Mother

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Mother

Mother : அம்மா, தாய், அன்னை

Mother : தாய்

Mother : தாய்

Mother definition

Noun.

  1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
  2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
  3. An old woman or matron.
  4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
  5. Hysterical passion; hysteria.
  6. 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.

Adjective. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.

Transitive verb. To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

Intransitive verb. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.