Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very young child; an infant.
- noun An unborn child; a fetus.
- noun The youngest member of a family or group.
- noun A very young animal.
- noun An adult or young person who behaves in an infantile way.
- noun A lover or sweetheart.
- noun Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
- noun Slang An object of personal concern or interest.
- adjective Of or having to do with a baby.
- adjective Infantile or childish.
- adjective Small in comparison with others of the same kind.
- transitive verb To pamper like a baby; coddle. synonym: pamper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat like a young child.
- noun An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
- noun A doll.
- noun [Cf. E.
pupil , ⟨ L. pupilla, a girl, the pupil of the eye.] The minute reflection which a person sees of himself in the pupil of another's eye. - noun One who is like a baby; a childish person.
- noun To attempt to excuse excessive or feigned ignorance or stupidity on the ground of professed inexperience. [Colloquial in both uses.]
- Babyish; infantine; pertaining to an infant.
- Small, or comparatively small: as, a baby engine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little.
- transitive verb To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
- noun An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
- noun A small image of an infant; a doll.
- noun the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very
young human , particularly frombirth to a couple of years old or untilwalking is fully mastered. - noun Any very young
animal , especially avertebrate ; many species have specific names for their babies, such askittens for the babies ofcats ,puppies for the babies ofdogs , andchicks for the babies ofbirds . SeeCategory:Baby animals for more. - noun A person who is
immature orinfantile . - noun A term of
endearment for agirlfriend orboyfriend orspouse . - noun informal A form of
address to a man or a woman considered to beattractive . - noun A
pet project orresponsibility . - noun The
lastborn of afamily ; abenjamin . - noun An
affectionate term for anything. - adjective Of a child: very
young ; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby orinfant . - adjective Of an animal: young.
- adjective Intended for babies.
- adjective etc. Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).
- verb To
coddle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- noun a project of personal concern to someone
- noun a very young mammal
- noun an unborn child; a human fetus
- noun an immature childish person
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A simple baby seat can help the baby hold a good position while eating.
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It’s a clump of cells that are not a baby until the woman has her *magic* thoughts and it turns into a *baby*.
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I think the term baby brain could really be used to describe a wide variety of strange happenings—not just your lack of memory.
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I think the term baby brain could really be used to describe a wide variety of strange happenings—not just your lack of memory.
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Nope, in this case, the term baby brain refers to a state of mind, or lack thereof.
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Nope, in this case, the term baby brain refers to a state of mind, or lack thereof.
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Nope, in this case, the term baby brain refers to a state of mind, or lack thereof.
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I think the term baby brain could really be used to describe a wide variety of strange happenings—not just your lack of memory.
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O'BRIEN (voice-over): The term baby daddy means a father who is not married to the mother of his child.
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O'BRIEN (voice-over): The term baby daddy means a father who is not married to the mother of his child.
ruzuzu commented on the word baby
"The minute reflection which a person sees of himself in the pupil of another's eye. There are many allusions to this in our older poets; hence such phrases as to look babies in one's eyes, used with regard to a lover." --Cent. Dict.
April 21, 2011