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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Farewell, O brother, sister, sire!
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
“Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister; “Why, what a long sleep you’ve had!”
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