parents

n. father or mother; progenitor; forefather; animal or plant that produces or generates another; cause, origin, source; guardian; protector

v. act as a parent; raise children, bring up kids; originate

A parent is a father or mother; one who sires or gives birth to and/or nurtures and raises an offspring. The different role of parents varies throughout the tree of life, and is especially complex in human culture.
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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
(antonym) child, kid
(hypernym) genitor
(hyponym) adoptive parent, adopter
(member-holonym) family, family unit
(derivation) rear, raise, bring up, nurture
Verb
1. bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
(synonym) rear, raise, bring up, nurture
(hyponym) fledge
(cause) grow up

n. parents, mother and father; relatives; kin, folks; ancestors, forebears

adj. related, parent; kin, on familiar terms

<mathematics, data> (Or "mother", "precedessor") In a tree, a node which points to at least one daughter node.
(1998-11-14)