baby

Pronunciation

• enPR: bā'bē, IPA ^(key): /ˈbeɪbi/
• SAMPA: /"beIbi/

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Noun

Singular baby

Plural babies

A baby

A baby deer is a fawn

1. (countable) A baby is a very young child, less than two years old, who has not yet learned how to speak.
   • Synonyms: child and infant

   I used to be a baby but now I am an adult.

2. (countable) A baby is a young animal.

   A baby cat is called a kitten.

Verb

Plain form baby

Third-person singular babies

Past tense babied

Past participle babied

Present participle babying

1. If you baby someone, you treat them like a baby; you treat them gently and pamper them.

   Mom, don't baby me - I can do it myself!

Related words

• babyish