Word Finder - orphan

noun

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A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

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A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.

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A young animal with no mother.

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Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.

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A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

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Any unreferenced object.

verb

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To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)

example

What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?

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To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

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Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.

adjective

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Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

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She is an orphan child.

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(by extension) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

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With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.

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