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"2": "waivum"
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"2": "gaif"
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"t": "property that is lost and unclaimed; of property: lost and unclaimed"
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"2": "non",
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"Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor."
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"stray",
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[
"article",
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[
"movable property",
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[
"found",
"find#Verb"
],
[
"owner",
"owner"
],
[
"known",
"know#Verb"
],
[
"goods",
"goods"
],
[
"washed up",
"wash up"
],
[
"beach",
"beach#Noun"
],
[
"thrown away",
"throw away"
],
[
"absconding",
"absconding#Adjective"
],
[
"thief",
"thief"
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[
"item",
"item"
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[
"belong",
"belong"
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[
"Crown",
"Crown"
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[
"grant",
"grant#Verb"
],
[
"right",
"right#Noun"
],
[
"ownership",
"ownership"
],
[
"lord",
"lord#Noun"
],
[
"manor",
"manor"
]
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"(British, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor."
],
"tags": [
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"law"
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāʔiba",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سَائِبَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namerena vešt",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "намерена вещ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"word": "isännätön esine"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"word": "isännätön tavara"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "herrenloses Gut"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ritrovamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"word": "herrelöst gods"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 20 5 4 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
"word": "vật vô chủ"
}
]
},
{
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"Fiction",
"Artistic works",
"Art",
"Culture",
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"Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance."
],
"id": "en-waif-en-noun-ZPw~5fbT",
"links": [
[
"comes",
"come#Verb"
],
[
"chance",
"chance#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "مَفْقُود m (mafqūd) (even though it literally means “lost”)",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"word": "löytö"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Fundstück"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fundsache"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxódka",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нахо́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potérjannaja veščʹ",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поте́рянная вещь"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hallazgo"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"tags": [
"formal",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "bien mostrenco"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 9 3 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something found, especially if without an owner",
"word": "vật vô chủ"
}
]
},
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"A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast."
],
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"person",
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],
[
"child",
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],
[
"homeless",
"homeless"
],
[
"means",
"means"
],
[
"support",
"support#Noun"
],
[
"exclude",
"exclude"
],
[
"society",
"society"
],
[
"outcast",
"outcast#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vagabond"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
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"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezdomnik",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бездомник"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "da",
"english": "child",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hittebarn"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "da",
"english": "orphan child",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "forældreløst barn"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "zwerver"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "vaganto"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "katulapsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vagabond"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heimatloser"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heimatlose Person"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heimatloses Kind"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "naufrago"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "randagio"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trovatello"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vagabondo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "hoetere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podrzutek"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "homeless boy",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besprizórnik",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "беспризо́рник"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "homeless girl",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besprizórnica",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "беспризо́рница"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nahod"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "föräldralöst barn"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "trẻ bơ vơ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 72 16 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support",
"word": "trẻ bị bỏ rơi"
}
]
},
{
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{
"word": "fat person"
}
],
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"ref": "2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House",
"text": "When we had done all the things there were to do, he passed out and I clung to his reassuringly solid, soft stomach—paternal, so different to the indie waifs—and cried.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A very thin person."
],
"id": "en-waif-en-noun-LVC9chVM",
"links": [
[
"thin",
"thin#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(by extension) A very thin person."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "thin person"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 92 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very thin person",
"word": "ruipelo"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized."
],
"id": "en-waif-en-noun-aBY6Ex01",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"plant",
"plant#Noun"
],
[
"introduce",
"introduce"
],
[
"place",
"place#Noun"
],
[
"native",
"native#Adjective"
],
[
"range",
"range#Noun"
],
[
"persistently",
"persistently"
],
[
"naturalize",
"naturalize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(by extension, botany) A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/weɪf/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪf"
},
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],
"word": "waif"
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"sense": "article of movable property found of which the owner is not known",
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"code": "fi",
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