Baby
['beɪbɪ] or ['bebi]
Definition
(noun.) a project of personal concern to someone; 'this project is his baby'.
(noun.) a very young mammal; 'baby rabbits'.
(noun.) (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women.
(noun.) the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); 'the baby of the family'; 'the baby of the Supreme Court'.
(noun.) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; 'the baby began to cry again'; 'she held the baby in her arms'; 'it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different'.
(noun.) an unborn child; a human fetus; 'I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby'; 'it was great to feel my baby moving about inside'.
Edited by Glenn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
(n.) A small image of an infant; a doll.
(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans.
(v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Infant, BABE.
Edited by Gertrude
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.
Checked by Antoine
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of crying babies, is indicative of ill health and disappointments. A bright, clean baby, denotes love requited, and many warm friends. Walking alone, it is a sure sign of independence and a total ignoring of smaller spirits. If a woman dream she is nursing a baby, she will be deceived by the one she trusts most. It is a bad sign to dream that you take your baby if sick with fever. You will have many sorrows of mind.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
From Grk. babai, wonderful. Parents are yet to be heard from who don't think theirs is a 'wonder.' A nocturnal animal to which everyone in a sleeping-car is eager to give a wide berth.
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Examples
- I am afraid that you, my poor baby, will soon have no father left to you! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Come and kiss me, baby. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Being with Celia and the baby will be the best thing in the world for her, and will pass away the time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Though to bless and restore his mother, not his father, was the errand of this baby, its power was mighty to do it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mamma dear, lisped the little girl, baby ood have put hith eyeth out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There's some of baby's fresh milk left over--well, maybe you'd rather just sit quiet and rest a little while. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And the natural consequence is, as anybody but a baby might have foreseen, that he prowls and wanders. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mind means carrying out instructions in action--as a child minds his mother--and taking care of something--as a nurse minds the baby. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If any thing could increase her delight, it was perceiving that the baby would soon have outgrown its first set of caps. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I'm going to have a baby, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mother’s dress looks dark and baby’s dress white--just as the lens saw it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As I sat by Baby's crib, on the night before the election, Baby was very uneasy in her sleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These were among the first words spoken near the baby Bella as she lay asleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So she went on in her neutral tone, as if she had been remarking on baby's robes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then, if she was going to Meg's he always had something for the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Why, Mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He has patted the babies on the head,' said Mr. Perker, trembling with anxiety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Look out for the babies! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I often feel as if I needed teaching more than ever since these babies look to me for everything. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I came to take these babies down to my room for an hour, he said, going to them again, and let them play about. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, you owe something to John as well as to the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They are babies compared to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My children, my babies, my little dolls, you are all afraid of him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If he proposed a little amusement at home, No, it would disturb the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As I often say to Mother, they were babies then. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Busy making babies. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She had got a baby--oh, there were a pair of babies when she gave birth to this child sitting here, that Friday night! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There are sixteen starving babies from one to six years old in the party, and their legs are no larger than broom handles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Olivia