(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is your male parent. You can also call someone your ~ if he brings you up as if he was this man.
His ~ was a painter...
He would be a good ~ to my children.
...Mr Stoneman, a ~ of five.
N-FAMILY
2.
When a man ~s a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.
She claims Mark ~ed her child...
He ~ed at least three children by the wives of other men.
VERB: V n, V n by n
3.
The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the ~ of that thing.
...Max Dupain, regarded as the ~ of modern photography.
N-COUNT: N of n
4.
In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father.
N-VOC; N-TITLE; N-COUNT