Engels Woord van de dag

sister

zus

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

sister

1. zus, zuster

Engels > Engels

sister

1. n. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

My sister is always driving me crazy.

2. n. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

3. n. Any butterfly in the genus , so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

4. n. (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

5. n. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

6. n. (slang) A black woman.

7. n. (informal) (A form of address to a woman.)

8. n. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

9. n. (attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

sister publication, sister city, sister projects

10. n. (comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

11. n. (usually attributively) Something in the same class.

sister ships, sister facility

12. v. (transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.

13. v. (obsolete, transitive) To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Nederlands > Engels

zus

1. n-f. (topics, Family members) sister

2. adv. so, in such a way

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

This is a picture of my sister.
    Dit is een foto van mijn zus.
My sister has a job.
    Mijn zus heeft een baan.
I hate my sister.
    Ik haat mijn zus.
His mother and sister were sick.
    Zijn moeder en zus waren ziek.
My father's sister's husband is my uncle.
    De echtgenoot van de zuster van mijn vader is mijn oom.

Vorige woorden herzien

mirror	handbag	school desk	eighteen
red	hour	beer	living room
blink	small	pear	syringe
cymbal	underwear	seventy-nine	helicopter

Willekeurig

fork	puddle	teacher	forty-eight
shoe	mirror	bed	blender
fat	chopsticks	bedroom	triangle
continent	bull	eighteen	hawk

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