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baby Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a very young child, especially one that has not yet begun to walk or talk:
- a newborn baby
- a six-week-old baby
- a baby boy
- baby clothes
- baby food
- Sandra had a baby (= gave birth to it) on 29 May.
- Owen is the baby (= the youngest person) of the family.
- a baby elephant/monkey
- It didn't hurt that much - don't be such a baby!
- Oh baby, I love you.
- I don't know much about the project - it's Philip's baby.
1 to treat an older child as if he or she were a much younger child:
- The boys were now ten and twelve and didn't want their mother to baby them.
2 a very young child:
- Sandra had a baby on May 29th.
- My younger brother is the baby of the family.
- baby corn/lima beans
- She complained like a baby about her boyfriend.
- The new computer system is really Phil’s baby.
3 to treat an older person like a young child:
- Some parents baby their children too much.
- I like to be babied when I’m sick.

The baby lay in his cot, cooing, and gurgling.
A new baby will automatically curl its fingers round any object it touches.
Their baby was born last December.
She wrapped the baby in a blanket.
She has had three babies in the past five years.
Six patients were premature babies and required mechanical ventilation a few days because of a respiratory distress syndrome.
The food was prepared in a single kitchen and babies did not share food or bottles.
However, sensitivity may be lower for babies born to women infected in the first trimester of pregnancy.