Scrabble?! PARENT

Definitions of PARENT in various dictionaries:

noun - a father or mother

noun - an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

verb - bring up

One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or a mother.

An ancestor; a progenitor.

An organism that produces or generates offspring.

A guardian; a protector.

A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion.

To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: “A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent” (Ashley Montagu).

To act as a parent.

verb - to exercise the functions of a parent (a father or mother)