orphan

«orphan» in Mova's school dictionary: a child whose parents have both died — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an orphan, orphans); verb (orphan, orphans, orphaned, orphaning — usually passive)

meaning for a pupil

1) An orphan is a child whose parents have both died. tree →

2) To be orphaned is to become an orphan. tree →

3) An orphan animal has lost its mother. tree →

4) (printing, computing) An orphan is a single line or word left alone at the top or bottom of a page. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: many famous characters are orphans, such as Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables and Oliver Twist. In ethics and church life: caring for orphans. In nature: orphaned animals are raised in rescue centres.

examples

• Anne Shirley was an orphan who went to live on a farm. tree →
• The orphan was looked after by her aunt. tree →
• Harry Potter was orphaned as a baby. tree →
• The zoo is raising an orphaned baby elephant. tree →
• The Bible tells believers to care for orphans and widows. tree →
• An orphanage was once a home for orphans. tree →

note

Starts with a vowel sound: «an orphan». Place: orphanage. Today children without parents usually live with relatives or foster families, not in orphanages. Said OR-fun.

In the corpora

• The Bible tells Christians to «look after orphans and widows», and many faiths run charities for children without parents.
• We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «orphan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.