# abandons

Pronunciation: say "uh-BAN-duhnz" /əˈbæn.dənz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular present of abandon. — third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon
   - Simple: The form of abandon used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Each spring the colony abandons its old nesting grounds for richer feeding sites._
   - _He abandons one hobby for another every few months._

## Noun

2. Plural of abandon. Rare, since the noun is almost always uncountable. — plural of abandon
   - Simple: Plural of abandon. This plural is rare, because abandon is almost always uncountable.

## Noun

3. Women who work as prostitutes. *(archaic, British)*
   - Simple: Women who sell sex for money.
   - _The magistrate ordered the abandons cleared from the quarter near the docks._
   - _By midnight the abandons gathered under the lamps along the narrow lane._
4. Children abandoned by their parents; foundlings. *(archaic, British)*
   - Simple: Children left by their parents for others to raise.
   - _The charity school clothed and fed dozens of abandons each year._
   - _Among the abandons left at the gate that night was a boy of barely two._

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