mother

[1]	nurture , nourish , nurse , care for , look after , protect , shelter , watch over , take care of
[2]	pamper , fuss , overprotect , baby , coddle , spoil , indulge , fuss over , overprotect
[3]	beget , get , engender , father , sire , generate , bring forth

[1]	female parent , dam , materfamilias , (female) parent , (Old-fashioned/Formal/Jocular) mater , (Formal) progenitrix , matriarch , (Colloq) ma , old lady , old woman , (Brit) mummy , mum , (US) mom , mommy , mama , mamma , maw , mammy , mam
[2]	source , origin , genesis
[3]	nourisher , nurturer , nurse

adj.

[1]	native , natural , innate