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waif    音標拼音: [w'ef]
n. 無主物,飄流物,流浪者,信號旗

無主物,飄流物,流浪者,信號旗

waif
n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive" [synonym:
{waif}, {street child}]

Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
{Waive}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known;
originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to
prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king
unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and
brought him to justice. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. "Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
[1913 Webster]

A waif
Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "waif":
Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, castaway,
castoff, derelict, discard, dogie, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam,
foundling, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, idler,
jetsam, junk, lagan, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, mudlark,
orphan, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, refuse, reject,
rounder, rubbish, ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab,
street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman,
tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, trash, turnpiker, urchin, vag,
vagabond, vagrant, waifs and strays, wastrel

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  • Waif - Wikipedia
    A waif was an item of ownerless and unclaimed property found on a landowner's territory, while a stray referred to a domestic animal that had wandered onto the land
  • WAIF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The emphasis on being found faded as waif came to be applied to any stray animal or person, and especially to a homeless child, and in the late 20th century the current most common meaning of "an extremely thin and usually young woman" developed
  • WAIF | Helping Whidbey Island Pets and Their People
    Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation (WAIF) is a non-profit organization which was formed in 1990 in an effort to help Whidbey Island’s homeless companion animals
  • Welcome to Wayside Waifs | A No Kill Animal Shelter
    Wayside Waifs is Kansas City’s largest and most comprehensive no kill pet adoption campus More than 40,000 pets and people will be served this year through pet adoptions, youth education, canine training programs, and community outreach
  • WAIF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    WAIF definition: a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends See examples of waif used in a sentence
  • Waif | Aesthetics Wiki | Fandom
    Waif, also known by names such as Girlblogger, Femcel, and Female Manipulator, is an internet aesthetic and persona within the Coquette sphere The aesthetic is centered on the archetype of a young woman who is depicted as wealthy, beautiful, intelligent, self-destructive, and manipulative
  • waif - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Noun waif (plural waifs) Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried by wind or water
  • WAIF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    Add to word list a child or animal without a home or enough care: a poor little waif (Definition of waif from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
  • Waif - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    No matter how cold-hearted you are, it's tough not to feel sympathy for a waif — a neglected or orphaned child From Oliver Twist to Harry Potter, literature is filled with stories of young waifs who persevere through hardship
  • WAIF definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live a dirty-faced waif of some five or six years





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