noun an old woman or matron.
2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria.
3. mother ·vi to become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
4. mother ·noun the female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, ·etc.
5. mother ·vt to adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
6. mother ·noun a female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
7. mother ·noun that which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
8. mother ·adj 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.
9. mother ·noun 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.