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waif [weɪf] n
1. (Sociology) a person, esp a child, who is homeless, friendless, or neglected 2. anything found and not claimed, the owner being unknown 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical another name for waft [5] 4. (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 [from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old Northern French gaif, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse veif a flapping thing] waiflike adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
waif Translations waif [weɪf] N (= child) → niño/a m/f abandonado/a, niño/a m/f desamparado/a; (= animal) → animal m abandonado waifs and strays (= children) → niños mpl abandonados or desamparados; (= animals) → animales mpl abandonados waif n → obdachloses or heimatloses Kind; (= animal) → herrenloses Tier; the poor little waif … → das arme kleine Ding, hat kein Zuhause, …; waifs and strays (= children) → obdachlose or heimatlose Kinder pl; (= animals) → herrenlose Tiere pl waif [weɪf] n → bambino/a abbandonato/a; (slight person) → creatura gracile waifs and strays → trovatelli mpl waif [weɪf] n → bambino/a abbandonato/a; (slight person) → creatura gracile waifs and strays → trovatelli mpl n waif [weif] a stray, uncared-for child a poor little waif. wegloopkind شارِد، شَخْص أو حَيَوان ضال бездомник opuštěné dítě hjemløst barn verlassenes obdachloses Kind αλητάκι niño abandonado/desamparado kodutu (laps) بچه بي سرپرست katulapsi enfant abandonné יֶלֶד עָזוּב परित्यक्त शिशु nahoče lelenc anak terlantar umkomuleysingi; munaðarleysingi (bambino abbandonato) 浮浪児 부랑자 valkataujantis, benamis vaikas bezpajumtnieks budak terbiar zwerveling hjemløst barn, gatebarn porzucone dziecko, przybłęda órfão copil abandonat беспризорник tulák, najdúch brezdomec beskućnik föräldralöst (hemlöst) barn, gatubarn สัตว์เลี้ยงที่หลงทาง; เด็กที่ถูกทอดทิ้ง; เด็กจรจัด; เด็กข้างถนน kimsesiz çocuk 流浪兒童 безпритульна дитина; покидьок لاوارث شے trẻ bơ vơ 流浪儿 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle. He agreed to furnish the crew with provisions during their stay in his territories, and to return to them all their clothing that could be found, but he stipulated that the wreck should be abandoned to him as a waif cast by fortune on his shores. He was followed almost immediately by Hiram Da Souza, who, curiously enough, seemed to have been on the platform when the train came in and to have been much interested in this shabby, lonely old man, who carried himself like a waif stranded in an unknown land. |
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