Baby | Mean of baby in English Dictionary

/ˈbeɪbi/

• Noun
• a very young child
1. She had the baby yesterday. = She gave birth to the baby yesterday.
2. Are you expecting a baby? [=are you pregnant?]
3. I hear the baby crying.
4. The baby is just learning to crawl.
5. a baby girl/boy
6. baby clothes
7. baby pictures
8. a baby monitor
9. (US) I gave my sister a baby shower. [=a party at which gifts are given to a woman who is pregnant]
10. She has a real baby face. [=a face that resembles the face of a baby; a face that looks young and innocent]
• a very young animal
1. a bird and its babies
2. a baby bird
3. a baby deer
• the youngest member of a group
1. My sister is the baby of the family.
2. my baby sister

• someone who is young in comparison with others
1. “Only 32? Oh, you're just a baby!”
• someone who behaves like a child
• someone who is afraid or who complains a lot
1. When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby.
2. Don't be such a baby—you'll get your turn.
• a lover or sweetheart
1. Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.
• something that someone has created with special personal attention or interest
1. This project is my baby.
• to get rid of something you want while trying to get rid of something you do not want
1. If you ignore her message because you don't like the way she presents it, you will be throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
• very small
1. a baby grand piano
2. baby carrots/vegetables
3. Take baby steps.
• Verb
• to treat (someone) like a baby
1. That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.
2. I babied myself [=pampered myself] with a trip to the spa.
• to operate or treat (something) in a very careful and gentle way
1. baby a car
2. He was babying his injured foot.