mother
noun
°A (human) female who (a) parents a child or (b) gives birth to a baby. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be (c).
"(a) I am visiting my mother today."
°A female parent of an animal.
"The lioness was a mother of four cubs."
verb
°To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
synonyms: metropolis, metro-, mf, mofo more» , motherfucker, mutha