sistering

sis·ter

S0436500 (sĭs′tər)n.1. A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.2. A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically:a. A kinswoman.b. A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.c. A fellow woman.d. A close woman friend or companion.e. A fellow African-American woman or girl.f. A woman who advocates, fosters, or takes part in the feminist movement.3. Informal Used as a form of address for a woman or girl.4. Abbr. Sr. Ecclesiastical a. A member of a religious order of women; a nun.b. Used as a form of address for such a woman, alone or followed by the woman's name.5. Chiefly British A nurse, especially the head nurse in a ward.6. One identified as female and closely related to another: "the sisters Death and Night" (Walt Whitman).7. Architecture A beam or other structural member affixed to another as a supplementary support.adj.1. Related by or as if by sisterhood; closely related: sister ships; sister cities.2. Genetics Of or being one of an identical, related, or homologous pair: sister chromatids.tr.v. sis·tered, sis·ter·ing, sis·ters Architecture To affix a beam or other structural member to (another) as a supplementary support.

[Middle English, partially from Old Norse systir and partly from Old English sweostor; see swesor- in Indo-European roots.]

单词	sistering
释义	sistering sis·ter S0436500 (sĭs′tər)n.1. A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.2. A girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically:a. A kinswoman.b. A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.c. A fellow woman.d. A close woman friend or companion.e. A fellow African-American woman or girl.f. A woman who advocates, fosters, or takes part in the feminist movement.3. Informal Used as a form of address for a woman or girl.4. Abbr. Sr. Ecclesiastical a. A member of a religious order of women; a nun.b. Used as a form of address for such a woman, alone or followed by the woman's name.5. Chiefly British A nurse, especially the head nurse in a ward.6. One identified as female and closely related to another: "the sisters Death and Night" (Walt Whitman).7. Architecture A beam or other structural member affixed to another as a supplementary support.adj.1. Related by or as if by sisterhood; closely related: sister ships; sister cities.2. Genetics Of or being one of an identical, related, or homologous pair: sister chromatids.tr.v. sis·tered, sis·ter·ing, sis·ters Architecture To affix a beam or other structural member to (another) as a supplementary support. [Middle English, partially from Old Norse systir and partly from Old English sweostor; see swesor- in Indo-European roots.] EncyclopediaSeesisterLegalSeeSister
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