n.
social unit traditionally consisting of parents and children
1) to start a ~
2) to clothe; feed; raise; support a ~
3) the close, immediate; extended; nuclear ~
4) a good ('respected') ~ (he comes from a good ~)
5) a blended; broken ~
6) the head of a ~; a member of a ~
7) in the ~ (poor vision runs in the ~)
8) ( misc. ) ~ planning ('birth control'); (old-fashioned) in the ~ way ('pregnant')
group of related languages
9) a language ~ (in the same language ~)