baby
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi/
:
bebé
- And the foster father had to come and put the baby seat in the car for us.
- feed a baby
- babies are born
- mother and baby
But now that I had my baby, things went downhill.
- But now that I had my baby, things went downhill.
- Oh, so this is called a baby cocoon and hat.
- It kind of looks like baby food, but it's not.
- Wife has breast cancer, new baby, you're out of the SEAL teams.
- I forgot to mention this little baby is flight friendly.
- And then she had to give birth to a dead baby, right.
- I guess it's a it's an adult sized baby Feeding.
Examples
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As I said Mr. Lewis, my dear sweet mother gave me away as a baby.
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We are carrying a wee baby to her bed.
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Oh, we got the the little baby next to us.
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It's cause our baby girl is a big star now.
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And then the other babies are back here.
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Look at that sweet sleeping baby, Samantha Grace.
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When you bring home the new baby, Andrew Cuomo.
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After one such occasion, Sue returned home relieved to find that her baby still remembered her.
Academic text (2012) -
We've got our first fish of the trip, a baby largemouth bass.
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Take in every moment with your new baby because they grow up so fast.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very young child usually under one year who is not yet walking or talking
51
1.0
A very young child who cannot yet walk or talk
2
9.9
A very young child people speak to with love
1
9.8
A baby or very young child
1
8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
A very young child such as a newborn
A very cute baby who looks innocent
Idioms
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8.1
To get rid of something valuable while removing something bad
- Informal
1
9.1
Being the only person who must deal with a problem after others avoid it
- Informal
1
8.8
To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it
Compounds
- Offensive
11
9.9
An insulting name for a person who kills or is accused of killing babies
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1.4
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
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3.5
People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II
- Informal
3
4.2
A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb
- South African
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8.4
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
- Slang
1
9.9
A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics
- Offensive
An insulting word for someone with a very small penis or who acts like a child
- Jargon
A habit of preferring the first way you learn and resisting later changes
- Specialized
A small rose bush that grows strongly and makes many small flowers used for hedges and grafting
A small creeping plant with many tiny round leaves used as a houseplant or ground cover
- Offensive
An insulting word for a person who complains a lot and acts like a child
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Baby A common idea is that baby comes from early 'baby talk' like baba or ba, simple sounds babies make; the word began as the sound of a very young child. So, baby now means a very young child or young animal because it names that early sound and stage of life.