sib

5 definitions found

sib - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sib \Sib\ (s[i^]b), n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative.
     [root]289. See Gossip.]
     1. A blood relation. [Obs.] --Nash.
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     2. a sibling.
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  Sib \Sib\, a.
     Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W.
     Scott.
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           Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer.
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           [He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all
           To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. --Spenser.
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sib - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sib
      n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
      2: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an
         ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood   relative
         , cognate, sib]

sib - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SIB
         Service Independent building Block (IN)
         

sib - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "sib":
     affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, ancestry, avuncular, blood,
     blood relation, blood relative, clansman, closely related, cognate,
     collateral, collateral relative, congeneric, connections,
     consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distaff side,
     distant relation, distantly related, enate, family, flesh,
     flesh and blood, folks, foster, friendly, german, germane, kin,
     kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman,
     kith and kin, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous,
     near relation, next of kin, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral,
     patrilineal, patroclinous, people, posterity, receptive, related,
     relations, relatives, sibling, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin,
     spindle side, sword side, tribesman, uterine, uterine kin,
     well-disposed