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sister
[ sis-ter ]
noun
- a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Also called half sister. a female offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring.
- a female friend or protector regarded as a sister.
- a thing regarded as feminine and associated as if by kinship with something else:
The ships are sisters.
- a female fellow member, as of a church.
- a female member of a religious community that observes the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- British. a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse.
- Informal. a term used to refer to or address a fellow Black woman; soul sister.
- a woman who supports, promotes, or participates in feminism.
- Informal. a form of address used to a woman or girl, especially jocularly or contemptuously:
Listen, sister, you've had enough.
adjective
- being or considered a sister; related by or as if by sisterhood:
sister ships.
- having a close relationship with another because of shared interests, problems, or the like:
We correspond with school children in our sister city.
- Biochemistry. being one of an identical pair.
sister
/ ˲õɪ²õ³ÙÉ /
noun
- a female person having the same parents as another person
- a female person who belongs to the same group, trade union, etc, as another or others
- informal.a form of address to a woman or girl, used esp by Black people in the US
- a senior nurse
- RC Church a nun or a title given to a nun
- a woman fellow member of a Church or religious body
- modifier belonging to the same class, fleet, etc, as another or others
a sister ship
- modifier biology denoting any of the cells or cell components formed by division of a parent cell or cell component
sister nuclei
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õŸ±²õît±ð°ù·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ²õŸ±²õît±ð°ù·±ôŸ±°ì±ðî adjective
- ²ÔŽÇ²Ô·²õŸ±²õît±ð°ù noun adjective
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sister1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sister1
Example Sentences
Richard ended up living with his sister, her husband who was a miner, and their two young daughters.
"My brother, sister and I were always last as our surname began with W," he says.
His sister had always been part of his life, and he was "absolutely certain" that one of his first memories was of his mother being pregnant.
His sister Donna said she could not "put in words just how broken I'm feeling right now knowing that I'm never going to see you or hear your voice again with our goofy ways".
That did the trick, waking up his parents and his 4-month-old baby sister.
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