waifnoun [ C ]
uk/weɪf/us/weɪf/literarya child or animal without a home or enough food and care, usually thin and dirty in appearance
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- crawler
- designer baby
- only child
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- toilet-trained
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
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Idiom(s)
waifs and strays