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sierota — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • limpet noun Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
  • orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
  • wimp noun Someone seen as weak, timid, or lacking backbone.

Senses

sierota is used for these senses in English:

  • limpet (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
  • orphan A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  • wimp (chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

limpet — full definition

  1. noun Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
  2. noun Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.

orphan — full definition

  1. noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
  2. verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
  3. noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.

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