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kindred1 nounkindred2 adjective kindredkin‧dred1 /ˈkɪndrɪd/ noun [uncountable] old use kindred1Origin: 1100-1200 kin + Old English ræden ‘condition’ - Almost certainly unwittingly, Benjamin was returning to the land of his far-off kindred.
your whole family → kinkindred1 nounkindred2 adjective kindredkindred2 adjective [only before noun] - A recent discovery has shown that in kindred matters they followed a tradition current in Athens, at least in the fourth century.
- I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.
- I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.
- No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.
- Pharmacy and lavish automobile, what a kindred pair they were!
- Recognizing in Laz a kindred passion, I conceive a plan.
- The same kindred spirit flows in their veins.
- Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield?
NOUN► spirit· The same kindred spirit flows in their veins.· I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.· No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.· I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.· Was there some kindred spirit that linked this Samburu tribesman with a group of walkers from Sheffield?· The forces of democracy are in essence kindred spirits.· The point is that crops and weeds are in a sense kindred spirits, with several traits in common.· She is kept company by kindred spirits, such as Uncle Ben and the Cream of Wheat cook. ► a kindred spirit- Certainly a kindred spirit lives on under the front-hinged bonnet.
- He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit.
- I could also imagine the gentle but resolute Amsale recognizing a kindred spirit in Neil Brown.
- I was different, to be sure, but he accepted me as a kindred spirit of sorts.
- In the then president, Sir Hugh Casson, he found a kindred spirit.
- Juliet was grateful to find a kindred spirit among all these wealthy public-school-educated socialites.
- No doubt she and Zahara had become friends because each recognised a kindred spirit in the other.
- She recognised him as a kindred spirit, with the same happy-go-lucky, questing attitude to life which she herself possessed.
1a kindred spirit someone who thinks and feels the way you do2formal belonging to the same group or family: The protest included members of Free the Streets and kindred organisations. |