father
noun, verb
noun
1 a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child:
Ben's a wonderful father. You've been like a father to me. Our new boss is a father of three (     he has three children). He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children. (old-fashioned) Father, I cannot lie to you.
see also GODFATHER, GRANDFATHER, STEPFATHER
2 (fathers) [pl.] (literary) a person's ANCESTORS (     people who are related to you who lived in the past):
the land of our fathers
see also FOREFATHERS
3 ~ (of sth) the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth:
Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
see also FOUNDING FATHER
4 (Father) used by Christians to refer to God:
Father, forgive us. God the Father
5 (Father) (abbreviation Fr) the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church:
Father Dominic
see also HOLY FATHER
IDIOMS
from father to son from one GENERATION of a family to the next
like father, like son used to say that a son's character or behaviour is similar to that of his father
more at OLD
verb [VN]
1 to become the father of a child by making its mother pregnant:
He claims to have fathered over 20 children.
2 (written) to create new ideas or a new way of doing sth

▼ Từ liên quan / Related words

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms: mother   female parent  
• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms: don   founder   beginner   founding father   Father   Father-God   Fatherhood   Church Father   Father of the Church   Padre   forefather   sire   male parent   begetter   beget   get   engender   mother   generate   bring forth