parent

Noun
  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 (synset 110419190)
    is a type of: genitor - a natural father or mother
    subtypes:
    • adopter, adoptive parent - a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
    • empty nester - a parent whose children have grown up and left home
    • begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
    • filicide - a parent who murders his own son or daughter
    • female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
    • stepparent - the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
    belongs to: family, family unit - primary social group; parents and children
  2. An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained (synset 100006150)
    is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Verb
  1. Look after a child until it is an adult (synset 202545454)
    "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    causes: grow up - become an adult
    subtypes:
    • fledge - feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
    • cradle - bring up from infancy
    • foster - bring up under fosterage; of children
    same as: bring up, nurture, raise, rear

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