The meaning of Baby

noun

A sexually attractive young woman.

Usage examples:

He's been pumping up his pecs to impress the babes

noun

A small baby, or infml an affectionate way of addressing a wife, husband, or other person you love

noun

A person's boyfriend or girlfriend (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

I'm going to see my bae

abbreviation

British aerospace (now bae systems ).

noun

Someone you love; a boyfriend or girlfriend

Usage examples:

It's bad when bae doesn't reply to your texts., [ as form of address ] hey, bae. what's up?

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

We used to mix it with that ministry of food orange juice the bairns were issued around the 1950s.

noun

A child

noun

A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

Usage examples:

She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

noun

A person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age

Usage examples:

Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children., now in their 60s, jerome and sally hav…

noun

A small spaniel of a breed with a silky coat.

Usage examples:

The association had listed the cocker among 40 breeds deemed ‘not good’ with children.

noun

A type of medium-sized or fairly small dog with soft, long ears, short legs, and long, soft hair

Usage examples:

He lives with his wife, jane, and their two cocker spaniels., i have a black cocker spaniel that i …

noun

A type of medium-sized or fairly small dog with soft, long ears, short legs, and long, soft hair

Usage examples:

He lives with his wife, jane, and their two cocker spaniels., i have a black cocker spaniel that i …

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I was coddled and cosseted

noun

A stew of meat and vegetables, typically bacon, sausages, potatoes, and onions.

Usage examples:

Dublin coddle is best served with a pint of guinness on the side, and lots of irish soda bread to m…

verb

To protect and treat someone or something with great care

Usage examples:

The coach does not coddle his players.

verb

Care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

Usage examples:

All her life she'd been cosseted by her family

verb

To give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant

Usage examples:

Children sometimes need to be cosseted., disapproving the country has been cosseted (= too protecte…

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Good night, darling

adjective

Beloved.

Usage examples:

His darling wife

noun

Used to show affection when speaking to someone

Usage examples:

Hello, darling., here’s a picture of my darling child.

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

Used as an affectionate or friendly form of address.

Usage examples:

Don't you worry, dear

adverb

At a high cost.

Usage examples:

They buy property cheaply and sell dear

adjective

Most loved or cherished.

Usage examples:

One of my dearest friends

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address.

Usage examples:

You make me so happy, dearest

adjective

Regarded with deep affection.

Usage examples:

A dear friend

noun

(in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking.

Usage examples:

It is set in the world of the traditional fairy tale, with a cast of elves, dwarves, trolls and gob…

adjective

Denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species.

Usage examples:

A dwarf conifer

verb

Cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison.

Usage examples:

The buildings surround and dwarf all saints church

noun

A sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.

noun

A sweet, sticky, yellow substance made by bees and used as food

Usage examples:

Hi, honey, i’m home.

noun

A name that you call someone you love or like very much

Usage examples:

Hi, honey, i'm home!

verb

Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

Usage examples:

We indulged in a cream tea

verb

To allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable

Usage examples:

[ i ] when i get my first paycheck i’m going to indulge in a shopping spree., [ t ] he indulged his…

noun

A very young child or baby.

Usage examples:

Healthy infants

idiom

(used informally) very small

adjective

Very small; tiny.

Usage examples:

Itsy-bitsy candles that couldn't light the path of an ant

adjective

Extremely small

Usage examples:

She has these itsy-bitsy little hands and feet.

adjective

Extremely small

Usage examples:

All i'm asking for is one little itty-bitty bite., the basil plant had these little itty-bitty beet…

adjective

Small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude).

Usage examples:

The plants will grow into little bushes

adverb

To a small extent.

Usage examples:

He reminded me a little of my parents

determiner & pronoun

A small amount of.

Usage examples:

We got a little help from a training scheme

noun

A person of extremely or exceptionally small stature.

adjective

Designed or made in a smaller size than usual; very small.

Usage examples:

A midget submarine

noun

An unusually small person

adjective

Denoting a miniature version of something.

Usage examples:

A mini camera

noun

A very short skirt or dress.

Usage examples:

A leather mini

combining form

Very small or minor of its kind; miniature.

Usage examples:

Minicab

adjective

Very small of its kind.

Usage examples:

Children dressed as miniature adults

noun

A thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model.

Usage examples:

Seven full-size car bodies and three miniatures were used

verb

Represent on a smaller scale.

Usage examples:

She saw her own reflection miniatured

verb

Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.

Usage examples:

I found school very difficult, and realized i'd been mollycoddled at home

noun

An effeminate or ineffectual man or boy.

Usage examples:

Baseball is a game for red-blooded men and mollycoddles better stay out of it

verb

To give someone too much care or protection

Usage examples:

You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.

noun

A person, in particular a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

Usage examples:

One thing we will see a lot more of is nanny-sharing, where two families will join up to employ a n…

verb

A person, typically a woman, employed to look after a child in its own home.

noun

A newborn child (or other mammal).

Usage examples:

Clavicular fractures are the most common broken bones in newborns, especially large neonates.

noun

A baby who is less than four weeks old

Usage examples:

We provide intensive care for seriously ill neonates.

adjective

(of a child or animal) recently or just born.

Usage examples:

A picture of the happy couple and their newborn baby

noun

A recently born child or animal.

Usage examples:

She's incapable of looking after a newborn

adjective

Having recently been born

Usage examples:

A newborn baby

verb

Have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

It is easy to overindulge in these kinds of food

verb

Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.

Usage examples:

Famous people just love being pampered

noun

A domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

Usage examples:

The pony was a family pet

verb

Stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately.

Usage examples:

The cats came to be petted

noun

A fit of sulking or ill humour.

Usage examples:

Mother's in a pet

noun

A unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon, in britain equal to 0.568 litre and in the us equal to 0.473 litre (for liquid measure) or 0.551 litre (for dry measure).

Usage examples:

I still talk about acres, yards, feet and inches; not forgetting gallons and pints and also hundred…

noun

A unit of measurement of volume equal to 1/2 quart or about 0.47 liter

noun

A small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.

Usage examples:

She fished for her door key in her coat pocket

adjective

Of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket.

Usage examples:

A pocket german dictionary

verb

Put into one's pocket.

Usage examples:

She watched him lock up and pocket the key

noun

(in spanish-speaking regions) a female romantic partner (often as an affectionate form of address).

Usage examples:

My querida and i went here for a late supper

adjective

Reduced in size or extent

Usage examples:

A scaled-down version/plan

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Small, esp. when compared to other things like it

Usage examples:

The house is like a small-scale castle.

adjective

Not involving a lot of people, things, or activity, or happening over a small area

Usage examples:

Existing small-scale industry is more flexible but often trapped in low profit/low innovation compe…

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

Usage examples:

[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

noun

A baby or young child

Usage examples:

She's got a couple of sprogs now., has she sprogged yet?

noun

A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.

Usage examples:

A spoonful of sugar

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’.

Usage examples:

‘oh sugar!’ cried sally

noun

A sweet substance obtained esp. from particular plants and used to make food and drinks sweet

noun

A person with whom someone is having a romantic relationship.

Usage examples:

The pair were childhood sweethearts

noun

A person you love, esp. one with whom you have a romantic relationship

Usage examples:

Jeanne was my high school sweetheart., hi, sweetheart., she’s a sweetheart.

noun

A sweet.

Usage examples:

The girls' night in package fills you full of chocolate, sweeties, popcorn and ice-cream, but if yo…

noun

An apple of a sweet-flavoured variety.

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

A teensy bit of custard powder

idiom

(used informally) very small

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

Do we detect a teensy-weensy bit of animosity?

adjective

Very small

Usage examples:

Hong kong's budget guesthouses consist of teensy rooms in converted apartments., to be honest, the …

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

A teeny bit of criticism

adjective

Small or little

Usage examples:

A teeny baby, i can’t help thinking you’re a teeny bit jealous.

adjective

Small or little

Usage examples:

A teeny baby, i can’t help thinking you’re a teeny bit jealous.

adjective

Very small.

Usage examples:

A tiny hummingbird

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Books that will make tinies and parents laugh out loud

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

verb

Salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

There was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse

noun

An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.

Usage examples:

A toy car

verb

Move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously.

Usage examples:

Alan toyed with his glasses

noun

An object that children play with

Usage examples:

A stuffed toy, a toy train/soldier, a toy poodle

adjective

Little.

Usage examples:

When i was just a wee bairn

noun

Urine.

Usage examples:

There was wee all over the floor

verb

Urinate.

Usage examples:

Mummy comes in and takes her top and knickers off when she is drunk and wees on the carpet.

adjective

Tiny.

Usage examples:

The controls are a weeny bit fiddly