sister
/ˈsɪs.tɚ/ verb C2- To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it. · I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
He/she/it sisters · Past sistered · Past participle sistered · -ing form sistering
Verb forms
- Base form
- sister
- He/she/it
- sisters
- Past
- sistered
- Past participle
- sistered
- -ing form
- sistering
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My son is on leave just now, but I did not tell him anything of all this, for his temper is violent, and he is passionately fond of his sister.
Farewell, O brother, sister, sire!
“I begin to be sorry that he comes at all,” said Jane to her sister.
In spite of what her sister declared, and really believed to be her feelings, in the expectation of his arrival, Elizabeth could easily perceive that her spirits were affected by it.
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