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adj
Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Akin (to); similar (to).
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name
Initialism of Special Investigation Branch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
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noun
Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor
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noun
Initialism of self-injurious behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: clinical-psychology, human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Abbreviation of sodium-ion battery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: NIB
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verb
To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: clinical-psychology, human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blood relation, blood relative, cognate
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Broader terms: relative, relation
noun
a person's brother or sister
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sibling
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Broader terms: relative, relation
Narrower terms: half blood, quadruplet, quad, quintuplet, quint, quin, triplet, twin
History
From Middle English sib, from Old English sibb (“related, akin, sib”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjaz (“related”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebh-, *swebh- (“one's own”). Cognate with West Frisian besibbe (“related”), Middle Dutch sibbe (“related”), Middle Low German sibbe (“related”), Middle High German sippe (“related”), Icelandic sifi (“related”).
From Middle English sib, sibbe, from Old English sibb (“relationship; gossip; friendliness, kindness; love, friendship, peace, concord, unity, tranquility; peace of mind; a relative, kinsman, kinswoman”), from Proto-West Germanic *sibbju, from Proto-Germanic *sibjō (“kinship”), from Proto-Indo-European *sebh-, *swebh- (“one's own”). Cognate with West Frisian sibbe (“relative, family member”), Dutch sibbe (“sib”), German Sippe (“tribe, clan”), Icelandic sifjar (“in-laws”), Latin suus (“one's own”).
From Middle English *sibben, *sibbien, from Old English sibbian (“to make peace; rejoice”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjōną (“to reconcile”), Proto-Indo-European *sebh-, *swebh- (“one's own”). Cognate with German sippen (“to be in relationship with, become related to”).
From the abbreviation SIB, or self-injurious behavior, a behavior found in autism.
