a person’s father or mother:the parents of the bridehis adoptive parents
archaic a forefather or ancestor:God’s hand had written in the hearts of our first parents all the rules of good
an animal or plant from which new ones are derived:stems will root down, creating a new crown near the parent
a source or origin of a smaller or less important part: [as modifier]:some of the whetstones have been transported up to 400 km from the parent rock
[often as modifier] an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries:policy considerations were determined largely by the parent company
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Universal
be or act as a mother or father to (someone):exhaustion is incompatible with good parentingall children are special to those who parent them [no object]:we are losing our intuitive ability to parent
