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| close |
When you are strongly connected to someone, we say you are close to that person. A close friend is a friend you trust and especially like to be with. A close relative is someone like a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin, or grandparent. [1/9 definitions] |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. [1/4 definitions] |
| Indian |
a member of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, or a living relative of such a person. The only native peoples who are not included among Indians are the Inuits, Aleuts, and Yupiks. Indians are also referred to as American Indians or Native Americans. [1/4 definitions] |
| peccary |
a mammal that looks like a pig. Peccaries are smaller than true pigs, but have tusks and large heads. Wild peccaries are the only pig relative native to North and South America. Peccaries are omnivores that eat many kinds of foods. They live in many habitats, from deserts to rain forests. |
| queen |
a female ruler of a country who is not elected but whose mother, father, or relative was the ruler before her. [1/4 definitions] |
| rank1 |
relative position or station. [1/6 definitions] |
| relation |
a person who belongs to the same family; relative. [1/3 definitions] |
| relative |
When someone is your relative, they are part of your family. People like your mother, father, sister, and brother are your very close relatives. Other relatives are people like your aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents. [2 definitions] |
| secondhand |
If you get something secondhand, you get it after it has been owned by someone else. Maybe you buy it from a place that sells things that have been owned before, or maybe you get it from a friend or relative who owned it before. [1/4 definitions] |
| side |
When you have a relative on your mother's side of your family, it means that you have a relative who is connected to your mother and her family. That relative is not connected to your father. [1/11 definitions] |
| sleep over |
to stay through the night at the home of a friend or relative. |
| which |
used as a relative pronoun to give more information about the person or thing that it refers to. [3/7 definitions] |
| who |
used as a relative pronoun to give information telling what person or persons one is talking about; that. [2/4 definitions] |
| whose |
used as a pronoun or relative pronoun indicating possession. [1/2 definitions] |
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