Offspring - English meaning

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby

verb

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

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement

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 family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth.

Usage examples:

A brood of chicks

verb

Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

She had brooded over the subject a thousand times

adjective

(of an animal) kept to be used for breeding.

Usage examples:

A brood mare

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

Usage examples:

An eight-year-old child, as a child i didn't eat vegetables., a small group of children waited outs…

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

Pl of child

noun

Plural of child

noun

A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Usage examples:

She's a descendant of charles darwin

noun

A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)

Usage examples:

The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

noun

A person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild

Usage examples:

He has no descendants., descendant of they claim to be descendants of a french duke., we owe it to …

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

Usage examples:

Tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya

verb

(of a tree or other plant) produce fruit.

Usage examples:

The trees fruit very early

noun

An edible and usually sweet product of a plant or tree that contains seeds or a pit (= large hard seed)

Usage examples:

[ c ] we eat a lot of fruits and vegetables at our house., [ u ] i usually eat a piece of fresh fru…

verb

Cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan.

Usage examples:

She fried a rasher of bacon, a sausage and a slice of bread

noun

French fries; chips.

Usage examples:

By now, the fans have had their fill of burgers, fries, pizza, wings and nachos.

plural noun

Young fish, especially when newly hatched.

Usage examples:

I focused next on a little fish fry hiding on a bubble coral.

noun

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

His eldest son and heir

noun

A person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies

Usage examples:

Heir to the guest of honour was the romanov heir to the throne of all russia., son and heir despite…

noun

Someone who now has responsibility for dealing with a problem or situation that existed or was created earlier

Usage examples:

Heir to the french finance minister is heir to a tradition of central control that goes back to lou…

noun

A very young child or baby.

Usage examples:

Healthy infants

noun

A baby or a very young child

Usage examples:

Newborn infant the most important thing is for parents to spend time with their newborn infant.

noun

A student at an infant school

Usage examples:

Jenny is a top-year infant now.

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

noun

A child or young person.

Usage examples:

She collected the kids from school

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

Usage examples:

Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.

Usage examples:

You're kidding me!

noun

Rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.

Usage examples:

Always clear up after a picnic and never drop litter

verb

Make (a place or area) untidy with rubbish or a large number of objects left lying about.

Usage examples:

Clothes and newspapers littered the floor

noun

Pieces of paper and other small objects that have been thrown out and are left on the ground in public places

Usage examples:

The park was littered with bottles and soda cans after the concert.

noun

A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

Usage examples:

Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny

noun

The amount of arrows a quiver can hold.

Usage examples:

I quickly took the bow and a quiverful of blue-fletched arrows.

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

noun

A young member of a rich and famous family

noun

The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

noun

A person or thing that succeeds another.

Usage examples:

Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the german romantic school

noun

Someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another

Usage examples:

The company will announce the appointment of a successor to its retiring chairman at the next board…

noun

Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

Usage examples:

Successor to sb/sth she has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive., network rail…

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Usage examples:

A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

Usage examples:

Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

Usage examples:

Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…

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

A young person

Usage examples:

The program was designed to find summer jobs for city youngsters ages 14 to 21.

noun

A young person, usually an older child

Usage examples:

The scheme is for youngsters between the ages of ten and 16.