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ORPHAN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does orphan mean?

• ORPHAN (noun)
The noun ORPHAN has 4 senses:

1. a child who has lost both parents
2. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
3. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
4. a young animal without a mother

Familiarity information: ORPHAN used as a noun is uncommon.

• ORPHAN (adjective)
The adjective ORPHAN has 1 sense:

1. deprived of parents by death or desertion

Familiarity information: ORPHAN used as an adjective is very rare.

• ORPHAN (verb)
The verb ORPHAN has 1 sense:

1. deprive of parents

Familiarity information: ORPHAN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORPHAN (noun)

Sense 1

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A child who has lost both parents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("orphan" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Sense 2

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("orphan" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 3

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("orphan" is a kind of...):

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

Sense 4

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A young animal without a mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("orphan" is a kind of...):

offspring; young (any immature animal)

• ORPHAN (adjective)

Sense 1

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Deprived of parents by death or desertion

Synonyms:

orphan; orphaned

Similar:

parentless; unparented (having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates)

• ORPHAN (verb)

Sense 1

orphan ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Deprive of parents

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "orphan" is one way to...):

deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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