mother : Idioms & Phrases
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- den mother
- earth mother
- eel-mother
- Foster mother
- foster-mother
- great mother
- mother board
- Mother Carey's chicken
- Mother Carey's goose
- mother carey's hen
- Mother cell
- Mother church
- Mother country
- mother figure
- mother fucker
- mother goose
- mother hen
- mother hubbard
- mother jones
- Mother liquor
- mother lode
- mother of thyme
- Mother queen
- mother seton
- mother superior
- mother teresa
- mother theresa
- Mother tongue
- Mother water
- Mother wit
- mother's boy
- mother's daughter
- mother's day
- Mother's mark
- mother's milk
- mother's son
- mother-in-law
- mother-in-law plant
- mother-in-law's tongue
- mother-naked
- mother-of-pearl
- mother-of-pearl cloud
- mother-of-thousands
- mother-of-thyme
- Queen mother
- spore mother cell
- surrogate mother
To be tied to a wife's ormother's apron strings
den mother
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noun someone who plays the role of a den mother
- he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory
- she's the den mother to new secretaries
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noun a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts
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earth mother
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noun the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility
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eel-mother
Eel"-moth`er noun
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(Zoöl.) The eelpout.
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Foster mother
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noun a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child
foster mother.
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- a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse.
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foster-mother
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noun a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child
foster mother.
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great mother
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noun great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
Dindymene; Mater Turrita; Magna Mater; Cybele.
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mother board
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noun the main circuit board for a computer
CPU board.
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Mother Carey's chicken
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noun medium-sized storm petrel
Oceanites oceanicus; Mother Carey's chicken.
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(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica ), and Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa ), both of the Atlantic, andO. furcata of the North Pacific.
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Mother Carey's goose
(Zoöl.) , the giant fulmar of the Pacific. SeeFulmar .
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mother carey's hen
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noun medium-sized storm petrel
Oceanites oceanicus; Mother Carey's chicken.
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Mother cell
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noun cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops
- a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell
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(Biol.) , a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.
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Mother church
- the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung;
as, the .mother church of a diocese
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Mother country
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noun the country where you were born
motherland; country of origin; fatherland; homeland; native land.
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- the country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin.
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mother figure
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noun a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother
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mother fucker
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noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; dickhead; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
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mother goose
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noun the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes
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mother hen
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noun a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
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noun a hen with chicks
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mother hubbard
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noun a woman's loose unbelted dress
muumuu.
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mother jones
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noun United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
Jones; Mary Harris Jones.
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Mother liquor
(Chem.) , the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed.
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mother lode
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noun the main vein of ore in a deposit
champion lode.
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mother of thyme
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noun fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
basil thyme; Satureja acinos; Acinos arvensis; basil balm.
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Mother queen
- the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother.
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mother seton
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noun United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)
Elizabeth Seton; Seton; Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
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mother superior
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noun the superior of a group of nuns
prioress; abbess.
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mother teresa
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noun Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Mother Teresa; Teresa; Theresa; Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
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mother theresa
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noun Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Mother Teresa; Teresa; Theresa; Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
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Mother tongue
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noun one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
first language; maternal language.
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(a) A language from which another language has had its origin .(b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.
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Mother water
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Mother liquor (above).
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Mother wit
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noun sound practical judgment
gumption; horse sense; good sense; sense; common sense.
- Common sense is not so common
- he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
- fortunately she had the good sense to run away
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- natural or native wit or intelligence.
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mother's boy
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noun a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests
mamma's boy; mama's boy.
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mother's daughter
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noun a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother
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mother's day
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noun second Sunday in May
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Mother's mark
(Med.) , a congenital mark upon the body; a nævus.
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mother's milk
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noun milk secreted by a woman who has recently given birth
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mother's son
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noun a male person
- every mother's son who could walk was there
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mother-in-law
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noun the mother of your spouse
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Moth"er-in-law` noun
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The mother of one's husband or wife.
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mother-in-law plant
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noun an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
dumb cane; Dieffenbachia sequine; mother-in-law plant.
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mother-in-law's tongue
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noun stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant
Sansevieria trifasciata; snake plant.
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noun an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
dumb cane; Dieffenbachia sequine; mother-in-law plant.
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mother-naked
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adjective satellite as naked as at birth
in one's birthday suit; in your birthday suit; naked as the day you were born; naked as the day one was born.
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Moth"er-na`ked adjective
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Naked as when born.
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mother-of-pearl
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noun the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
nacre.
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Moth"er-of-pearl` noun
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(Zoöl.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl .
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mother-of-pearl cloud
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noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon
nacreous cloud.
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mother-of-thousands
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noun eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
strawberry saxifrage; Saxifraga sarmentosam; Saxifraga stolonifera; strawberry geranium.
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mother-of-thyme
Moth"er-of-thyme` noun
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(Bot.) An aromatic plant ( Thymus Serphyllum ); -- called alsowild thyme .
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Queen mother
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noun a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
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- a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen.
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spore mother cell
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noun cell from which a spore develops
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surrogate mother
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noun a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so
- a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term
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To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron strings
- to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.