SISTER

Sister

Sister is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in June 1987, through record label SST. The album furthers the band's move away from no wave towards more traditional song structures, while maintaining an aggressively experimental approach. The album was re-issued in 2011 on 180gram purple-marble vinyl.

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sister

Noun

  1. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
    My sister is always driving me crazy.
  2. A female member of a religious community; a nun.
    Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
  3. A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
  4. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
    Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
  5. A black woman.
  6. A form of address to a woman.
  7. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
  8. Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
    sister publication, sister city, sister projects''
  9. In the same class.
    sister ships, sister facility

Verb

  1. To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
    I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
  2. To be sister to; to resemble closely.


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