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orphaning off

orphaning off is the present participle and gerund of orphan off.

Meaning of orphan off

Verb

orphan off (third-person singular simple present orphans off, present participle orphaning off, simple past and past participle orphaned off)

  1. (transitive) To treat (a child) as an orphan, such as by sending them into foster care or adopting them out.
    Synonyms:
    orphan
  2. (transitive) To remove all links to (something), leaving it an orphan; to render a technical item (website, function, etc.) useless by removing references that call on it.
    Synonyms:
    orphan

Questions about orphaning off

What is orphaning off the present participle and gerund of?
Orphaning off is the present participle and gerund of orphan off.

Words near orphaning off in the dictionary

  1. orphaneth
  2. orphanhood
  3. orphanhoods
  4. orphanin
  5. orphaning
  6. orphaning off
  7. orphanins
  8. orphanise
  9. orphanish
  10. orphanism
  11. orphanity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orphaning off (page history and authors); orphan off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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