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GRANDMOTHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mother of your father or mother
Synonyms:
gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grandmother" is a kind of...):
grandparent (a parent of your father or mother)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandmother"):
nan (your grandmother)
Context examples:
What happiness it must be to her good old grandmother and excellent aunt, when she comes to visit them!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Her grandfather often called her 'Beth', and her grandmother watched over her with untiring devotion, as if trying to atone for some past mistake, which no eye but her own could see.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother’s bed, and devoured her.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Jane had spent an evening at Hartfield with her grandmother and aunt, and every thing was relapsing much into its usual state.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A careful explanation followed, to which he listened so attentively that his anxious grandmother said, My dear, do you think it wise to talk about such things to that baby?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Lift the latch,” called out the grandmother, “I am too weak, and cannot get up.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
You saw her with the Campbells, when she was the equal of every body she mixed with, but here she is with a poor old grandmother, who has barely enough to live on.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I suspect she is right, and that I've been coddling the fellow as if I'd been his grandmother.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother’s house and knocked at the door.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It was accepted; and from that period Jane had belonged to Colonel Campbell's family, and had lived with them entirely, only visiting her grandmother from time to time.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
