Kids - English meaning

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

Usage examples:

The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement

verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

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

The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.

Usage examples:

Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

verb

Tease.

Usage examples:

The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun

The outer layer that is separated from grains such as wheat before they are used as food

Usage examples:

Scientists chaffed at the restriction, saying it would slow down crucial medical research., local r…

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

Enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.

Usage examples:

The children were having fun in the play area

adjective

Amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable.

Usage examples:

It was a fun evening

verb

Joke or tease.

Usage examples:

No need to get sore—i was only funning

noun

A very young child or baby.

Usage examples:

Healthy infants

noun

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

Usage examples:

He laughed uproariously at his own jest

verb

Speak in a joking way.

Usage examples:

You jest, surely?

noun

A joke

Usage examples:

We were able to laugh aloud at every jest., his remarks about the beatles were in jest.

noun

A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.

Usage examples:

She was in a mood to tell jokes

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

Usage examples:

She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

noun

Something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh

Usage examples:

He told a joke about a farmer and a lawyer that made nicholas burst into laughter., the playing con…

verb

Tease (someone) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

He loved to josh people

noun

Good-natured banter.

Usage examples:

We found him tired-eyed and peaked—not a man for josh and chatter

abbreviation

Joshua (in biblical references).

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

noun

A young child.

Usage examples:

I think he gave very fair reasons and i fully understand them, i've got two young kiddies myself.

noun

A young child

Usage examples:

We have soda for the kiddies.

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

I was force-fed vegetables as a nipper

noun

A young child

noun

A person's child or children.

Usage examples:

The offspring of middle-class parents

noun

The young of an animal, or a person’s children

Usage examples:

Champion horses have numerous offspring.

verb

Engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

Usage examples:

The children were playing by a pool

noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.

Usage examples:

A child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane

verb

Engage in recreational activities rather than work

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.

Usage examples:

The children poured out pretend tea for the dolls

verb

To behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, esp. in order to deceive people or as a game

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] tom pretends to care., [ + (that) clause ] the children pretended (that) they w…

noun

Each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs.

Usage examples:

He had several broken ribs

verb

Mark with or form into ridges.

Usage examples:

The road was ribbed with furrows of slush

noun

A small open boat with a fibreglass hull and inflatable rubber sides.

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

noun

A young man.

Usage examples:

He's a mere stripling

abbreviation

Imperial or metric ton(s).

Usage examples:

Lithuania produced 512,000 t of sulphuric acid in 1989

contraction

The word ‘it’, attached to the end of a verb, especially in the transcription of regional spoken use.

Usage examples:

I'll never do’t again

suffix

Equivalent to -est2 (as in shalt ).

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun

A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.

Usage examples:

Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb

Mock or make fun of playfully

noun

A person aged between 13 and 19 years.

Usage examples:

As a teenager she discovered she had a talent for dance

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

Usage examples:

They have two teenage sons.

noun

A young child who is just beginning to walk.

Usage examples:

Primary school children and even toddlers as young as two have been caught starting fires.

noun

A young child, esp. one just learning to walk

Usage examples:

Are these toys suitable for toddlers?

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

verb

Accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk.

Usage examples:

A breast-feeding mother will wean her infant before returning to work.

noun

A young child.

Usage examples:

‘my daughter goes to a fairly hard-core working-class school and every morning, i see guys kissing …

verb

To cause a baby or young animal to stop feeding on its mother’s milk and to eat other foods

Usage examples:

She started to wean her baby at six months.

noun

A child, young person, or young animal.

Usage examples:

Members are organising a transport survey to find out how youngsters get to school.

noun

The period between childhood and adult age.

Usage examples:

He had been a keen sportsman in his youth