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♦ mother (1) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.1 madre; mamma (fam.): to become a mother, diventare madre; working mother, una donna con figli che lavora NOTA D'USO: - ragazza madre-; nursing mother, madre che allatta al seno; ( biblico) madre adottiva; surrogate mother, madre surrogata5 (volg.) ► motherfucker● (fam. spreg.) mother's boy, cocco di mamma □ (zool.) Mother Carey's chicken ( Hydrobates pelagicus), uccello delle tempeste; procellaria □ (relig.) Mother Church, Santa Madre Chiesa □ (psic.) mother complex, complesso di Edipo (o della madre) □ mother country, patria; madrepatria □ mother-craft, puericultura □ Mother's Day, la Festa della Mamma (in GB la quarta domenica di quaresima, in USA la seconda di maggio) □ mother earth, (lett.) la madre terra; (scherz.) la terraferma □ (psic.) mother figure, figura materna □ mother's help, collaboratrice domestica; colf □ Mother Hubbard, Mamma Hubbard ( personaggio di poesie infantili); camicione della nonna □ (geol.) mother lode, filone principale; (fig.) miniera (o fonte) inesauribile □ mother love, amor di madre; amore materno □ mother-naked, nudo nato; come mamma l'ha (o ti ha, ecc.) fatto □ Mother Nature, madre natura □ (relig.) Mother of God, madre di Dio, Madonna □ mother-of-pearl, (sost.) madreperla; (agg.) di madreperla □ (bot.) mother of thousands (o mother of millions), ( Cymbalaria muralis) cimbalaria; ( Bellis perennis) margheritina; pratolina □ (naut.) mother ship, nave appoggio; nave ausiliaria □ a mother-to-be, una futura madre; una donna incinta □ (ling.) mother tongue, lingua madre; madrelingua □ mother wit, buonsenso naturale □ every mother's son, ogni figlio di mamma; ognuno.mother (2) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.(= mother of vinegar) madre dell'aceto.(to) mother /ˈmʌðə(r)/v. t.2 far da madre a; avere cure materne per (q.); ( anche di animali) allevare ( come un figlio proprio)3 (fig.) coccolare, viziare
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Mother Hubbard — can have different, probably related, meanings: Old Mother Hubbard is a nursery rhyme. Mother Hubbard (dress) is a dress from the South Seas. A Mother Hubbard was another name for a camelback steam locomotive. This disambiguation page lists… … Wikipedia
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Mother Hubbard — [hub′ərd] n. 1. a character in an old nursery rhymea character in an old nursery rhyme 2. [from the costume in old illustrations of the rhyme] a full, loose gown for women … English World dictionary
Mother Hubbard — noun a woman s loose unbelted dress • Syn: ↑muumuu • Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑frock * * * Mother Hubbard [Mother Hubbard] ; » … Useful english dictionary
Mother Hubbard — noun Etymology: probably from Mother Hubbard, character in a nursery rhyme Date: 1884 a loose usually shapeless dress … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mother Hubbard — /mʌðə ˈhʌbəd/ (say mudhuh hubuhd) noun (sometimes lower case) a kind of full, loose gown worn by women. {from the nursery rhyme character, Mother Hubbard} …
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Mother Hubbard — /hub euhrd/ 1. a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women. 2. a character in a nursery rhyme. * * * … Universalium
Mother Hubbard — Moth′er Hub′bard [[t]ˈhʌb ərd[/t]] n. clo a women s loose gown, usu. fitted at the shoulders • Etymology: 1915–20; after a nursery rhyme character … From formal English to slang
Mother Hubbard — Holokū … English-Hawaiian dictionary