sib

[ sib ]

/ sɪb /

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adjective

related by blood; akin.

noun

a kinsman; relative.

one's kin or kindred.

Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.

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Origin of sib

First recorded before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (originally an adjective); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) “relatives,” Old Frisian sib (adjective), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adjective), German Sippe “kin”; cf. gossip

Words nearby sib

Siamese twins, Sian, Siang, Siangtan, Šiauliai, sib, Sibelius, Siberia, Siberian, Siberian crab apple, Siberian forest cat

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How to use sib in a sentence

The chance to sneak extra shreds of meat from an older sib could greatly boost nutrition.
These huntsman spiders do something weird: live together as a big, happy family|Susan Milius|July 19, 2022|Science News
Sibling combat plays another big part of the big-sib, little-sib dynamic.
What Meghan and Harry's New Daughter Needs to Know About Being a Second-Born|Jeffrey Kluger|June 7, 2021|Time
You are a nice little thing, you know, Sib, although at present you are very unimportant.
Betty Vivian|L. T. Meade
The pulpit of Kilmacolm was but too sib to the pew, and both pulpit and pew slept on together in undisturbed security.
Samuel Rutherford|Alexander Whyte

Sib´yl.Prophetess of Cumæ, who led Æneas down to the infernal Regions, 370-372.
Myths of Greece and Rome|H. A. Guerber
I immediately went in quest of the building he had mentioned—the Akab-sib.
The Mayas, the Sources of Their History / Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries|Stephen Salisbury, Jr.
I long to ask him whether Douce Davie was any way sib to him.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart

British Dictionary definitions for sib (1 of 2)

sib

/ (sɪb) /

noun

a blood relative

a brother or sister; sibling

kinsmen collectively; kindred

any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only

Word Origin for sib

Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see gossip

British Dictionary definitions for sib (2 of 2)

SIB

abbreviation for (in Britain)

(the former) Securities and Investments Board

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