parent

  1. Noun.  One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
  2. Noun.  A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child. (''adoptive parent'', ''foster parent'').
  3. Noun.  (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
  4. Noun.  The source or origin of something.
  5. Noun.  A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. (''parent company'').
  6. Noun.  (context, computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended.
  7. Verb.  To act as parent, to raise or rear.

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