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girl

Definition for girl

noun as in female child

Strongest matches

child, kid, little one, young one, youngster

Strong matches

daughter, gamine, schoolgirl

Weak matches

hoyden, pixie, tomboy

noun as in young female person

Strong matches

damsel, gal, lass, lassie, mademoiselle, miss

Weak match

lady

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Example Sentences

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The search for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard took a new turn on Thursday when the FBI searched the girl’s Santa Barbara County home weeks after she was reported missing.

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“The new girl didn’t knock, or do anything to call attention to herself,” she thinks, summing up a fresh hire.

The flags were raised well before any public knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and associations with girls and young women, but had little impact on his activities.

Singer Jade, formerly of girl group Little Mix, dressed up as Greta from the Gremlins.

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In a bid to circumvent these prohibitions, Bakhtari launched the "Daughters" programme that enables Afghan girls to receive support to study in secret underground schools or online.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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