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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A blood relation; a relative.
  2. n. A person's relatives considered as a group; kinfolk.
  3. n. A brother or sister; a sibling.
  4. n. Anthropology A kinship group consisting of two or more lineages considered as being related, as by common descent from a mythic ancestor.
  5. adj. Related by blood; kindred.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
  2. n. A kinsman; a relative, near or remote; hence, one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
  3. Having kinship or relationship; related by consanguinity; having affinity; akin; kindred.
  4. To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly.
  5. n. An abbreviation of Siberia
  6. n. of Siberian.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred.
  2. n. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
  3. n. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
  4. n. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
  5. n. biology Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
  6. n. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor
  7. v. transitive To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A blood relation.
  2. n. a sibling.
  3. adj. Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. Related by blood; akin.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a person's brother or sister
  2. n. one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English *sibben, *sibbien, from Old English sibbian ("to make peace; rejoice"), from Proto-Germanic *sibjōnan (“to reconcile”), Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”). Cognate with German sippen ("to be in relationship with, become related to"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English sibbe, from Old English sibb; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “| Reply | Permalink in the above post, I meant "sib" - good analysis to you both.”

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  • “That devil you called your sib's granddaughter, General.”

    Exodus From The Long Sun

  • “My sib is a really good cook; what he cooks isn't fancy, but it's really, really good.”

    Still Thankful

  • “Gossip has quite degenerated from its old meaning, and even "sib," though good English in Chaucer's time, is now only to be found in provincial dialects; but in German "sipp" still means "kin.”

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  • “We call one another sib, which is short for _sibyl_, because _maytera_ is reserved for the sibyl in charge of the cenoby in which we live.”

    Exodus From The Long Sun

  • “Or perhaps it's because this is the Plot Truck, and thus the girls don't get a look in - bar Cord, Erasmas '"sib" (sister) and the aforementioned honorary boy (she's a mechanic, and thus apparently not included in the female hivemind).”

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  • “a kind of sib, I'm thinkin '-- an' thae Merry Men, the daft callants, blawin 'and lauchin', and puir souls in the deid thraws warstlin 'the leelang nicht wi' their bit ships -- weel, it comes ower me like a glamour.”

    Merry Men

  • “It's Maria Lark, who plays precocious middle sib Bridgette, who's feeling the pain.”

    Medium's Final Message

  • “Most of our kids will bully someone -- a younger sib, a classmate, even a friend -- this school year.”

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  • “By darth, January 18, 2010 @ 3: 44 am valium 1614 acomplia glaeoi viagra 49120 ativan 3504 cialis sib”

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synonyms (2)

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  1. <er>sibling</er
  1. akin

hypernyms (2)

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  1. relation
  1. relative

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Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Gibb
  2. Lib
  1. ad-lib
  2. bib
  1. bibb
  2. crib
  1. gib
  2. glib
  1. jib
  2. kibbe
  1. lib
  2. mib
  1. nib
  2. rib

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  1. syb

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