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waif
waif 1 W0008100 (wāf)n.1. a. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.b. An abandoned young animal.2. A person, especially a young woman, who is thin or gaunt.3. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.
[Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]
waif 2 W0008100 (wāf)n. Nautical See waft.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]waif (weɪf) n1. (Sociology) a person, esp a child, who is homeless, friendless, or neglected2. anything found and not claimed, the owner being unknown3. (Nautical Terms) nautical another name for waft54. (Law) law obsolete a stolen article thrown away by a thief in his flight and forfeited to the Crown or to the lord of the manor[C14: from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old Northern French gaif, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse veif a flapping thing] ˈwaifˌlike, ˈwaifish adjwaif
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n. 1. a person, esp. a child, who has no home. 2. a stray animal, whose owner is not known. 3. a stray item or article. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, orig. lost, stray, unclaimed (compare Old French guaif stray beast) < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse veif movement to and fro; see waive] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"street childchild, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" |
waifnoun stray, orphan, outcast, urchin, foundling an emaciated waif living rough on the streetsTranslationswaif (weif) noun a stray, uncared-for child. a poor little waif. 流浪兒童 流浪儿IdiomsSeewaifs and strayswaif
waif1. Nautical another name for waft2. Law obsolete a stolen article thrown away by a thief in his flight and forfeited to the Crown or to the lord of the manor LegalSeeWaifsWAIF
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waif
Synonyms for waifnoun straySynonyms- stray
- orphan
- outcast
- urchin
- foundling
Synonyms for waifnoun a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphanedSynonymsRelated Words- child
- kid
- minor
- nipper
- tiddler
- youngster
- tike
- shaver
- small fry
- nestling
- fry
- tyke
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