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- Dictionarysibling/ˈsɪblɪŋ/
noun
- 1. each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister: "my father has always supported my siblings and me"
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The third most frequent visitors were sisters, who visited their elderly siblings almost twice as often as did brothers, female friends and male friends.
Take the quiz. The meaning of SIBLING is sib; also : one of two or more individuals having one common parent. How to use sibling in a sentence.
A male sibling is a brother, and a female sibling is a sister. Somebody with no siblings is an only child . A sister (female sibling) carrying her brother (male sibling). While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separately (such as foster care ), most societies have siblings grow up together.
Both were the youngest children in their families and had no siblings in the school system, he said. From Minneapolis Star Tribune. Thanks to your siblings, you'll already know how to deal with not being the fastest or best player on the field. From ESPN.
Sibling relationships are important. While friendships come and go, you’re stuck with your siblings. This relationship is oftentimes one of the longest relationships in a person’s life.
The word sibling once meant anyone who is related to you, but now it's reserved for children of the same parent or parents. It is a word that was once out of use but then brought back into English in the early 1900s as a useful word in anthropology.
2 meanings: 1. a. a person's brother or sister b. (as modifier) 2. any fellow member of a sib.... Click for more definitions.
