1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
   "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
   - babe, infant, bub [Austral] 
2. The youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
   "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court" 
3. An immature childish person
   "stop being a baby!"
   - child 
4. An unborn child; a human foetus
   "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside" 
5. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
   - babe, sister, bub [Austral] 
6. A very young mammal
   "baby rabbits" 
7. A project of personal concern to someone
   "this project is his baby"

1. Treat with excessive indulgence
   - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

Derived forms: babies, babying, babied

See also: babyhood

Type of: child, do by, fetus, fille, foetus [Brit, Cdn], girl, handle, individual, issue, kid, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], miss, missy, mortal, offspring, person, progeny, project, somebody, someone, soul, task, treat, undertaking, young lady, young mammal, young woman

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