Baby Definition

bābē

babied, babies, baby, babying

noun

babies

A very young child; infant.

Webster's New World

A person who behaves like an infant; helpless or timid person.

Webster's New World

A very young animal.

Webster's New World

The youngest or smallest in a group.

Webster's New World

An adult or young person who behaves in an infantile way.

American Heritage

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adjective

Of or having to do with a baby.

American Heritage

Of or for an infant.

Baby food.

Webster's New World

Extremely young.

Webster's New World

Small in comparison with others of the same kind.

Baby vegetables.

American Heritage

Small of its kind.

Webster's New World

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big
giant
large

verb

babied, babies, babying

To pamper like a baby; coddle.

American Heritage

To treat like a baby; pamper; coddle.

Webster's New World

To handle with great care.

To baby a new car.

Webster's New World

To coddle.

Wiktionary

To treat someone, especially adults or teenagers, in overbearingly defensive manner as or in a similar fashion to that of a baby.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Baby

Noun

Singular:

baby

Plural:

babies

Origin of Baby

From Middle English babee, babi (“baby”), from babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe +‎ -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition