Thesaurus: parent

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1. n. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
2. n. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
3. n. a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
4. n. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
5. v. look after a child until it is an adult
6. 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing. Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother, also Cytula. -- Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division.
7. v:1/n:99 n. a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian n. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained