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noun

an infant or very young child.

a newborn or very young animal.

the youngest member of a family, group, etc.

an immature or childish person.

a human fetus.

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Informal.

Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman, especially an attractive one.

a person of whom one is deeply fond; sweetheart.

(sometimes initial capital letter

) an affectionate or familiar address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).

a man or boy; chap; fellow: He's a tough baby to have to deal with.

an invention, creation, project, or the like that requires one's special attention or expertise or of which one is especially proud.

an object; thing: Is that car there your baby?

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adjective

of or suitable for a baby: baby clothes.

of or like a baby; infantile: baby skin.

small; comparatively little: a baby car.

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treating babies: a baby doctor.

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Baby is one of our favorite verbs.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

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verb (used with object)

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to treat like a young child; pamper.

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to handle or use with special care; treat gently.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see babe, -y²

Related forms

ba·by·hood, noun

ba·by·ish, adjective

ba·by·ish·ly, adverb

ba·by·ish·ness, noun

ba·by·like, adjective

Synonyms
10. indulge, spoil, humor, coddle.

Example Sentences

Like many of the baby boomers' utopian impulses, it eventually had to run up against practical constraints.

Recent studies provide compelling evidence that even a father's age influences whether a baby might be born alive or dead.

Of course the baby needs to be inspected with care and respect too.

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Like many of the baby boomers' utopian impulses, it eventually had to run up against practical constraints.

Recent studies provide compelling evidence that even a father's age influences whether a baby might be born alive or dead.

Of course the baby needs to be inspected with care and respect too.

Baby rattlers can actually be more dangerous than adults because they have less control over the amount of venom they inject.

Your seven-year-old's baby tooth may be worth a lot more than the quarter the tooth fairy left under the pillow.

It is especially sad when it is a baby or juvenile bird.

Plant corms of baby gladiolus in fall or early spring for flowers in late spring.

Baby names change with the winds of fashion and new research suggests the faster they get popular, the faster they get lame.

Unfortunately, a baby also changes television comedy, forcing writers to tiptoe through jokes and babyproof their story lines.

Another baby name trend may also be going out of fashion: ethnic names.

When your baby begins to eat solid foods, her digestive and immune systems are still immature.

If the mother needs to care for the baby she will be active around the clock.

Moreover, the nation is on the verge of a baby boomlet, when the children of the original boomers have children of their own.

Baby powder scented cut flowers in the bathroom could be this year's must have.

The kicks and somersaults of a developing baby aren't the only in-utero calisthenics.

Holding a baby in one's arms for hours at a stretch is beneficial for parent and newborn.

As for having to sit next to a crying baby and its mother, that does bother me.

Deep in the jungle, a jaguar goes fishing for baby crocodile.

Put me with those who definitely believe that a baby is capable of conscious thought before and during birth.

Often confused with pea sprouts, which are the whole baby pea plant.

Johnson and the other researchers have yet to see a baby.

The baby didn't look sick, as he lay in his mother's arms and looked around the room at the clinic.

Making your own organic baby food allows you to control the quality, variety and cost of the foods you feed your infant.

Men go through their own biological changes after a baby is born.

Apple has pulled an iPhone game that involved shaking a baby to death in response to widespread outrage from parents.

Replacing all that ceremony is the march of the downsized baby bistros that have turned the city into a culinary playpen.

The trio of baby eagles that hatched on live webcam for an audience of thousands have finally left the nest.

Learn about the giant panda baby boom that is happening across the world.

The skeleton of an infant holds a guttus, similar to a modern-day baby bottle.

If you have a baby in your life, you might have a few questions.

Sharing adult meals with a baby and feeding them a range of foods encourages the child to be more adventurous at the table.

He will bring baby to bed to nurse, and pick baby up to burp.

Seemingly grieving, a wild gorilla holds on to her dead baby for days as family gathers around.

The skill is probably learned: baby orcas watch the wave-making frenzy.

Baby spinach and carrot salad with grilled lemon vinaigrette and feta.

And the winner for best male performance: a baby who laughs so hard while ripping paper that he falls over.

Authorities think the girl who made the call is among them, but more than one child has a baby in tow.

Everyone's got to learn sometime, even a baby cobra programmed for the hunt.

But if your baby is sleeping more or napping at weird.

They may not change from baby blue to chocolate brown, but light-colored eyes can noticeably deepen in shade.

We had pictures of our baby taken and got them back about two weeks ago.

And you know here's a baby that wasn't going to be let into life.

But a baby with an intrinsic abnormality is unable to respond to the stressor".

But new jobs and a baby meant time and money were in somewhat short supply.

Also, remember your kids and grandkids will get the debt, but they will get all the income as well as the baby boomers move on.

Chinese tourists sometimes stock up on baby formula on their travels and sell the tins back home.

The mother and baby koalas decided to climb down from the tall eucalyptus trees to get a.

Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born.

The foothills are sprouting homes as retiring baby boomers rush in.

But let's be realistic here, no baby loves parasitology.

Towers, a particle physicist and a postdoctoral fellow, who had a baby and was effectively blacklisted by her adviser.

Baby monkeys removed from parental grooming sessions produce fewer antibodies.

But she might not realize that the baby is already talking back.

Or because the interviewer has a new baby and wants to crow about it.

The baby boomers will be forced to increase their savings as they approach retirement, he argues.

Wildlife control agents rescue three adorable baby squirrels who have fallen down a chimney, out of reach from their mother.

Baby boomers who keep up the pace as they age are likely to outlive those who slow down.

Try the blackened whitefish tacos or the ancho-chipotle baby back ribs.

We would invite them over to hang out and meet them out with the baby in a carrier.

The local priest, plied with liquor all morning by happy parents, had dunked the baby in the water and forgotten him.

Watch proud parents of baby baboons, elephants, and warthogs bring their young for a drink at.

For many baby boomers, recreational drugs continue as a way of life.

The free queen may open the queen cell and kill the unemerged baby queen.

To announce its arrival, the restaurant launched this neat ad campaign showing a baby about to rock.

Mothers were made to sip baby milk before being allowed to take it on board.

After a long journey to find water, a baby elephant collapses at its mother's feet, unable to continue.

Chemical that leaches from baby bottles and other plastic containers remains in the body longer than.

Surgically altered so she'll stay forever childlike, a brain-damaged girl supposedly possesses the mentality of a baby.

Read about baby orangutans and baby tigers making friends with each other.

Often all you need to do is stick around to convince a baby animal that you are its mother.

Organs in baby mice can recover from damage that occurs in the first week of life.

In high heat, a majority of baby bearded lizards will be born female, no matter what their genes tell them to be.

The process by which baby birds learn to sing shares a number of traits with that by which toddlers learn to talk.

But in reality, the smothered baby would lose consciousness before dying, at which point it would be safe to uncover its mouth.

And the first thing a baby does when it enters the world is bawl to let everyone know it has arrived healthy and whole.

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noun

Warren (“Baby”

), 1898–1959, U.S. jazz drummer.

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World English Dictionary

baby (ˈbeɪbɪ)

—n , pl -bies
1.	a. a newborn or recently born child; infant
	b. (as modifier): baby food
2.	an unborn child; fetus
3.	the youngest or smallest of a family or group
4.	a. a newborn or recently born animal
	b. (as modifier): baby rabbits
5.	derogatory usually an immature person
6.	slang a young woman or sweetheart: often used as a term of address expressing affection
7.	a project of personal concern
8.	be left holding the baby to be left with the responsibility
9.	throw the baby out with the bath water to lose the essential element by indiscriminate rejection

—*adj*
10.	(prenominal) comparatively small of its type: a baby car

—vb , -bies, -bies, -bying, -bied
11.	to treat with love and attention
12.	to treat (someone) like a baby; pamper or overprotect

[C14: probably childish reduplication; compare mama, papa¹]

'babyhood

—n

'babyish

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

baby

late 14c., babi, dim. of baban (see babe). The verb meaning "to treat like a baby" is from 1742. As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901; its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl," student slang from

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c.1922. Baby blues for "blue eyes" recorded by 1944 (the phrase also was used for "postpartum depression" 1950s-60s). To empty the baby out with the bath (water) is first recorded 1909 in G.B. Shaw (cf. Ger. das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten).

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

baby ba·by (bā'bē)
n.
A very young child; an infant.

Slang Dictionary

baby definition

n.
a lover; one's sweetheart. (Also a term of address.) : Come over here and kiss me, baby.
n.
a term of address for a friend or pal of either sex. : Come on, baby, push this thing—hard!
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a thing; a gadget; a machine, such as a car. (Similar to sucker.) : Hand me that baby with the sharp point, will you?
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a project thought of as an offspring. (Always with a possessor.) : Whose baby is the Johnson account?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases

baby

see throw out the baby with the bath water.