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noun

Baby n. (pl. babies)

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

A small image of an infant; a doll.

Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another. "She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes."

verb

Baby v. t. (past & past part. babied; pres. part. babying) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.

adjective

Baby adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. "Baby figure"

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Etymology of 'Baby'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Baby" Quotes from Famous Books

... was a baby Pat had taken him for a pet. Accordingly, when, two years later, Jim was born, Mike took him in charge. To-day Pat's arm was thrown protectingly over Andy's shoulders, while Jim stood in the embrace of Mike's arm at the other window. Barney and Tommie, aged seven ...

— The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys • Gulielma Zollinger

... studying the poetry of motion. There is one motion that goes to the tune of "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," but this rocking is so violent that as one dashes from side to side, holding on to the bars above and the edge of the berth, one is led to pity a wakeful baby rocked wickedly by the big brother impatient to go to play. The tune changes, and it is "Ploughing the Raging Main," and the nose of the plough goes down too deep; then one is fastened to the walking beam of an engine and sways up and ...

— The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland • Margaret Dixon McDougall

... The baby powder commercial appeared on the monitor and I walked over to the next set. They had the first contestant lined up for me. I smiled and took her card from the floor man. She was a middle-aged woman with a faded print dress and old-style shoes. I never saw the contestants ...

— One Out of Ten • J. Anthony Ferlaine

... up to the big glass and looking beyond my excited face to the room behind me. There sat the woman who can never nurse her baby except where everybody can see her, in a railroad station. There was the woman who's always hungry, nibbling chocolates out of a box; and the woman fallen asleep, with her hat on the side, and hairpins dropping out of her hair; and the woman ...

— In the Bishop's Carriage • Miriam Michelson

... I do," says grandpapa. "Rachel, my love, the way in which I am petticoat-ridden is so evident that even this baby has ...

— Boys and girls from Thackeray • Kate Dickinson Sweetser

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