noun

romantic and sexual partners

A1 (پایه)

wife

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kid

US

/kɪd/

UK

/kɪd/

A child

معادل فارسی:

بچه، کودک

مثال انگلیسی:

She was crying like a kid.

او مثل بچه گریه می کرد.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

Usage:

informal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

kid

I. kid¹ S1 W2 /kɪd/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old Norse; Origin: kith]
1. [countable] informal a child:
She’d always loved animals since she was a little kid.
He’s married with three kids.
A neighbor volunteered to keep an eye on the kids (=their children or the children they are responsible for).
REGISTER
Kid is informal. For formal or written styles use child:
▪ Research suggests that children from abusive families are likely to repeat violent behaviour.
2. [countable] informal a young person:
college kids
3. [countable usually singular] used by adults to address a person who is younger than them:
Hey kid, come here.
4. kid’s stuff (also kid stuff American English) something that is too easy or boring:
Pokémon? Oh boy, that is kid stuff!
5.
a) [countable] a young goat
b) [uncountable] very soft leather made from the skin of a young goat:
a pair of white kid boots
6. kid gloves a way of treating someone kindly and carefully because they easily become upset
treat/handle somebody with kid gloves
I want you to treat Hayley with kid gloves today. She’s still upset about her father.
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ child someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: Many children are scared of the dark. | He’s just a child.
▪ kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: We left the kids in the car.
▪ little boy/little girl a young male or female child: I lived there when I was a little girl. | Little boys love dinosaurs.
▪ teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19: There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.
▪ adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.
▪ youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: He was attacked by a gang of youths. | a youth court
▪ youngster a child or young person – used especially by old people: You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you. | He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.
▪ minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult: It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.
II. kid² S2 BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle kidded, present participle kidding) informal
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from ⇨ ↑kid¹]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to say something that is not true, especially as a joke SYN joke
just/only kidding
Don’t get mad – I was only kidding.
2. [transitive] to make jokes or say funny things about someone in a friendly way SYN tease
kid somebody about something
We were kidding Mom about being a grandmother.
kid somebody (that)
My friends kidded me that my gear would fill the car.
3. no kidding?/are you kidding?/you’re kidding spoken used when you are so surprised by what someone has told you that you do not completely believe them:
Carlotta’s 39? No kidding?
4. no kidding spoken
a) used to say that you understand and agree with what someone has just said:
‘That girl has some major problems.’ ‘Yeah, no kidding.’
b) used to emphasize a threat or that you are telling the truth:
If you break that thing, you’ll be grounded for a week – no kidding.
And then he saw us and – no kidding – he asked us if we wanted a ride.
5. [transitive] to let yourself believe something that is untrue or unlikely
kid yourself (that)
Don’t kid yourself he’ll ever change.
We thought we could change the world. Just who were we trying to kid?
6. I kid you not spoken used to emphasize that you are telling the truth
—kidding noun [uncountable]
kid around phrasal verb
to behave in a silly way:
Stop kidding around and listen.
III. kid³ BrE AmE adjective
kid sister/brother especially American English informal your kid sister or brother is younger than you are SYN little sister/brother British English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kid

kid [kid kids kidded kidding] noun, verb, adjective [kɪd] Click to play [kɪd]

noun
1. countable (informal) a child or young person
• A bunch of kids were hanging around outside.
• a kid of 15
• She's a bright kid.
• How are the kids (= your children)?

• Do you have any kids? Kid is much more common than child in informal and spoken NAmE.

2. countable a young goat

3. uncountable soft leather made from the skin of a young goat
• a pair of white kid gloves
more at a new kid on the block at new
Word Origin:
n. Middle English Old Norse kith Germanic German Kitze
v. early 19th cent. kid

Thesaurus:
kid noun C (informal)
• He's just a kid. You can't expect him to understand.
child • • boy • • girl • • toddler • • baby • • teenager • |informal youngster • |especially BrE, informal lad • |especially AmE, informal teen • |often disapproving youth • |informal, disapproving brat • |formal technical infant • |law minor • • juvenile •
Opp: grown-up, Opp: adult
a young kid/child/boy/girl/baby/teenager/lad/infant
a spoiled kid/child/brat
look after/take care of a kid/child/baby
Kid or child? Kid is much more frequent in informal and spoken American English. Child is not often used of sb older than about 12; above that age you can call them kids, teenagers, young people, girls, youths or lads.
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/kids
start a family
conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
miss your period
become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
go back/return to work after maternity leave
need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Example Bank:
• He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.
• Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating.
• I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid.
• I was the fat kid through most of my teenage years.
• I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people.
• Now what are you two crazy kids doing?
• She had offered to watch the kids many times so Toby could go out.
• She had wanted more kids.
• She was crying like a kid.
• She was just a normal kid.
• That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.
• The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.
• The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well.
• They had adopted three kids.
• They had sixteen foster kids and two of their own.
• They're just a bunch of kids.
• We both wanted to have kids.
• a gang of local kids
• a skinny little kid who looked to be no older than fourteen
• a spoiled little rich kid
• legislation to protect kids from violence and harassment in their schools
• street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive
• How are the kids?
• I have to take the/my kids to school
Idioms: kids' stuff ▪ no kidding ▪ treat somebody with kid gloves ▪ you must be kidding ▪ you're kidding

Derived: kid around

verb (-dd-)(informal)
1. intransitive, transitive (usually used in the progressive tenses) to tell sb sth that is not true, especially as a joke
Syn: joke
• I thought he was kidding when he said he was going out with a rock star.
• I didn't mean it. I was only kidding.

• ~ sb I'm not kidding you. It does work.

2. transitive to allow sb/yourself to believe sth that is not true
Syn: deceive
• ~ sb/yourself They're kidding themselves if they think it's going to be easy.

• ~ sb/yourself (that)… I tried to kid myself (that) everything was normal.

Word Origin:
n. Middle English Old Norse kith Germanic German Kitze
v. early 19th cent. kid

Example Bank:
• Don't look so worried— I was just kidding.
• He was only kidding about the car having disappeared.
• Oh come on, who are you trying to kid?.
• I didn't mean it. I was only kidding.
• I'm not kidding you. It does work.
• Of course you don't have to work at weekends— I was only joking/kidding!
• She fired you? You're kidding! Why?
• They're kidding themselves if they think it's going to be easy.
• Were you joking/kidding when you told him to leave?

adjective ~ sister/brother (informal, especially NAmE)
a person's younger sister/brother
Word Origin:

n. Middle English Old Norse kith Germanic German Kitze
v. early 19th cent. kid

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kid

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children

The plural of child: a young person from the time they are born until they are about 14 years old.

US

/ˈtʃɪl.drən/

UK

/ˈtʃɪl.drən/

بچه ها، فرزندان

مثال:

How many children do you have?

چند تا فرزند داری؟

Oxford Essential Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

children

chil‧dren /ˈtʃɪldrən/ BrE AmE
the plural of ↑child

child

child S1 W1 /tʃaɪld/ BrE AmE noun (plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cild]

1. YOUNG PERSON someone who is not yet an adult SYN kid:
The hotel is ideal for families with young children.
The film is not suitable for children under 12.
I was very happy as a child (=when I was a child).
a child of five/eight etc
For a child of five this was a terrifying experience.
a famous writer of children’s books
child victims of war
2. SON/DAUGHTER a son or daughter of any age:
I have five children, all happily married.
She lives with her husband, Paul, and three grown-up children.
Annie had always wanted to get married and have children.
Alex is an only child (=he has no brothers or sisters).
Our youngest child, Sam, has just started university.
eldest child especially BrE, oldest child especially American English
the decision to bring a child into the world (=have a baby)
3. SOMEBODY INFLUENCED BY AN IDEA someone who is very strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular period of history
child of
a real child of the sixties
4. SOMEBODY WHO IS LIKE A CHILD someone who behaves like a child and is not sensible or responsible – used to show disapproval:
She’s such a child!
5. something is child’s play used to say that something is very easy to do:
I’ve cooked for 200 people before now. So, tonight is child’s play by comparison.
6. children should be seen and not heard an expression meaning that children should be quiet and not talk – used when you disapprove of the way a child is behaving
7. be with child old use to be ↑pregnant
8. be heavy/great with child old use to be nearly ready to give birth
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + child
▪ a four-year-old/ten-year-old etc child A four-year-old child should not be left on their own.
▪ a young child Young children are naturally curious about the world.
▪ a small child (=a young one) My family lived in France when I was a small child.
▪ a newborn child He was holding the newborn child in his arms.
▪ an unborn child (=a baby that is still inside its mother) Smoking can damage your unborn child.
▪ a spoilt/spoiled child (=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly) He’s behaving like a spoilt child.
▪ a gifted child (=extremely intelligent) a special school for gifted children
▪ a bright child (=intelligent) He was a bright child – always asking questions.
▪ a good/bad child Be a good child and sit down!
▪ a naughty child (=doing things that are not allowed) He's behaving like a naughty child.
▪ an easy/difficult child (=easy or difficult to deal with) Marcus was a very happy, easy child.
▪ a problem child (=very difficult to deal with) Problem children may need to be removed from the classroom.
▪ an adopted child (=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into) I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.
▪ street children (=living on the streets because they have no homes) The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.
■ verbs
▪ bring up a child especially British English, raise a child especially American English The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly.
▪ a child is born Most children at born in hospital.
▪ a child grows up One in four children is growing up in poverty.
■ child + NOUN
▪ child abuse (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually) He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
▪ child development She’s an expert in child development.
▪ child labour British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers) The garments were made using child labour.
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ child someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: Many children are scared of the dark. | He’s just a child.
▪ kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: We left the kids in the car.
▪ little boy/little girl a young male or female child: I lived there when I was a little girl. | Little boys love dinosaurs.
▪ teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19: There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.
▪ adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.
▪ youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: He was attacked by a gang of youths. | a youth court
▪ youngster a child or young person – used especially by old people: You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you. | He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.
▪ minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult: It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

child

child [child children] [tʃaɪld] [tʃaɪld] noun (pl. chil·dren [ˈtʃɪldrən] ; [ˈtʃɪldrən] )
1. a young human who is not yet an adult
• a child of three/a three-year-old child
• men, women and children
• an unborn child
• not suitable for young children
• I lived in London as a child.
• a child star

see also brainchild, latchkey child, poster child, schoolchild

2. a son or daughter of any age
• They have three grown-up children.
• a support group for adult children of alcoholics
• They can't have children.
see also godchild, grandchild, love child, only child, stepchild

compare kid

3. a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person

• a child of the 90s

4. (disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible
Idioms: child's play ▪ with child
Word Origin:
Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren.
Thesaurus:
child noun
1. C
• a child of three/a three-year-old child
boy • • girl • • toddler • • baby • |informal kid • • youngster • • lad • |formal technical infant • |informal, disapproving brat • |law minor • • juvenile •
Opp: adult, Opp: grown-up
a young child/boy/girl/baby/kid/infant
a little child/boy/girl/baby/kid/brat
look after/take care of a child/baby/kid
Child or kid? Kid is much more frequent in informal and spoken American English. Child is not often used of sb older than about 12; above that age you can call them kids, teenagers, young people, girls, youths or lads.
2. C
• She has three children
son • • daughter • • boy • • girl • • baby • • kid •
a newborn child/son/daughter/boy/girl/baby
have/give birth to a child/son/daughter/boy/girl/baby/kid
bring up/raise a child/son/daughter/boy/girl/kid
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/kids
start a family
conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
miss your period
become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
go back/return to work after maternity leave
need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Example Bank:
• After they divorced, he refused to pay child support.
• Children grow up so quickly!
• He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.
• He's always been a problem child.
• How many children do you have?
• It was a bit lonely being an only child.
• My father died while I was still a small child.
• She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.
• She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.
• She works in a centre for delinquent children.
• Teaching is particularly difficult when a class contains both slow and bright children.
• The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.
• Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.
• There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.
• They are expecting a child in June.
• We had trouble conceiving our first child.
• We have three teenage children.
• We've got three teenage children.
• What a precocious child— reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!
• You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.
• a child custody dispute between divorced parents
• a school for gifted children
• an organization that campaigns for the rights of the unborn child
• big with child
• good food for growing children
• tax concessions for families with dependent children
• the bastard child of romantic fiction and horror.
• the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development
• therapy for sexually abused children
• All the children learn to swim from an early age.
• She was a child star but never made it as an adult.
• The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children.
• The film is not suitable for young children.
• a child of three/a three-year-old child
• He took the children to Disneyland.
• I'm an only child.

• Will you put the children to bed

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family relations in general - children and babies

A1 (پایه)

children

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parent

parent [noun] (MOTHER/ FATHER)

the father or mother of a person or animal

US

/ˈper.ənt/

UK

/ˈpeə.rənt/

پدر یا مادر، والده

مثال:

My parents have passed away

پدر و مادر من فوت کرده اند.

the father or mother of a person or animal

معادل فارسی:

پدر یا مادر، والده

مثال انگلیسی:

My parents have passed away

پدر و مادر من فوت کرده اند.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

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father

father [noun] (PARENT)

PARENT a male parent

US

/ˈfɑː.ðɚ/

UK

/ˈfɑː.ðər/

پدر، بابا، والد

مثال:

His father was killed in the war.

پدر او در جنگ کشته شد.

PARENT a male parent

معادل فارسی:

پدر، بابا، والد

مثال انگلیسی:

His father was killed in the war.

پدر او در جنگ کشته شد.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

Oxford Essential Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

father
I. fa‧ther1 S1 W1 /ˈfɑːðə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: fæder]
1. PARENT a male parent:
Ask your father to help you.
Andrew was very excited about becoming a father.
He’s been like a father to me.
a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children)
The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.
Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.
2. PRIEST Father a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church:
I have sinned, Father.
Father Devlin ⇒ Holy Father
3. fathers [plural] people related to you who lived a long time ago SYN ancestors:
Our fathers were exiles from their native land. ⇒ forefather
4. GOD Father a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion:
our Heavenly Father
5. the father of something the man who was responsible for starting something:
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.
6. from father to son if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents:
This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.
7. like father like son used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad
8. a bit of how’s your father British English informal the act of having sex – used humorously
⇒ city fathers, founding father
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ father a male parent: My father’s a doctor. | He’s a father of three.
▪ dad informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: Can I borrow your car, Dad? | Her dad retired ten years ago. | My dad was in the army.
▪ daddy a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: Where’s your daddy? | Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
▪ pop American English informal (also pa old-fashioned) used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: I helped Pop fix the gate this morning. | Can I help, Pa? | He is in New York with his Pop's credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.
▪ papa old-fashioned informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: Papa had forbidden me to go. | She saw her papa 's face change at this news.
▪ sb’s old man informal someone's father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful: His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
▪ stepfather (also stepdad informal) a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent: Her stepfather is really nice.
II. father2 verb [transitive]
1. to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant:
Hodgkins fathered seven children.
2. formal to start an important new idea or system:
Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service.
father something on somebody phrasal verb British English
formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not:
A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

father

father [father fathers fathered fathering] noun, verb [ˈfɑːðə(r)] Click to play [ˈfɑːðər] Click to play

noun

1. a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child

• Ben's a wonderful father.

• You've been like a father to me.

• Our new boss is a father of three (= he has three children).

• He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children.

• (old-fashioned) Father, I cannot lie to you.

see also godfather, grandfather, stepfather

2. fathers plural (literary) a person's ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)

• the land of our fathers

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breeds and breeding

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father

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mother

mother [noun] (PARENT)

a female parent of a child or animal

US

/ˈmʌð.ɚ/

UK

/ˈmʌð.ər/

مادر

مثال:

She’s an English teacher and a mother of two children.

او معلم زبان انگلیسی و مادر دو بچه است.

a female parent of a child or animal

معادل فارسی:

مادر

مثال انگلیسی:

She’s an English teacher and a mother of two children.

او معلم زبان انگلیسی و مادر دو بچه است.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

mother

I. moth‧er¹ S1 W1 /ˈmʌðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: mother, motherhood, mothering; adjective: motherly, motherless; verb: mother]
[Language: Old English; Origin: modor]
1. a female parent of a child or animal:
His mother and father are both doctors.
mother of two/three etc (=mother of two/three etc children)
Janet is a full-time teacher and a mother of two.
the relationship between mother and child
Goodnight, Mother.
Mother said they’d met at university.
If food is scarce, the mother will feed the smaller, weaker chicks.
mother cat/bird/hen etc (=an animal that is a mother)
2. be (like) a mother to somebody to care for someone as if you were their mother:
She’s like a mother to them. If they need anything she always helps out.
3. like a mother hen if someone behaves like a mother hen, they try to protect their children too much and worry about them all the time
4. learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee to learn something when you are a very young child:
the prayers which he had been taught at his mother’s knee
5. the mother of something
a) the origin or cause of something:
Westminster is known as ‘the mother of parliaments’.
Necessity is the mother of invention (=people have good ideas when the situation makes it necessary).
b) informal a very severe or extreme type of something, usually something bad:
I woke up with the mother of all hangovers.
6. spoken especially American English something very large and usually very good:
a real mother of a car
7. American English taboo spoken ↑motherfucker
8. Mother
used to address the woman who is in charge of a ↑convent
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ mother a female parent: My mother and father are both teachers.
▪ mum British English informal, mom American English informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night. | Mom, where’s my sweater?
▪ mummy British English, mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: Where’s Mummy, Abbie?
▪ ma American English old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Ma stirred the soup on the stove.
▪ mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.
▪ stepmother (also stepmum British English informal, stepmom American English informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent: the wicked stepmother in fairy stories
II. mother² BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: mother, motherhood, mothering; adjective: motherly, motherless; verb: mother]
to look after and protect someone as if you were their mother, especially by being too kind and doing everything for them:
I don’t like being mothered!

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mother

mother [mother mothers mothered mothering] noun, verb [ˈmʌðə(r)] [ˈmʌðər]

noun
1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a child
• I want to buy a present for my mother and father.
• the relationship between mother and baby
• She's the mother of twins.
• a mother of three (= with three children)
• an expectant (= pregnant) mother
• She was a wonderful mother to both her natural and adopted children.

• the mother chimpanzee caring for her young

2. the title of a woman who is head of a convent (= a community of nuns )
see also Mother Superior
more at necessity is the mother of invention at necessity, old enough to be sb's father/mother at old
Word Origin:
Old English mōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeder and German Mutter, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mater and Greek mētēr.
Thesaurus:
mother noun C
• She's the proud mother of twins.
parent • • stepmother • • guardian • |BrE, informal, especially spoken mum • • mummy • |AmE, informal, especially spoken mom • • mommy • |especially AmE, informal folks •
a good/bad mother/parent/mum/mom
sb's new mother/parent/stepmother/mum/mom
become a/sb's mother/parent/stepmother/guardian/mum/mom
Mother or mum? In spoken English mum/mom is much more frequent. It can sound formal to say my mother.
Example Bank:
• Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.
• She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother.
• She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.
• The boys were like their father, but Louise took after her mother.
• The court decided she was an unfit mother.
• The two boys were like their father in character, but Louise took after her mother.
• caring for his sick mother
• his beloved mother
• the proud mother of the bride
• She's the mother of twins.
• This is my mother, Joan.
• an expectant mother

Idioms: at your mother's knee ▪ mother of something

verb ~ sb/sth
to care for sb/sth because you are their mother, or as if you were their mother
• He was a disturbed child who needed mothering.

• Stop mothering me!

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grandparent

grandparent [noun]

one of the parents of your mother or father

US

/ˈɡræn.per.ənt/

UK

/ˈɡræn.peə.rənt/

پدر بزرگ‌ يا مادر بزرگ‌

مثال:

My granparents live in London.

پدربزرگ و مادربزرگ من در لندن زندگی می کنند.

one of the parents of your mother or father:

معادل فارسی:

پدر بزرگ‌ يا مادر بزرگ‌

مثال انگلیسی:

My granparents live in London.

پدربزرگ و مادربزرگ من در لندن زندگی می کنند.

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grandmother

grandmother [noun]

the mother of your mother or father

US

/ˈɡræn.mʌð.ɚ/

UK

/ˈɡræn.mʌð.ər/

مادر بزرگ‌

مثال:

My grandmothers are both widows.

هر دو مادربزرگ من بیوه هستند.

the mother of your mother or father

معادل فارسی:

مادر بزرگ‌

مثال انگلیسی:

My grandmothers are both widows.

هر دو مادربزرگ من بیوه هستند.

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grandfather

grandfather [noun]

the father of your father or mother

US

/ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðɚ/

UK

/ˈɡræn.fɑː.ðər/

پدر بزرگ‌، بابابزرگ‌

مثال:

My grandfather was a farmer.

پدربزرگ من کشاورز بود.

the father of your father or mother

معادل فارسی:

پدر بزرگ‌، بابابزرگ‌

مثال انگلیسی:

My grandfather was a farmer.

پدربزرگ من کشاورز بود.

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zoo

US

/zuː/

UK

/zuː/

a place, usually in a city, where animals of many kinds are kept so that people can go to look at them

معادل فارسی:

باغ‌ وحش‌

مثال انگلیسی:

These lions were born in the zoo.

این شیرها در باغ‌وحش به دنیا آمدند.

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zoo

zoo [zoo zoos] [zuː] [zuː] noun (pl. zoos) (also formal ˌzoological ˈgarden(s))
a place where many kinds of wild animals are kept for the public to see and where they are studied, bred and protected
See also: zoological garden
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of zoological garden, originally applied specifically to that of Regent's Park, London.
Culture:
animals
The British and Americans are famous for being animal lovers, and many families have at least one pet. People from other countries often think British and American people are sentimental about animals, and say that they fuss over them and treat them better than human beings.
At weekends people in Britain often visit farm parks, safari parks (= parks where people can drive close to lions, zebras etc.), zoos, bird parks and sea life centres. In the US there are zoos and aquaria (= large tanks of fish), which are educational, and also amusement parks with animals, like Busch Gardens and Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Television programmes about animals are very popular. These range from factual programmes about wildlife to films starring fictional animals such as Lassie and Tom and Jerry. Children are given cuddly toy animals and picture books. Children’s literature has created many famous animal characters, such as Black Beauty, Brer Rabbit, Pooh, and Ratty, Mole and Toad in Wind in the Willows. Many animals in books have their own distinctive character: lions are typically brave, foxes are cunning and cats are proud.
There are laws against cruelty to animals in Britain and the US. People give generously to animal charities such as the RSPCA and the ASPCA, and there are animal hospitals and rescue centres for injured and abandoned animals. Most are fairly modern, and many animals live in a large enclosure similar to their natural habitat, rather than in a cage. Often zoos keep only animals that cannot survive in the wild or were born in captivity. Some breed animals to put back into the wild and try to raise public awareness about the need for conservation.
Many people care about wild animals. People feed wild birds in the winter and some have a bird table in the garden. In the US the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) helps people to create their own ‘backyard wildlife habitat’.
There are often campaigns to save species that are endangered (= that may become extinct), such as wolves and buffalo in the US, and red squirrels and hedgehogs in Britain. In rural areas people generally have much less romantic ideas about animals. In Britain hunting foxes with dogs arouses hostile feelings, especially among people living in towns, but the law to ban it, which came into effect in 2005, is seen by many people living in the country as an attack on their way of life.
In Britain and the US many people are concerned about animal rights, especially the use of animals in scientific research and public pressure has forced many cosmetics manufacturers to stop testing products on animals. Several groups, including the Animal Liberation Front and PETA, strongly oppose vivisection (= the use of live animals in experiments) and animal rights activists organize protests at laboratories where animals are used. Sometimes people who work or invest in companies that own the laboratories are threatened.
Concern about farming methods in which animals are fattened as quickly as possible in artificial conditions causes many people to become vegetarians or to buy only meat that is from animals that have lived in good conditions.
Example Bank:
• These lions were born in the zoo.
• We saw a baby polar bear at the zoo.

• a badly-run zoo

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