Word Meanings - HALF-BROTHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Related words: (words related to HALF-BROTHER)

• PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
  1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
• PARENTHESIS
  One of the curved lines which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas
• PARENTATION
  Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. Abp. Potter.
• PARENT
  1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent
• BROTHER
  brother, AS. bro; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. bro, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. bro, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. brat, L. frater,
• BROTHER GERMAN
  A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
• BROTHERLINESS
  The state or quality of being brotherly.
• PARENTLESS
  Deprived of parents.
• PARENTHESIZE
  To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell.
• PARENTAGE
  Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage" Shak. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.
• PARENTALLY
  In a parental manner.
• BROTHERHOOD
  1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical
• PARENTICIDE
  1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. 2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.
• BROTHER-IN-LAW
  The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
• PARENTHETICALLY
  In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
• PARENTELE
  Kinship; parentage. Chaucer.
• PARENTHOOD
  The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
• PARENTAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations. 2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. The careful course and parental provision of nature. Sir
• BROTHERLY
  Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love. Syn. -- Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• APPARENTLY
  1. Visibly. Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
• SUBTRANSPARENT
  Not perfectly transparent.
• STEPBROTHER
  A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
• HALF-BROTHER
  A brother by one parent, but not by both.
• APPARENT
  1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
• STEPPARENT
  Stepfather or stepmother.
• SEMITRANSPARENT
  Half or imperfectly transparent.