babe
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- noun
- /beɪb/
:
bebé
- Here's a snapshot of my little daughter Martha, taken at sea when she was a babe.
- newborn babe
- mouths of babes
That means when he was born, Dick Bigger Senior held that babe me in his arms and he said I'd like him to have this life too.
- That means when he was born, Dick Bigger Senior held that babe me in his arms and he said I'd like him to have this life too.
Examples
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I stood there naked as a babe watching him paint me for hours.
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You were only a babe.
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His seat was immediately claimed by a Black woman with a babe in arms.
Fiction book (1990) -
"You can see she's an innocent, a babe in the woods."
Fiction book (1990) -
He'd come from the county of Kerry as a babe in his mother's arms.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nikia wrapped her arms around herself, hugging the babe within, trying to soothe the restlessness.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Selako neophyte is naked as a newborn babe, immobile as a corpse.
Academic text (1991) -
The newborn babe cooed softly in her crib, filling the room with joy.
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After a long day, she loved to cuddle with her little babe before bedtime.
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The mother smiled lovingly at her babe, who was just learning to crawl.
Synonyms
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A very young child or animal that cannot walk and cannot talk yet
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A very young child usually under one year who is not yet walking or talking
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A playful name for a baby or very young child
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A very young child people speak to with love
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A baby or very young child
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A very young child being carried or a person who is very inexperienced
A very young child such as a newborn
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Etymology
Babe probably comes from the simple baby sound 'ba' and is the same root as baby, so it originally named a very young child who makes those early sounds.