parent

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: rearraisebring upnurture

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. 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
  2. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

Verb (1)

  1. bring up“raise a family”“bring up children”Synonyms: rearraisebring upnurture
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

parent \par"ent\ (p[^a]r"ent or p[=a]r"ent; 277), n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part.]

1.One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. [1913 Webster]

Children, obey your parents in the Lord.— Eph. vi. 1.[1913 Webster]

2.That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. [1913 Webster]

Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.— Channing.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

parent mother predecessor

<mathematics, data> The ancestor node in a tree that points to the current node (one of its child nodes).

(2005-09-15)

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