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# orphan

«orphan» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child whose parents have both died** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an orphan, orphans); verb (orphan, orphans, orphaned, orphaning — usually passive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An orphan is a child whose parents have both died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#m1)

2) To be orphaned is to become an orphan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#m2)

3) An orphan animal has lost its mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#m3)

4) (printing, computing) An orphan is a single line or word left alone at the top or bottom of a page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: many famous characters are orphans, such as Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables and Oliver Twist. In ethics and church life: caring for orphans. In nature: orphaned animals are raised in rescue centres.

### examples

- Anne Shirley was an orphan who went to live on a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x1)
- The orphan was looked after by her aunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x2)
- Harry Potter was orphaned as a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x3)
- The zoo is raising an orphaned baby elephant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x4)
- The Bible tells believers to care for orphans and widows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x5)
- An orphanage was once a home for orphans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/#x6)

### note

Starts with a vowel sound: «an orphan». Place: orphanage. Today children without parents usually live with relatives or foster families, not in orphanages. Said OR-fun.

### In the corpora

- [The Bible tells Christians to «look after orphans and widows», and many faiths run charities for children without parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/75-is-it-fair-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people/16/)
- [We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.146/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «orphan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orphan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.