ORPHAN


ORPHAN


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Word: orphan
Phonetic: /ˈɔːfən/
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A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
Any unreferenced object.
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive) Example: What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to. Example: Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned). Example: She is an orphan child.
(by extension) Remaining after the removal of some form of support. Example: With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.


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