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1 waif
noun* * *[weif](a stray, uncared-for child: a poor little waif.) verlassenes obdachloses Kind* * *[weɪf]n2. (animal) streunendes Tier3.* * *[weɪf]nobdachloses or heimatloses Kind; (= animal) herrenloses Tierthe poor little waif... — das arme kleine Ding, hat kein Zuhause,...
* * *waif [weıf] s1. JUR Br obs etwas von einem Dieb auf der Flucht Weggeworfenes, etwas Herrenloses2. a) obdachloses oder verwahrlostes Kind* * *noun -
2 midwifery
Geburtshilfe, die* * *noun die Geburtshilfe* * *mid·wife·ry[mɪdˈwaɪfəri, AM -ɚi]* * *["mId'wIfərI]nGeburtshilfe f* * *1. Geburtshilfe f, Hebammendienst m2. fig Bei-, Mithilfe f* * *noun, no pl., no art.Geburtshilfe, die* * *n.Geburtshilfe f. -
3 wife
noun, pl. wives Frau, dielawful wedded wife — (Eccl.) rechtmäßig angetraute Frau
old wives' tale — Ammenmärchen, das
* * *plural - wives; noun- academic.ru/117622/old_wives%27_tale">old wives' tale- wife-battering* * *<pl wives>[waɪf]will you be my \wife? möchtest du meine Frau werden?give my regards to your \wife grüßen Sie Ihre Frau von mirto live together as man and \wife wie Mann und Frau zusammenlebento make sb one's \wife jdn zu seiner [Ehe]frau machen* * *[waɪf]n pl wivesFrau f, Gattin f (form), Gemahlin f (liter, form)a woman whom he would never make his wife — eine Person, die er niemals zu seiner Frau machen würde
businessmen who take their wives with them on their trips —
to take a wife (old) to take sb to wife (old) — sich (dat) eine Frau or ein Weib (old) nehmen jdn zum Weibe nehmen (old)
* * *wife [waıf] pl wives [waıvz] s1. (Ehe-)Frau f, Gattin f:she’s the wife of a teacher sie ist mit einem Lehrer verheiratet;take to wife zur Frau nehmen;he made her his wife er machte sie zu seiner Frau2. obs oder dial Weib nw. abk1. weight2. wide3. width4. wife5. with* * *noun, pl. wives Frau, dielawful wedded wife — (Eccl.) rechtmäßig angetraute Frau
old wives' tale — Ammenmärchen, das
* * *n.(§ pl.: wives)= Ehefrau -en f.Frau -en f.Gattin -nen f. -
4 stray
1. intransitive verbstray [away] from — sich absondern von
the child had strayed from his parents — das Kind war seinen Eltern weggelaufen
2. noun 3. adjectivestray from the point/from or off the road — vom Thema/von der Straße abkommen
1) streunend; (without owner) herrenlos; (out of proper place) verirrt2) (occasional, isolated) vereinzelt* * *[strei] 1. verb(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) sich verlaufen, abkommen2. noun(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) der Streuner3. adjective1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) streunend2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) vereinzelt* * *[streɪ]I. vimost visitors to the park do not \stray more than a few yards away from their cars die meisten Parkbesucher entfernen sich gerade mal ein paar Meter von ihren Autosa herd of cattle \strayed into the road eine Viehherde hat sich auf die Straße verirrtto \stray off course vom Kurs abkommen2. (move casually) umherstreifenher eyes kept \straying to the clock ihre Blicke wanderten immer wieder zur Uhrto \stray from the original plan vom ursprünglichen Plan abweichenmen who \stray cannot be trusted auf untreue Männer ist kein VerlassII. n1. (animal) streunendes [Haus]tier3. RADIO▪ \strays pl Störeffekte pl, Störungen pl (beim Rundfunkempfang)III. adj attr, invto be hit by a \stray bullet von einem Blindgänger [o einer verirrten Kugel] getroffen werdena \stray lock of hair eine widerspenstige Locke\stray remarks/sentences einzelne Bemerkungen/Sätze* * *[streɪ]1. visich verirren, abirren; (also stray about) (umher)streunen; (fig thoughts, speaker) abschweifenthe cattle strayed into the road —
they strayed into the enemy camp — sie verirrten sich ins feindliche Lager
2. adjchild, bullet, cattle verirrt; cat, dog etc streunend attr; (= ownerless) herrenlos; (= isolated) remarks, houses, cases, hairs vereinzelt; (= single) remark, success einzeln; (= occasional) gelegentlich; thoughts flüchtig3. n1) (= dog, cat) streunendes Tier; (ownerless) herrenloses TierSee:→ academic.ru/80852/waif">waif* * *stray [streı]A v/i1. (herum)strolchen, (-)streunen (auch Tier)2. (herum)streifen:3. weglaufen ( from von)4. a) abirren ( from von), sich verlaufen:the helicopter had strayed across the frontier der Hubschrauber hatte versehentlich die Grenze überflogenb) fig vom rechten Weg abkommenstray from the point vom Thema abkommen6. ELEK streuen, vagabundierenB s1. verirrtes oder streunendes Tier2. Herumirrende(r) m/f(m), Heimatlose(r) m/f(m)3. herrenloses Gut4. pl ELEK atmosphärische Störungen plC adj1. verirrt, streunend (Hund, Kind etc):stray bullet verirrte Kugel2. vereinzelt (Kunden etc)3. beiläufig (Bemerkung etc)4. ELEK Streu…:stray power Verlustleistung f* * *1. intransitive verbstray [away] from — sich absondern von
2. nounstray from the point/from or off the road — vom Thema/von der Straße abkommen
(animal) streunendes Tier; (without owner) herrenloses Tier3. adjective1) streunend; (without owner) herrenlos; (out of proper place) verirrt2) (occasional, isolated) vereinzelt* * *v.abirren v.irren v.streunen v.vagabundieren v. -
5 wife-swapping
['waɪfswɒpɪŋ] noun (coll.) Partnertausch, der* * *ˈwife-swap·ping* * *['waIf"swɒpɪŋ]nPartnertausch mwife-swapping party — Party f mit Partnertausch
* * *wife-swapping adj umg:wife-swapping party Party f mit Partnertausch* * *['waɪfswɒpɪŋ] noun (coll.) Partnertausch, der
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