Meaning of Sib | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
2. Initialism of Special Investigation Branch.
   UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. Initialism of self-injurious behavior.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
4. A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion.
5. Abbreviation of sodium-ion battery.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
6. A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
7. Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
8. A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor

Equivalents

Examples

“But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.”

“A treatment consisting of differential reinforcement of compliance and a quiet-hands procedure (repeatedly guiding her to place her hands in her lap for 30 s) contingent on SIB was shown to be effective in reducing Candy’s SIB to low levels during vocational training sessions.”

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