Definitions for Sib

Sib sib

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IPA: /sɪb/

Sib is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in Sib (bis).

Definitions for Sib

noun

  1. a kinsman; relative.
  2. one's kin or kindred.
  3. Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.

adjective

  1. related by blood; akin.

Origin of Sib

before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (orig. adj.); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) relatives, Old Frisian sib (adj.), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun a

Examples for Sib

He had had letters from him that told how they were sib and rib.

Sh and sib succeeded R, but did not acquire so lasting a popularity as their great ancestor.

If you can't find a pet name for me you may call me sibylla, or sibyl, or just sib.

No, sib,” he said, “you must go back to your mother; it would not be at all right to leave your mother alone.

Now Thor's wife was named sib, and she was most beautiful to look upon.

Ye're ower het and ower fu', sib to some o' the laird's tenants.

You are a nice little thing, you know, sib, although at present you are very unimportant.

Madame, is he sib to him that aided in the slaughter of Eastern's Eve night?'

The earth is drunk with sweetness, and I see now how great joy is sib to great pain!

The sib resembled the clan as found in the West; its role was determined by the immediate environment.

Word Value for Sib
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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