Babe
[beɪb]
Definition
(n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
(n.) A doll for children.
Typed by Brian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Infant, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little one.
Checker: Rita
Definition
n. an infant or child: a doll puppet: the reflection of one's self in miniature seen in the pupil of another's eye.—ns. Bā′by-farm′er one who takes in infants to nurse on payment; Bā′byhood.—adj. Bā′byish.—n. Bā′by-jump′er a seat suspended from the ceiling of a room by elastic straps to enable a baby to jump.
Typed by Allan
Examples
- With the death of the babe his fit of demoniacal rage passed as suddenly as it had seized him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They are as innocent as the babe unborn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Remembering the death of her own little one, she clung desperately to the new babe, with one hand, whenever they were upon the march. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I distinguished the small coffin of my babe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The poor unfortunate lady fell out of one fit into another, and went on so till she was quite wearied out, and as helpless as a new-born babe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If I am doing wrong to help you, Mr. Franklin, he exclaimed, all I can say is--I am as innocent of seeing it as the babe unborn! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The babe acquires, as we well say, the mother tongue. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was sent to the bank to pay money to his master's account--and he knows no more of the Moonstone than the babe unborn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I wouldn't tell you after this, if I were as innocent as the sweetest babe in heaven! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I let you go as a babe, because you were pretty, and I feared your loveliness, deeming it the stamp of perversity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Superintendent Seegrave found the Indians as innocent as the babe unborn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Babe Ruth was a pitcher then playing for Boston. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I always thought him the image of the Templar in 'Ivanhoe;' but, of course, I speak from hearsay, as I was a babe when he left England. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She hung over the patient in agony, which was not mitigated when her thoughts wandered towards her babes, for whom she feared infection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What could children of a year old, babes at the breast, what could they do, that they too must be shot and hatcheted? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I've seen a many people die; little babes and great strong men; and I know when death's a-coming, well enough. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Thou has 'hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes,' murmured Tom; 'even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This is marriage, Trot; and Heaven bless you both, in it, for a pair of babes in the wood as you are! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My poor love and I looked at each other, and our babes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Still the bloom did not fade on the cheeks of my babes; and Clara sprung up in years and growth, unsullied by disease. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Nathaniel