WAIF-LIKE

Meaning of WAIF-LIKE in English

adjective

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Garry had a long thin body, giving him a waif-like appearance.

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How extraordinary that a waif-like singer in her 20s - however you judge her talents - can stir up so much feeling.

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WAIF-LIKE — waif-like BrE AmE ˈweɪf laɪk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAIF-LIKE — ➡ waif
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIF-LIKE — ˈwaif-like BrE AmE adjective extremely pale and thin: images of waif-like models in girls’ magazines
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAIF — infante abandonat, abandonate
English interlingue dictionary
WAIF — I. noun see: wipe Date: 14th century 1. a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAIF — I. ˈwāf noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old North French, adjective, lost, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAIF — (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Английский словарь Webster
WAIF — (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
Английский словарь Webster
WAIF — (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to …
Английский словарь Webster
WAIF — ( n. ) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIF — ( n. ) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIF — ( n. ) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIF — /wayf/ , n. 1. a person, esp. a child, who has no home or friends. 2. something found, esp. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIF — n. homeless or abandoned person (especially a child); young person who seems to be needy because of his/her thin feeble …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAIF — I. ˈwāf noun Etymology: Middle English weif, waif, from Anglo-French, from waif, adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAIF — noun a wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. 2. waif ·noun hence, anything found, or without an owner; …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
WAIF — ■ noun a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child. ↘a person who appears thin or poorly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAIF — [waif] n [ME, fr. ONF, adj., lost, unclaimed, prob. of Scand origin; akin to ON veif something flapping, veifa to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAIF — waif BrE AmE weɪf ▷ waifs weɪfs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAIF — / weɪf; NAmE / noun a small thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIF — waif /weɪf/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: (adjective), 'lost, unclaimed' , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAIF — n. 1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child. 2 an ownerless object or animal, a thing cast …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAIF — n. 1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child. 2 an ownerless object or animal, a thing cast …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAIF — n.1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child. 2 an ownerless object or animal, a thing cast up …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIF — ( waifs) If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif , you mean that they are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIF — (~s) If you refer to a child or young woman as a ~, you mean that they are very thin …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAIF — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All her images of a tiny waif locked in the attic seemed suddenly foolish and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAIF — [noun] [C] [literary] - a child or animal without a home or enough careShe's like a waif out of a …
Cambridge English vocab
WAIF — Synonyms and related words : Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, castaway, castoff, derelict, discard, dogie, flotsam, flotsam …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAIF — n. Estray.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAIF — n. 25B6; noun RAGAMUFFIN, urchin; foundling, orphan, stray; derogatory guttersnipe; dated gamin.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WAIF — сущ. 1) беспризорный ребенок; бездомный человек; бродяга Syn : homeless child, foundling, stray, ragamuffin, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, street arab, tatterdemalion, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAIF — waif.ogg _I weıf n 1. бездомный человек, бродяга; беспризорный ребёнок 2. 1> никем не истребуемое имущество ( выброшенное морем и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — _I 1. laık n 1) чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого человека, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar , resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions - like sum Syn: equal, identical 3) разг. возможный; вероятный •• like father …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIKE — _I 1. _a. 1> похожий, подобный; like question - подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner - подобным образом; it's just …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIKE — I 1. a. 1. похожий, подобный; like question - подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner - подобным образом; it's just …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIKE — _I laɪk 1. _a. 1> похожий, подобный; like question подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner подобным образом; it's just like …
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WAIF — сущ. 1) беспризорный ребенок; бездомный человек; бродяга Syn : homeless child, foundling, stray, ragamuffin, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, street arab, tatterdemalion, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
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