mother

I UK [ˈmʌðə(r)] / US [ˈmʌðər] noun [countable]
Word forms "mother":
singular mother plural mothers
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1)

a) your female parent. People often call their mother Mum or, especially if they are children, Mummy. In the past, people called their mother Mother or Mama

My mother and father live in Rome.

an expectant mother (= a pregnant woman)

She is like a mother to me (= she treats me as if I were her own child).

b) the female parent of an animal or bird

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See:

Mother of God

2) mainly American offensive motherfucker

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the mother of (all) — informal used for emphasizing that something is very big, serious, or exciting

I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.

- the mother of

II UK [ˈmʌðə(r)] / US [ˈmʌðər] verb [transitive]
Word forms "mother":
present tense I/you/we/they mother he/she/it mothers present participle mothering past tense mothered past participle mothered

to treat someone with care and kindness as though they were a small child

I don't like being mothered.