Synonyms:
parent
Meaning: 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
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
rear, raise, bring_up, nurture, parent
Meaning: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
Usage examples
"Good afternoon, noble parent!" he cried, delightedly.
"I am speaking of your parent and your brother Dmitri Fyodorovitch.
And how mighty must have been the parent nation of which this Egypt was a colony!
Pershing had whipped one of the farmer's children, and the enraged parent intended to give the young schoolmaster a flogging.
Wealth, I said, and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
Line upon line, and precept upon precept, the tender parent expects from the teacher to whom he confides his child; vigilance unwearied, day and night, through long years.
This is, of course, mainly a parent's problem and is best solved by resorting to the following formula: Let A and B represent two young girls' finishing schools in the East.
The only matinee that she cared for was the theatre, and as her parent were decidedly opposed to her going often to the play, she could not indulge herself half as much as she wished.
"If you are looking for a small, resolute boy of six," said Sir Richmond, addressing himself to the lady on the rock rather than to the angry parent below, "he's perfectly safe and happy.
My first duty is to take care of the health of my parent and my children; and if, by the same means, Deerbrook is provided with a medical man worthy of its confidence, all Deerbrook will thank me."