baby

baby
    n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun
         to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held
         the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have
         your own baby it is all so different" [syn: {baby}, {babe},
         {infant}]
    2: the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the
       baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
    3: an immature childish person; "he remained a child in
       practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
       [syn: {child}, {baby}]
    4: an unborn child; a human fetus; "I felt healthy and very
       feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby
       moving about inside"
    5: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive
       young women [syn: {baby}, {babe}, {sister}]
    6: a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
    7: a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is
       his baby"
    v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
         {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby},
         {coddle}, {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
    

Baby \Ba"by\ (b[=a]"b[y^]), n.; pl. {Babies} (-b[i^]z). [Dim. of
   babe.]
   An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
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   2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
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   {Babies in the eyes}, the minute reflection which one sees of
      one's self in the eyes of another.
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            She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses,
            Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes.
                                                  --Heywood.
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Baby \Ba"by\, a.
   Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as,
   baby swans. "Baby figure" --Shak.
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Baby \Ba"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Babied} (b[=a]"b[=e]d); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Babying}.]
   To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to
   fondle. --Young.
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BABE or BABY, n.  A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or
condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and
antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion. 
There have been famous babes; for example, little Moses, from whose
adventure in the bulrushes the Egyptian hierophants of seven centuries
before doubtless derived their idle tale of the child Osiris being
preserved on a floating lotus leaf.

            Ere babes were invented
            The girls were contended.
            Now man is tormented
    Until to buy babes he has squandered
    His money.  And so I have pondered
            This thing, and thought may be
            'T were better that Baby
    The First had been eagled or condored.
                                                               Ro Amil
    

237 Moby Thesaurus words for "baby":
      Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish,
      baby bunting, baby-doll, baby-sized, babyish, bambino, bantam,
      bantling, banty, beginner, big baby, broad, buttercup, catechumen,
      cater to, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicken liver,
      child, cocker, coddle, colleen, compact, cosset, cotton, coward,
      crybaby, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary,
      deb, debutant, demoiselle, diminutive, doll, doll-like, dollish,
      doormat, dote, dry-nurse, duck, duckling, dull tool, duodecimo,
      entrant, favor, filly, flame, fledgling, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat,
      frail, freshman, funk, funker, gal, girl, girlie, gratify,
      greenhorn, greeny, gutless wonder, handy, heifer, hon, honey,
      honey bunch, honey child, hopeful, hoyden, humor, in arms,
      in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle,
      inamorata, incubator baby, indulge, infant, infantile, infantine,
      invertebrate, jellyfish, jeune fille, jill, junior, junior miss,
      juvenal, juvenile, kittenish, ladylove, lamb, lambkin, lass,
      lassie, learner, lightweight, lily liver, little angel,
      little darling, little missy, little one, love, lover,
      mademoiselle, maid, maiden, meek soul, mewling infant, microcosm,
      milksop, mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minny,
      minor, minuscule, miss, missy, mollycoddle, mouse, namby-pamby,
      nebbish, neonatal, neonate, neophyte, nestling, newborn, newcomer,
      nonentity, novice, novitiate, nursling, nymphet, pamper, pansy,
      pantywaist, papoose, pet, petkins, piece, please, pocket,
      pocket-sized, pony, precious, precious heart, preemie,
      premature baby, preschooler, probationer, pubescent, puling infant,
      puppet, pushover, raw recruit, recruit, romp, rookie, sad sack,
      sapling, satisfy, scaredy-cat, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss,
      sissy, skirt, slip, small-scale, snookums, softling, softy, sop,
      spoil, sprig, steady, stripling, subdeb, subdebutante,
      subminiature, subteen, subteener, suckling, sugar, sweet,
      sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, teenager, teener,
      teenybopper, tenderfoot, toddler, tomato, tomboy, tot, toy,
      trainee, truelove, twelvemo, tyro, vest-pocket, virgin,
      weak sister, weakling, weanling, wench, wet-nurse, white feather,
      white liver, yearling, young creature, young hopeful, young person,
      young thing, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth

    

BABY

T. H. E., an unscrupulous tyrant, s. father and mother.
His first appearance caused heaven at home, and an idiotic
father. Education:  At home.  Career:  A series of adventures.
Was frequently ill, a poor sleeper, toy demolisher, throat
exerciser, nurse distractor, and a general nuisance.  Despite
his shortcomings he ruled Home with an iron hand--a tear caused
a doctor-- a smile meant a gold mine.  Diet:  Principally
liquid. Ambition:  The moon.  Recreation:  Coaching, hair
pulling, a proud father.  Address:  See Mother.