WAIF

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

   “waifs and strays”

2. isim Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
3. isim A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

   “But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?”

4. isim A very thin person, especially a young one.

   “When we had done all the things there were to do, he passed out and I clung to his reassuringly solid, soft stomach—paternal, so different to the indie waifs—and cried.”

5. isim A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
6. fiil To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.

   “It is true that Guy, Count of Ponthieu, holds fief under me, but I have no control over the laws of his realm. And by those laws, he hath right of life and death over all stranded and waifed on his coast.”

7. isim A small flag used as a signal.
8. isim Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried by wind or water.

   “Hot as the brackish waifs of yellow spume That shift and steam — loose clots of arid fume From the sea's panting mouth of dry desire; There stands he, like one labouring at a loom.”

9. isim A minor celebrity whose fame is unwarranted or undeserved.

   “Tamara was one of the original wild-child tribe - up to now, famous mainly for being famous. She has done a quantity of high-profile dabbling in modelling, acting, television and journalism (file under MAW - Model, Actress, Whatever - or WAIF - Why Am I Famous?)”