baby
A very young child who has just been born or is not yet able to walk or talk much.
A very young child, especially one newly or recently born.
A sweet name people use for someone they love, like a boyfriend or girlfriend.
An informal term of endearment used for a romantic partner.
To care for someone too much, like they are a baby, even if they are not.
To treat someone with extreme care or attention as if they were a small child.
Something you love and care about very much, like it is your own child.
Something that someone cares about deeply, often because they created it or it is personally important.
- Base: baby
- Plural: babies
- Base: baby
- 3rd Person Singular: babies
- Present Participle: babying
- Past: babied
cry like a baby
1Cry loudly like an infant
To cry very loudly and without control, like a small child does.
- He cried like a baby when his team lost.
- She cried like a baby after watching the sad movie.
have a baby
1Give birth to a child
To give birth to a child.
- She’s going to have a baby in June.
- They had their first baby last year.
like a baby
1In the way an infant would
In the same way that a very young child does something, often sleeping peacefully or crying loudly.
- He slept like a baby after the long trip.
- She cried like a baby when she heard the news.
throw the baby out with the bathwater
1Discard something valuable by mistake
To remove something good while trying to remove something bad.
- In trying to reform the system, they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
- Be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when making changes.