a female parent; the institution, quality or condition that is the cause or originator
female person who has borne children
Cases of word usage
1) a sister of one's father or mother (aunt)
2) a mother of some kinds of four-footed animals, e.g. horses (dam)
3) (used by an elderly woman to a younger person, or a mother to her child) = dear (deary)
4) mamma, mother (ma)
5) Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ; a picture or statue of her (madonna)
6) of, like, a mother; related through the mother (maternal)
7) (of) being a mother (maternity)
8) a father or mother (parent)
9) either of two children or animals born together of the same mother (twin)
10) of the navel (umbilical cord = the cord connecting an unborn baby to its mother (at her placenta)) (umbilical)