FATHER vs MOTHER: NOUN
- In general, any real or apparent generating cause or source; that which gives rise to anything; a mainspring or moving element in a system or a process: as, “the boy is father of the man.”
- One who creates, invents, originates, or establishes anything; the author, former, or contriver; a founder, director, or instructor; the first to practise any art; specifically, in the plural, the authors, founders, or first promoters of any great work, movement, or organization: as, Gutenberg was the father of printing; the fathers of the church (which see, below); the pilgrim fathers (see pilgrim); the fathers of the American Constitution.
- In universities, originally, a regent master fulfilling certain functions toward an inceptor; now, a fellow of a college appointed to attend a university examination in the interest of the students of that college.
- The eldest member of any profession, or of any body: as, father of the bar (the oldest practitioner of law); father of the House of Representatives or of the House of Commons (the man who has been a member of the body for the longest continuous period).
- The title of a senator in ancient Rome. See conscript fathers, under conscript.
- A member of one of various Roman Catholic fraternities: as, Fathers of the Oratory, etc.
- A title given to dignitaries of the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches, to officers of monasteries and commonly to monks in general, and to confessors and priests.
- A respectful title bestowed on a venerable man; an appellation of reverence or honor: as, Father Abraham.
- [capitalized] In orthodox Christian phraseology, the first person of the Trinity.
- [capitalized] The Supreme Being.
- One who exercises paternal care over another; a fatherly protector or provider.
- One who through marriage or adoption occupies the position of a male parent; a father-in-law; a stepfather.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a lineal male ancestor, especially the first ancestor; the progenitor or founder of a race, family, or line: as, Ishmael was the father of the Bedouins of the desert.
- He who begets a child; the nearest male ancestor; a male parent: so called in relation to the child.
- The Sultan of Turkey.
- Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
- A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
- A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
- A church father.
- One of the leading men, as of a city.
- An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
- The first person of the Christian Trinity.
- God.
- A man who serves or is thought of as a protector.
- A man who creates, originates, or founds something.
- A male ancestor.
- A male parent of an animal.
- A man who raises a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A person who founds or establishes some institution
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- The founder of a family
- The head of an organized crime family
- A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- A term of address for a mother superior
- Any person or entity which performs mothering.
- Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
- A source or origin, viewed affectionately.
- A female ancestor.
- A female parent of an animal.
- 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 striking example.
- Motherfucker.
- A cat that catches moths.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- A person or thing with some exceptional quality, as great size or power.
- Same as motherfucker.
- A congenital mark upon the body; a birthmark; a nævus.
- The giant fulmar of the Pacific. See Fulmar.
- Any one of several species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica), and Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), both of the Atlantic, and Oceanodroma furcata of the North Pacific.
- Hysterical passion; hysteria.
- The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
- An old woman or matron.
- That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
- A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
- A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
- Same as mauther.
- The thickest plate, forming the body or principal part, of the astrolabe.
- A hysterical malady.
- A title sometimes given to an abbess, and to other women holding an important position in religious or semi-religious institutions.
- A familiar appellation or term of address of an old or elderly woman.
- That which has given birth to anything; source of anything; generatrix.
- A woman in relation to her child; female parent: also used of female animals in relation to their offspring.
- A stringy, mucilaginous substance which forms in vinegar during the acetous fermentation, and the presence of which sets up and hastens this kind of fermentation. It is produced by a plant, Mycoderma aceti, the germs of which, like those of the yeast-plant, exist in the atmosphere.
- Dregs; lees.
- A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
- A term of address for an elderly woman
- A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
FATHER vs MOTHER: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Natural or native wit or intelligence.
- See Mother liquor (above).
- The language of one's native land; native tongue.
- The mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother.
- The impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed.
- The country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin.
- The original church; a church from which other churches have sprung.
- A cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell.
- Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; ; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.
FATHER vs MOTHER: VERB
- Make children
- To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- Make children
- Care for like a mother
FATHER vs MOTHER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To act or serve as a father.
- To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
- To create, found, or originate.
- To act or serve as a father to (a child).
- To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
- To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
FATHER vs MOTHER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To provide with a father.
- To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
- To make one's self the father of; to beget.
- To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
FATHER vs MOTHER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- The best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome
- In the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church
- Make (offspring) by reproduction
- To ascribe or charge to one as his offspring or production; fix the generation or authorship of: with on or upon.
- To give a father to; furnish with a father.
- To assume as one's own; profess or acknowledge one's self to be the owner or author of.
- To acknowledge or treat as a son or daughter; act as a father toward.
- To beget as a father; become the father or progenitor of.
- Make (offspring) by reproduction
- To become concreted, as the thick matter of liquors; become mothery.
- To be or act as a mother to; treat in a motherly fashion.
FATHER vs MOTHER: RELATED WORDS
- Beginner, Male parent, Father god, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Mom, Wife, Son, Engender, Generate, Grandmother, Female parent, Bring forth, Get, Beget, Fuss, Sire, Overprotect, Father, Father
FATHER vs MOTHER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Engender, Beginner, Male parent, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Mom, Wife, Son, Grandmother, Generate, Engender, Female parent, Bring forth, Get, Beget, Fuss, Sire, Overprotect, Father, Father
FATHER vs MOTHER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Show a picture representing the prodigal son and ask how the father in the story is like our Heavenly Father.
- Acknoledgement of Paternity, the legally presumed father can be replaced by the biological father on the birth certificate.
- Are there forms to disestablish the wrong father and establish the correct father at the same time?
- Even though the son rebels against his father, when he returns, broken and repentant, his father joyfully has mercy on him.
- Russian Father Christmas, is now considered to be her Grandfather rather than her father, as in the old story.
- First, my father led me from behind and I was riding on my father.
- But we will be getting the required amount as gift deeds from my father and father in law.
- Father, and that the Father is in me?
- League to the following: youngest father present, Brian Harper; oldest father present, Thedford Wood; and father with the most children present, Alan Price.
- Father Sullivan, Father Sharp, Father Downing, Sister Mary Elizabeth and Sister George!
- As a mother, I will provide everything for you: home, clothing, and food, as only a Mother knows how.
- Appropriate translation tables, when godzilla ate my mother was taking my mother herself was teaching the latin.
- Yes, yes, Aunt, Mother, sweet, dear little mother!
- Before it found its way there, the regal skirt belonged to my mother, who received it from her mother, Eleanor Fahrner Mailloux.
- Mother England, and to Mother England the profits returned.
- My mother is a senior citizen and i believe this bus company has taken advantage of my dear mother!
- As you know, she is the mother of the blessed mother and conceived her at a late age.
- Thank you Blessed Mother and Mother Theresa for watching over me and answering my prayers.
- Hey, doc, I got a mother, you got a mother, the sarge has got a mother.
- Please Mother Theresa and Mother Mary intercede for me.
FATHER vs MOTHER: QUESTIONS
- Who is the father of Microbiology and protozoology?
- Why is Durkheim considered the father of Sociology?
- What happened to father Kastner in 'the Conjuring'?
- Is Prince Andrew's father Lord Porchester the Queen's biological father?
- What do you say to your step father on father's day?
- Does Ellie know Morgan's father is not her biological father?
- Is Sean Astin's father really not his father after all?
- Who was the father of Samantha's Father on Bewitched?
- Why did Benita's father stare at her father blankly?
- What happened to Madeleine McCann's Father Father Pacheco?
- Is'how your mother met me'the best episode of the mother?
- Is 'how your mother met me' the best episode of the mother?
- What is Tessa's relationship with her mother and her mother like?
- How many people know who the mother is in how I met your mother?
- What kind of clothes does the mother wear on how I met your mother?
- What is the mother's full name on 'how I met your mother'?
- What was the mother's name on how I met your mother?
- What happened to the mother on how I met your mother?
- Did Mother Teresa ever see her mother or sister again?
- Who is mother Dolores Claiborne in 'the mother's day'?