baby

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b - baby - back

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

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.
    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[change]

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!

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