waif in English

noun

1

a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child.

she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays

synonyms: ragamuffin, urchin, foundling, orphan, stray, guttersnipe, gamin

2

a piece of property thrown away by a fleeing thief and held by the state in trust for the owner to claim.

noun

• ragamuffin, urchin, foundling, orphan, stray, guttersnipe, gamin
• street child

Use "waif" in a sentence

1. Found a helpless waif.

2. They looked thin, waif - like and starved.

3. Do I look like a waif?

4. A waif is begging on the street.

5. They looked thin, waif - like and half starved.

6. Lavant plays a vagrant waif, Binoche a runaway painter.

7. From shop to shop she moved like a hungry waif.

8. Maybe I should play this needy, despondent waif card more often.

9. And I am not some starry-eyed waif here to succumb to your...

10. Did you truly think that saving one ragged waif, would change anything?

11. At first, it was difficult for Eva to find work. Those super - thin waif mannequins were in.

12. Believe it not, the waif look was the hottest look of the 1990's.

13. It tells a tale of a waif who was educated into being a lady.

14. A waif in a jeans skirt and Leia hair knobs waited for her gown.

15. All her images of a tiny waif locked in the attic seemed suddenly foolish and fantastic.

16. 28 They knew that, like the Dickensian waif, a good wash and new clothes would reveal an angelic face.

17. There are many synonyms of Aberrants which include Aberrance, Aberrancy, Aberrant, Aberration, Divagation, Divergence, Maverick, Straggler, Waif, etc.

18. Louise looks like a waif and has indulged in more booze and cigarettes than she should have.

19. Rufus was a bit of a centaur himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.

20. 27 Rufus was a bit of a centaur himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.

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

22. 23 In the space of a couple of weeks, the one-time "earth mother" and macrobiotic devotee has transformed herself from willowy waif into sexy, strapping Glamazonian.

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