1. a male parent
2. a man who has adopted a child or acts as a guardian
3. a male ancestor

1. to be the male parent of a child
2. to create or establish something

Examples

• My father taught me how to ride a bike.
• He became a father at age thirty.
• George Washington is called the father of our country.
• The priest asked us to call him Father Martinez.
• She traced her ancestry back to her great-great-grandfather.
• He fathered three children with his first wife.
• The scientist fathered a new theory about climate change.
• Father and son went fishing together every weekend.