Orphan (car)
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Deprived of parents by death or desertion

noun


(2)   A young animal without a mother
(3)   The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
(4)   A child who has lost both parents
(5)   Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

verb


(6)   Deprive of parents
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Etymology


From , from , from . Cognate with Sanskrit , Latin , Old High German (German ).

Noun



  1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  2. A young animal with no mother.
  3. A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
  4. Any unreferenced abstract object.

Adjective


(also orphaned)
  1. Deprived of parents.
    She is an orphan child.
  2. Intended for orphans.
    She made a generous contribution to the orphan fund.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the nature of an orphan.
    With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.

Verb



  1. To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
    What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
  2. To make unavailable, as by unlinking the last remaining pointer to.
    When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.
    Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.
 
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