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