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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sib
    n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
    2: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an
       ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood
       relative, cognate, sib]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sib \Sib\ (s[i^]b), n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative.
   [root]289. See Gossip.]
   1. A blood relation. [Obs.] --Nash.
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   2. a sibling.
      [PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sib \Sib\, a.
   Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W.
   Scott.
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         Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer.
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         [He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all
         To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. --Spenser.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

SIB
       Service Independent building Block (IN)

Thesaurus Results for sib:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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