Word Finder - waif

definition

A castaway; a homeless child.

synonyms

• stray
• wanderer

definition

(of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.

definition

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.

definition

Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

A waif of a girl sat beside him.

The 24-year old supermodel chronicled her battle with anorexia and exercise as she was struggling to survive as a waif thin supermodel in her memoir, "Hungry."

While at New York he wrote a play, The Ocean Waif, or Channel Outlaw, which was acted, and is forgotten.

The Victorian moral reformer could look with sympathy upon the poverty of the poor waif who stole a loaf of bread.

Fortunately, our young waif is taken in by two well-meaning students.

Moving on to the body, you'll choose whether you're a muscle-bound oaf, a skinny waif, or something in between.

Chili's love interest is Edi, played by the gorgeous waif Uma Thurman.

Chili 's love interest is Edi, played by the gorgeous waif Uma Thurman.

It sounds like some English gothic—a naive waif married off to tyrannical older man who holds her hostage in a golden cage and beats her into submission!

She was the little waif of Barcelona - the image of the great Games in that city of fantasy.

Then there was a waif named Griff and someone called Wallace Lorrimer, but none of these survived the purge of 1903-4.

Moving on to the body, you'll choose whether you 're a muscle-bound oaf, a skinny waif, or something in between.

She also proved that she didn't have to fit the mold of skinny waif, showing that curvaceous women could also be successful models.

Many celebrities have embraced their waif frames with a flattering pixie crop.

A resurgence of the waif look in the fashion world in the 1990s, then called “heroin chic,” again upped the pressure for Hollywood actresses to lose even more weight.

You need not be a waif to look good in this cut, although a lean line helps extend the body and create a more flattering silhouette.

The reality star has made up with her friend, but more talk about her obvious skinny waif frame has friends wondering if she will be able to carry her baby to full-term without complications.

Printed brochures, gratis from Myrtle Somebody whose brother-in-law was a printer, were placed about town by tiny Tonya, an eight-year-old Latina waif hired by Fred for five bucks.

Far from being a waif, Hunter was always a picture of health, strength, and "real" sexiness, which comes across powerfully in this picture.

The day had been fixed on which Montasir, Waif and several other Turkish generals were to be assassinated.