Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.

  2. (transitive)To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.

More definitions
  • treat with excessive indulgence

Examples

2572 sentences

  1. The nurse looked after the babies.

    Медсестра доглядала за немовлятами. — deniko

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  2. The baby takes after his mother.

    Дитина схожа на матір. — Sashka

    ruМалыш похож на мать. — marafon

    deDas Baby kommt nach seiner Mutter. — Tamy

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  3. The baby is able to walk.

    Дитина вже ходить. — ascolto

    ruРебенок может ходить. — Gruzilkin

    deDas Baby kann laufen. — samueldora

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  4. I'm going to have a baby.

    У мене буде дитина. — deniko

    ruУ меня будет ребёнок. — marafon

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  5. The baby was quiet all night.

    Дитина була спокійна всю ніч. — deniko

    ruРебёнок спокойно проспал всю ночь. — marafon

    deDas Baby war die ganze Nacht still. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equiva

From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe + -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare babble).

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Forms

babies, babying, babied, babied
Base formbaby · to baby
3rd person singularbabies
Present participlebabying
Past simplebabied
Past participlebabied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybaby
he, she, itbabies

Past simpleLesson

all personsbabied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave babied
he, she, ithas babied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill baby

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

204 related words
RelatedchildA1infantB2babetoddler
DerivedbabysitB1adult babyaffair babyangel babybabieswearbabifybabilybaby alarmbaby bagbaby bangsbaby bankbaby barbaby batbaby beansbaby beefbaby bluebaby bluesbaby bondbaby bonusbaby bookbaby boombaby boomerbaby boomletbaby bottle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • have a baby
  • wake the baby
  • the baby was
  • like a baby
  • was a baby
  • the baby cried
  • baby crying
  • the baby up
  • put the baby
  • baby is crying
  • healthy baby boy
  • a healthy baby

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
babebabelbabkababylonbabysitB1baccalaureate

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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