mother Superior
- The head of a convent; an abbess
- Mother Superiors
- plural form of Mother Superior
- Mother Teresa
- A nun who worked among the poor for many decades in India
- Mother Teresa
- A person who is completely unselfish to the point of being saintly
- Mother Theresa
- Common misspelling of Mother Teresa
- Mother of God
- A name for the Virgin Mary, as mother of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe to be God
- Mother of God's plant
- A vernacular name for the flowering herb Salvia
- Mother's Day
- A day in honor of mothers, which falls on the second Sunday in May in the United States, and on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday, in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- adoptive mother
- A woman who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological mother
- be mother
- To pour out tea for others
Ah, here are the cakes and tea; shall I be mother?.
- biological mother
- The woman from whom one inherits half of one's DNA and who is the source of one's mitochondrial DNA
- birth mother
- The woman who gives birth to a child (not necessarily the genetic mother)
- co-mother
- the relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child
- co-mother
- in polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children
- co-mother
- in polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother
- co-mother
- in a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child
- co-mother-in-law
- The mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's son or daughter, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse
in plural The relationship between women whose children marry each other; the mother of the bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.
- den mother
- an adult (female) leader of a Cub Scout den
- den mother
- a person who plays the role of leader or protector of a group
As the head of the boarding school, he serves as den mother for all the new students.
- foster mother
- An female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
- megaspore mother cell
- A cell that forms four megaspores by meiosis; a megasporocyte
- mother
- A female parent of an animal
The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
- mother
- A female ancestor
- mother
- To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture
- mother
- A title of respect for one's mother-in-law
Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
- mother
- Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community
- mother
- A source or origin, viewed affectionately
The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
- mother
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind
The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun. — Saddam Hussein.
- mother
- Any person or entity which performs mothering
- mother
- A striking example
- mother
- motherfucker
- mother
- A (human) female who (a) parents a child or (b) gives birth to a baby. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be (c)
The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother.
- mother country
- The country in which a person (or group of people) was born; motherland, homeland
- mother fuckers
- plural form of mother fucker
- mother goddess
- A goddess, often portrayed as the Earth Mother, who serves as a general fertility deity, the bountiful embodiment of the earth
- mother hen
- An outspoken and overprotective woman dealing with others' affairs
- mother hen
- A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks
- mother hens
- plural form of mother hen
- mother lode
- A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend
Undeterred, reasoning from the coarseness of the gold that it had not traveled far, they had set out in search of the mother lode.
- mother lode
- Any source of valuable or useful material
It is also letting them probe the genomes of other organisms for DNA that could turn out to be a mother lode for medicine.
- mother of all
- Used before a plural noun to form a compound noun having the sense of: the greatest or largest of its kind
Five mail-order ice creams. Four pregnant women. Welcome to the mother of all taste tests.
- mother sauce
- A basic sauce from which many further sauces can be derived by making minor changes or additions to the ingredients
- mother sauces
- plural form of mother sauce
- mother ship
- A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it
- mother ships
- plural form of mother ship
- mother superior
- a nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess
- mother tongue
- The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language
- mother tongue
- The language spoken by one’s ancestors
- mother tongues
- plural form of mother tongue
- mother's milk
- breast milk
- mother-goddess
- Attributive form of mother goddess
mother-goddess worship.
- mother-in-law
- One’s spouse’s mother
- mother-in-law
- A mother-in-law apartment
- mother-in-law apartment
- A small apartment attached to or carved out of a nominally single-family house, ostensibly intended for occupancy by a mother-in-law or other relative, but potentially also rented out to a stranger
- mother-in-law style
- Linguistic or anthropological term for the style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (ie. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words. (Reference: Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, introduction.)
- mother-lode
- Alternative form of mother lode
- mother-of-pearl
- The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre
- mother-of-pearl
- Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly
- mother-to-be
- A pregnant woman, especially one expecting her first child
- my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
- A mnemonic used to remember the order and names of the nine planets of the solar system
- necessity is the mother of innovation
- Alternative form of necessity is the mother of invention
- necessity is the mother of invention
- A person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it
- queen mother
- A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch
- she could be his mother
- One could be someone's parent, said of a woman older than a man
- single mother
- A woman raising a child on her own without a husband or partner
- stage mother
- the mother of a child actor
- surrogate mother
- A woman who gives birth to a child not her own, with the intent to give that child up to at least one of the biological parents once it is born
- sweet Mary mother of God
- Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics
- sweet mother of Jesus
- Used to express surprise, disappointment or anger
- who's 'she', the cat's mother?
- A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate
- Mother is making tea in the kitchen.
- you kiss your mother with that mouth
- Used to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar
You kiss your mother with that mouth? mocked the man-who-was-ten. Matthew replied, No, but I kiss yours!.
- mother tongue
- {i} native language
English is my native language.
- English is my mother tongue.
My native language is Spanish.
- My mother tongue is Spanish.
- mother of mercy
- (Nükleer Mühendislik) Christians belive that Mary is Mother of Mercy because her Son, Jesus Christ, was sent by the Father as the revelation of God's mercy
- mother of mercy
- (Nükleer Mühendislik) Mother of Mercy is just another way of saying Mirjam: loved by God
- mother
- {v} to mold
- mother
- {n} a woman who has borne a child, a viscous substance in vinegar
- mother
- {a} native, original
- mother superior
- A mother superior is an abbess or other nun in charge of a Christian religious order or congregation, a convent or house of women under vows