Parent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.
                                                    1.
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     2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as,
        idleness is the parent of vice.
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              Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
                                                    --Channing.
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     {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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parent
       n : 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 [ant: {child}]
       v : bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear},
            {raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parent":
     agent, ancestor, ancestorial, ancestral, ancestress, author,
     begetter, beginner, catalyst, causer, creator, effector,
     engenderer, father, fatherlike, fatherly, generator, grandfatherly,
     grandmotherly, grandparent, grandparental, guardian, inspirer,
     instigator, maker, mater, materfamilias, maternal, mother,
     motherlike, motherly, mover, origin, originator, parental, pater,
     paterfamilias, paternal, patriarchal, prime mover, primum mobile,
     procreator, producer, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix, root,
     sire, source, stepfather, stepmother
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  parent
       
           (Or "mother", "precedessor") In a {tree},
          a node which points to at least one {daughter} node.
       
          (1998-11-14)