n. 25B6; noun
I will ask my mother : FEMALE PARENT, materfamilias, matriarch; informal ma, mam, mammy, old lady, old woman; Brit. informal mum, mummy; N. Amer. informal mom, mommy; Brit. informal, dated mater.
the foal's mother : DAM.
the wish was mother of the deed : SOURCE, origin, genesis, fountainhead, inspiration, stimulus; poetic/literary wellspring.
maternal, matri-.
child, father.
25B6; verb
she mothered her husband : LOOK AFTER, care for, take care of, nurse, protect, tend, raise, rear; pamper, coddle, cosset, fuss over.
she mothered an illegitimate daughter : GIVE BIRTH TO, have, bear, produce; N. Amer. birth; archaic be brought to bed of.
neglect.