Meaning

• Noun

  1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  2. A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
  3. A young animal with no mother.
  4. Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
  5. A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
  6. Any unreferenced object.

• Adj
• Verb