Waif in a sentence

Waif meaning

1. An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
2. Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
3. A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

Using Waif

• The main meaning on this page is: An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor. | Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance. | A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
• Useful related words include: street child, fry, tyke, tike.
• In the example corpus, waif often appears in combinations such as: the waif, waif in.

Context around Waif

• Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
• Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Waif

• In this selection, "waif" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, elfin and hunter stand out and add context to how "waif" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include charming elfin waif who will and kills the waif in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "waif" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.