daughter
11daughter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek thygatēr Date: before 12th century 1. a. a female offspring especially of human parents b. a female adopted child c. a human… …
12daughter — daughterless, adj. daughterlike, adj. /daw teuhr/, n. 1. a female child or person in relation to her parents. 2. any female descendant. 3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church. 4. anything… …
13daughter — In nuclear medicine, an isotope that is the disintegration product of a radionuclide. See d. isotope, radionuclide generator. [O.E. dohtor] DES (diethylstilbestrol) d. the d. of a woman who received diethylstilbestrol during …
14daughter — n. [A.S. dohter, daughter] The offspring of a division, not implying sex, such as in daughter cells or daughter nucleus; a daughter chromosome applies to chromatids after metaphase …
15daughter — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ baby, infant, newborn ▪ little, small, young ▪ adolescent, teenage ▪ …
16daughter — I UK [ˈdɔːtə(r)] / US [ˈdɔtər] noun [countable] Word forms daughter : singular daughter plural daughters *** 1) your female child 2) a woman who comes from a particular place or grew up in a particular period of time that influenced the way she… …
17daughter — daugh•ter [[t]ˈdɔ tər[/t]] n. 1) a girl or woman in relation to her parents 2) any female descendant 3) a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: a daughter of the church[/ex] 4) anything personified as female and considered… …
18daughter — /ˈdɔtə / (say dawtuh) noun 1. a female child or person in relation to her parents. 2. Literary any female descendant: a daughter of our house. 3. a woman considered as a product of a particular place or environment, or having a relationship to a… …
19daughter — daugh|ter W1S1 [ˈdo:tə US ˈdo:tər] n [: Old English; Origin: dohtor] someone s female child ▪ She s got two daughters and one son. ▪ our eldest daughter daughter of ▪ the daughter of Labour MP Tony Benn …
20daughter — daugh|ter1 [ dɔtər ] noun count *** 1. ) your female child 2. ) a woman who comes from a particular place or grew up in a particular period of time that influenced the way she developed as a person: She spoke as a true daughter of the city.… …
