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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person, esp. a child, whose parents have died.
He became an orphan when his parents were killed in a car crash.- similar words:
- waif
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| definition 2: |
any person or animal that is without parents, abandoned, or otherwise left without nurture or support.
The bombings made orphans of most of the village's inhabitants.- similar words:
- waif
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| related words: |
maverick, ward |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having no living parents.
Orphan children roamed the bombed-out streets. |
| definition 2: |
of or for orphans.
She grew up in an orphan home. |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
orphans, orphaning, orphaned |
| definition: |
to cause to be deprived of parents.
The war orphaned countless children. |
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