Maternal definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MATERN'AL, a. [L. maternus ... mother.] Motherly; pertaining to a mother; becoming a mother; as maternal love; maternal tenderness. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers [ant: paternal] 2: relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes" 3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal] [ant: filial] 4: related on the mother's ...
maternal-infant bonding definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth; "maternal-infant bonding influences the child's psychological and physical development ...
maternal language definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: one ... passed from one generation to the next [syn: mother tongue, maternal language, first language]
maternal quality definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... her invaluable in caring for the children" [syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternity]
... befitting a mother; warm and nurturing adv 1: in a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally ... characteristic of a mother < motherly advice > 2. resembling a mother ; maternal • motherliness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 like or characteristic ... to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. --Hooker. Syn: Maternal; paternal. Usage: Motherly, Maternal. Motherly, being Anglo-Saxon, is the most familiar word of ... the two when both have the same meaning. Besides this, maternal is confined to the feelings of a mother toward ...
... 2. source, origin < necessity is the mother of invention > 3. maternal tenderness or affection 4. [short for motherfucker] sometimes vulgar motherfucker ... 6 (attrib.) a designating an institution etc. regarded as having maternal authority (Mother Church; mother earth). b designating the main ship ... mam, mama, mamma, mammy, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mater, materfamilias, maternal, maternal ancestor, matriarch, matronize, maw, meanie, mind, minister to, mom, mommy ...
... paternal farm"; "paternal traits" 2: characteristic of a father [ant: maternal] 3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal] [ant: filial] 4: related on the father's side ... grandmotherly, grandparental, husbandly, indulgent, kindly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, parent, parental, patriarchal, patrilateral, patrilineal, patrilinear ...
... n 1: female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse ... Latin Date: 1925 development in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to activation of an egg by a sperm ...
... of Judah. (2.) The father of Simeon in Christ's maternal ancestry (Luke 3:30). (3.) Son of Joanna, and father of Joseph in Christ's maternal ancestry (26), probably identical with Abiud (Matt. 1:13), and ...
... name, but may give the pregnant suggestion occurring to the maternal or other imagination. Leah, "wild cow," is supposed by many ... three cases of double explanation would so far exhaust Hebrew maternal imagination as to require the hypothesis of two documents, even ...
... of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (matriarchs) 1. A matriarch is ... homemaker, housewife, longhair, ma, madam, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matron, mid-Victorian, mistress, mom, mommy, mossback, mother, mother ...
... of Raguel of Ecbatana and mother of Sarah, made her maternal love and piety conspicuous in the blessing bestowed on Tobias ... ministry. Their names have been conspicuous in Christian history for maternal love, spiritual devotion and fidelity in teaching the Word of ...
... to an uncle Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Latin avunculus maternal uncle — more at uncle Date: 1831 1. of or relating ... and friendly, esp. towards a younger person. Etymology: L avunculus maternal uncle, dimin. of avus grandfather Webster's 1913 Dictionary Avuncular ...
... name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor [syn: matronymic, metronymic] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: matr ... a name derived from that of the mother or a maternal ancestor Webster's 1913 Dictionary Matronymic Mat`ro*nym"ic ...