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family

  
      n   pl   , -lies  
1   
a    a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members  
b    (as modifier)  
family quarrels, a family unit     
2    one's wife or husband and one's children  
3    one's children, as distinguished from one's husband or wife  
4    a group of persons related by blood; a group descended from a common ancestor  
   Compare     →   extended family  
5    all the persons living together in one household  
6    any group of related things or beings, esp. when scientifically categorized  
7      (Biology)   any of the taxonomic groups into which an order is divided and which contains one or more genera. Felidae (cat family) and Canidae (dog family) are two families of the order Carnivora  
8      (Ecology)   a group of organisms of the same species living together in a community  
9    a group of historically related languages assumed to derive from one original language  
10      (Chiefly U.S.)   an independent local group of the Mafia  
11      (Maths)   a group of curves or surfaces whose equations differ from a given equation only in the values assigned to one or more constants in each curve  
a family of concentric circles     
12      (Physics)   the isotopes, collectively, that comprise a radioactive series  
13   ♦ in the family way  
Informal   pregnant  
     (C15: from Latin familia a household, servants of the house, from famulus servant)  

extended family  
      n     (Sociol, anthropol)   a social unit that contains the nuclear family together with blood relatives, often spanning three or more generations  
family allowance  
      n  
1       (in Britain) a former name for     →   child benefit  
2    caps      the Canadian equivalent of     →   child benefit  
family Bible  
      n   a large Bible used for family worship in which births, marriages, and deaths are recorded  
family circle  
      n  
1    members of a family regarded as a closed group  
2      (Chiefly U.S.)   the cheap seating area in a theatre behind or above the dress circle  
Family Compact  
      n     (Canadian)  
1    the. the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century  
2    often not cap   any influential clique  
family credit  
      n   (in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to families who have at least one dependent child, and whose earnings from full-time work are low. It replaced Family Income Supplement  
Family Division  
      n     (Brit. law)   a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the custody of and rights of access to children, etc.  
family doctor  
      n      See     →   general practitioner  
family grouping  
      n   a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp. for project work,   (Also called)    vertical grouping  
Family Income Supplement  
      n   (in Britain) formerly a means-tested benefit for families who had at least one dependent child, and whose earnings from full-time work were low,   (Abbrev.)    FIS  
family man  
      n   a man who is married and has children, esp. one who is devoted to his family  
family name  
      n  
1    a surname, esp. when regarded as representing the family honour  
2    a first or middle name frequently used in a family, often originally a surname  
family planning  
      n   the control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, esp. by the use of contraceptives  
   See also     →   birth control  
family skeleton  
      n   a closely guarded family secret  
family support  
      n     (N.Z)   a means-tested allowance for families in need  
family therapy  
      n   a form of psychotherapy in which the members of a family participate, with the aim of improving communications between them and the ways in which they relate to each other  
family tree  
      n   a chart showing the genealogical relationships and lines of descent of a family,   (Also called)    genealogical tree  
Holy Family  
      n  
♦ the     (Christianity)   the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph  
nuclear family  
      n     (Sociol, anthropol)   a primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring  
   Compare     →   extended family  
one-parent family  
      n   a household consisting of at least one dependent child and the mother or father, the other parent being dead or permanently absent  
English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus  
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run in the family
exp.
expression meaning that several or all members of a family have something in common (a skill, a feature, a path or a behavior)
E.g.: He became an actor too. It runs in the family.
goolies
npl.
testicles ; genitalia ; gonads ; nuts ; privates ; pudenda ; stones ; testes ; private parts ; family jewels ; bollocks ; balls ; cullions ; rocks ; boys ; cherries ; coin purse ; cojones ; deez ; gear ; giggleberries ; grapes ; knackers ; nuggets ; plums ; sack
[Slang];[UK] Ex.: Get the fuck out of here before I rip your goolies off, you bastard!
mom-and-pop
exp.
A small business that is typically owned and run by members of a family
empty nester
n.
parent whose children no longer live in the family home
be | not be the marrying kind
exp.
be/not be interested in getting married and having a family
hoasca
n.
An entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness. The use of Hoasca in shamanic rituals is part of the ancestral culture of several tribes in the Amazon region.
[Latam];[Rel.];[Reg.];[Bot.] Ayahuasca, Vegetal, Daime, Yagé.
entheogen
n.
Psychoactive substance, usually of plant origin, which is ingested to produce an expanded state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes, providing transcendental experiences reported as a contact with God and the spiritual world.
[Bot.];[Chem.];[Rel.] From the Greek, means "inner manifestation of the divine" or “to become divine from within”.
ayahuasca
n.
An entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness. The use of ayahuasca in shamanic rituals is part of the ancestral culture of several tribes in the Amazon region.
Other popular names: Hoasca, Vegetal, Daime, Yagé.
armed to the teeth
adj.
heavily armed or well-equipped, whether with literal weapons or figuratively, well-prepared ; a possible origin of the phrase are the movies where you’d see pirates biting into their knives, another being the knights covered in armor from head to foot, fully armed to the teeth
She was quite confident when she appeared in court for the divorce. With her boxes of evidence of her husband’s affairs, she was armed to the teeth and poised to win!
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