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1. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained (noun.tops)
| hypernym | : | being, organism, |
| definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
2. 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 (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | genitor, |
| definition | : | a natural father or mother (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | adopter, adoptive parent, |
| definition | : | a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | empty nester, |
| definition | : | a parent whose children have grown up and left home (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | begetter, father, male parent, |
| definition | : | a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | filicide, |
| definition | : | a parent who murders his own son or daughter (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | female parent, mother, |
| definition | : | a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stepparent, |
| definition | : | the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | family, family unit, |
| definition | : | primary social group; parents and children (noun.group) |
3. bring up (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | fledge, |
| definition | : | feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | cradle, |
| definition | : | bring up from infancy (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | foster, |
| definition | : | bring up under fosterage; of children (verb.social) |
| cause | : | grow up, |
| definition | : | become an adult (verb.social) |
4. 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 (noun.person)
| antonym | : | child, kid, |
| definition | : | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | parental, |
| definition | : | designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced (adj.pert) |
5. bring up (verb.social)
| derivation | : | nurture, raising, rearing, |
| definition | : | the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, |
| definition | : | the descendants of one individual (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | parent, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | birth, parentage, |
| definition | : | the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents (noun.linkdef) |
6. 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 (noun.person)
| antonym | : | child, kid, |
| definition | : | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | parental, |
| definition | : | designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced (adj.pert) |
7. bring up (verb.social)
| derivation | : | nurture, raising, rearing, |
| definition | : | the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, |
| definition | : | the descendants of one individual (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | parent, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | birth, parentage, |
| definition | : | the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents (noun.linkdef) |
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