ALL meanings of waif
waif
W w - noun waif orphan, homeless child 1
- noun waif thin young woman, esp. fashion model 1
- noun waif a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends. 1
- noun waif something found, especially a stray animal, whose owner is not known. 1
- noun waif a very thin, often small person, usually a young woman. 1
- noun waif a stray item or article: to gather waifs of gossip. 1
- noun waif Nautical. waft (def 8). 1
- noun waif A homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child. 1
- noun waif (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. 0
- noun waif (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance. 0
- noun waif A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. 0
- noun waif (botany, of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. 0
- countable noun waif If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live. 0
- noun waif a person, esp a child, who is homeless, friendless, or neglected 0
- noun waif anything found and not claimed, the owner being unknown 0
- noun waif a stolen article thrown away by a thief in his flight and forfeited to the Crown or to the lord of the manor 0
- noun waif anything found by chance that is without an owner 0
- noun waif a person without home or friends; esp., a homeless child 0
- noun waif a stray animal 0
- noun waif waft (sense 9) 0
- noun waif a piece of property found but claimed by nobody 0
- noun waif stolen goods discarded by a thief in flight 0