Noun

• S: (n) mother, female parent (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)) "the mother of three children"
• S: (n) mother (a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) yeast, barm (a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey)
• S: (n) mother (a term of address for an elderly woman)
• S: (n) mother (a term of address for a mother superior)
• S: (n) mother (a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation) "necessity is the mother of invention"

Verb

• S: (v) mother, fuss, overprotect (care for like a mother) "She fusses over her husband"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody
• [Applies to fuss] Somebody ----s PP
• S: (v) beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth (make (offspring) by reproduction) "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters"