Baby ˈbeɪbi Newborn I Young Sleep Noun Baby's

• the baby's crying!
• a newborn baby
• my sister's expecting a baby (= she is pregnant).
• she had a baby last year.

baby

1. a very young child or animal
• SEE ALSO fur baby
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fur-baby
• The baby's crying!
• a newborn baby
• My sister's expecting a baby (= she is pregnant).
• She had a baby last year.
• The baby was born last night.
• Mother and baby are doing well.
• The baby is due in October.
• The baby was delivered by a midwife.
• a baby boy/girl
• a baby daughter/son/sister/brother
• baby food/clothes
• a baby monkey/blackbird

Extra Examples

• She's not sure if she wants a baby.
• Can you take the baby while I unlock the door?
• He took an interest in the growing baby even before it was born.
• I could feel the baby moving inside me.
• She lost her baby three months into her pregnancy.
• The doctor said the baby was growing nicely.
• They named the baby Charlie.
• Their first baby arrived exactly nine months after the wedding.
• She decided to put her baby up for adoption.
• They would like to adopt a newborn baby.
• Young children and unborn babies are at greatest risk.
• Premature babies are at increased risk of health problems.
• She rocked the baby to sleep in her arms.
• The baby cooed happily on the rug.
• He just broke down and cried like a baby.
• She's a midwife in an intensive care unit for premature babies.
• The illness is common in newborn babies and is easily treated.
• Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of producing a low birthweight baby.
• After some months, the baby learns to walk along branches by holding onto its mother's fur.
• What do you call a baby kangaroo?
2. the youngest member of a family or group
• He's the baby of the team.
3. a person who behaves like a young child and is easily upset
• Stop crying and don't be such a baby.
4. a word used to address somebody, especially your wife, husband or partner, in a way that expresses love but that can be offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know
5. to be a plan or project that somebody is responsible for and cares about because they have created it
6. used to emphasize how easy it is to do something
• I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby.
7. to suddenly make somebody responsible for something important that is really your responsibility
• He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby.
8. to sleep very well
• He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby.
• I usually sleep like a log.
9. to lose something that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid of something that you do not want

Word Origin

• late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.