simple past tense and past participle of waif

plural of waif

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waif

Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.

(nautical, chiefly whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.

(Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

(transitive) To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.

plural of WAIF

(informal, derogatory) A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.

present participle of waif