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 Definitions of BABY  [ˈbeɪ bi]  

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Definition of 'BABY' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) baby
an infant or very young child.

2.  baby
a human fetus.

3.  baby
a newborn or very young animal.

4.  baby
the youngest member of a family, group, etc.

5.  baby
an immature or childish person.

6.  baby
Informal.

7.  baby
Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman.

8.  baby
a person of whom one is deeply fond; sweetheart.

9.  baby
(sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, subordinates, etc.).

10.  baby
a project, creation, etc., that requires one's special attention or of which one is esp. proud.

11.  baby
a person or object:
Those big babies can carry a lot of cargo.

12. (adj.) baby
for a baby:
baby clothes.

13.  baby
of or like a baby; infantile:
baby skin.

14.  baby
smaller than the usual:
baby eggplants.

15. (v.t.) baby
to treat like a young child; pamper.

16.  baby
to handle or use with special care.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME; see babe , -y2)

Definition of 'BABY' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) baby, babe, infant
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
"the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

2. (noun) baby
the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
"the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"

3. (noun) child, baby
an immature childish person
"he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"

4. (noun) baby
an unborn child; a human fetus
"I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside"

5. (noun) baby, babe, sister
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

6. (noun) baby
a very young mammal
"baby rabbits"

7. (verb) baby
a project of personal concern to someone
"this project is his baby"

8. (verb) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"


Definition of 'BABY' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) baby
a very young child
a woman holding a baby; a baby son/daughter

2.  baby
have a baby
to give birth
She had a baby in December.

3.  baby
a young animal
a mother duck and her babies; a baby rabbit


Definition of 'BABY' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) BABY
pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans

2. (noun) BABY
an infant or young child of either sex; a babe

3. (noun) BABY
a small image of an infant; a doll

4. (verb) BABY
to treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle


Translation of 'BABY' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a very young child
Some babies cry during the night; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: baba Arabic flag Arabic: طِفْل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бебе
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bebê Czech flag Czech: nemluvně German flag German: das Baby
Danish flag Danish: baby-; spædbarns- Greek flag Greek: βρέφος, πολύ μικρό παιδί Spanish flag Spanish: bebé
Estonian flag Estonian: beebi Farsi flag Farsi: بچه؛ کودک Finnish flag Finnish: vauva
French flag French: bébé Hebrew flag Hebrew: תִּינוֹק Hindi flag Hindi: शिशु
Croatian flag Croatian: malo dijete Hungarian flag Hungarian: (kis)baba Indonesian flag Indonesian: bayi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: smábarn; ungbarn Italian flag Italian: bambino, bebè Japanese flag Japanese: 赤ん坊
Korean flag Korean: 갓난아기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kūdikis Latvian flag Latvian: bērniņš; zīdainis
Malay flag Malay: kanak-kanak Dutch flag Dutch: baby Norwegian flag Norwegian: baby, spedbarn
Polish flag Polish: niemowlę Persian flag Persian: بچه؛ کودک Pashto flag Pashto: تې خور، ما شوم، كو چنى، و
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bebé Romanian flag Romanian: bebeluş Russian flag Russian: младенец, малыш
Slovak flag Slovak: bábätko Slovenian flag Slovenian: dojenček Serbian flag Serbian: beba
Swedish flag Swedish: bebis, spädbarn Thai flag Thai: ทารก Turkish flag Turkish: bebek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 嬰兒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: маля; маленький Urdu flag Urdu: ننھا منا شیر خوار بچہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trẻ nhỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 婴儿

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