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moth·er·less
(mŭth′ər-ləs′)adj.
1. Having no living mother.
2. Having no known mother.
moth′er·less·ness n.
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motherless
(ˈmʌðələs)adj
not having a mother
adv
informal Austral (intensifier): motherless broke.
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Adj. | 1. | motherless - having no living or known mother parentless, unparented - having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates |
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Translations
بِدون أم، يَتيم
bez matky
moderløs
anyátlan
móîurlaus
bez matky
annesiz
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mother
(ˈmaðə) noun1. a female parent, especially human. John's mother lives in Manchester; (also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.
2. (often with capital. also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.
verb to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much). His wife tries to mother him.
ˈmotherhood noun the state of being a mother.
ˈmotherless adjective having no mother. The children were left motherless by the accident.
ˈmotherly adjective like a mother; of, or suitable to, a mother. a motherly woman; motherly love.
ˈmotherliness nounˈmother-country, ˈmotherland (-land) nouns
the country where one was born.
ˈmother-in-law – plural ˈmothers-in-law – noun the mother of one's husband or wife.
ˌmother-of-ˈpearl noun, adjective (of) the shining, hard, smooth substance on the inside of certain shells.
ˈmother-tongue noun a person's native language. My mother-tongue is Hindi.
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