Mother :: Mother (a.) 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..
Mother :: Mother (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
Mother :: Mother (n.) 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..
Mother :: Mother (v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar..
Mother-in-law :: Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
Mother-of-pearl :: Mother-of-pearl (n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl..
Mother-of-thyme :: Mother-of-thyme (n.) An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.
Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..