mother (EN)

Selfstandige naamwoord, werkwoord

Selfstandige naamwoord “mother”

1. moeder
   Teken in om die vertalings van voorbeeldsinne en enkeltaal definisies van elke woord te sien.

   Her mother taught her how to cook.
2. swanger vrou (moeder)
   Expectant mothers should receive proper care.
3. oorsprong
   They say that necessity is the mother of invention.
4. 'n Stof wat uit bakterieë bestaan en tydens fermentasie vorm, soos in asyn.
   She added some mother to start the vinegar fermentation.
5. moeder (verwys na iets wat die grootste of mees ekstreme van sy soort is)
   They faced the mother of all storms.
6. Moeder (hoof van 'n kloostergemeenskap)
   Mother Superior led the convent with kindness.
7. (slang, eufemisme) kort vir 'motherfucker'; gebruik as 'n vloekwoord
   He shouted "Mother!" after stubbing his toe.

werkwoord “mother”

1. versorg
   She mothered the orphaned child as if he were her own.
2. 'n Kind baar of grootmaak.
   She mothered three children while working full-time.
3. veroorsaak om moeder te bevat, die stof wat in fermenteerende vloeistowwe vorm
   He mothered the cider to make vinegar.