orphan

Definition of Orphan in English :

see synonyms of orphan

Noun

1. orphan

a child who has lost both parents

2. orphan

someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

3. orphan

the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

4. orphan

a young animal without a mother

Verb

5. orphan

deprive of parents

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Orphan

see synonyms of orphan

noun

1.

a.

a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead

b.

(as modifier)

an orphan child

2. printing

the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page

verb

3. (transitive)

to deprive of one or both parents

Orphan

see synonyms of orphan

noun

1.

a child whose father and mother are dead

sometimes applied to a child who has lost only one parent by death

adjective

2.

being an orphan

3.

of or for orphans

an orphan home

4.

of a product that is medically valuable but is not produced because it lacks a profitable market, as a drug for a rare disease

verb transitive

5.

to cause to become an orphan

orphaned by the war

Orphan

see synonyms of orphan

n.

1.

a. A child whose parents are dead.

b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.

2. A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.

3. One that lacks support, supervision, or care: A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.

4. A technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.

5. Printing A very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.

adj.

1. Deprived of parents.

2. Intended for orphans: an orphan home.

3. Lacking support, supervision, or care.

4. Being a technology or product that is an orphan.

tr.v. or·phaned, or·phan·ing, or·phans

To deprive (a child or young animal) of a parent or parents.

Orphan

Noun

Verb

Orphan

Orphan

Orphan

WORD OF THE DAY

knickknack

Recent Searches