ORPHANS
12
Scrabble
13
WWF
O(1) R(1) P(3) H(4) A(1) N(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- 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.
verb
- To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)“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.“Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.”
Source: Wiktionary
