baby

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1 being a baby
2 looking after a baby
having a baby BIRTH
see also CHILD, ANIMAL

1 being a baby
- a very young child: baby
a baby girl/boy ◎ baby clothes ◎ a cute baby girl
- a baby or young child: (rather formal) infant; noun (U): infancy
'How many will be travelling?' 'Two adults and one infant.'
- a small child who is starting to walk: toddler
- to move slowly with the body close to the ground or on the hands and knees: crawl
- to produce water from your eyes, and make a noise, because you are unhappy or have hurt yourself: cry
The baby cried all night.
- to allow a liquid (saliva) to come out of the mouth: dribble
Oh no, she's dribbled all over me.
※ more on crying CRY

2 looking after a baby
- to look after a baby: take* care of sb
When his wife left him, he had to give up his job and take care of the baby.
- to comfort a crying child: soothe sb
She was crying but I managed to soothe her.
- to hold sb closely in your arms as a sign of love: cuddle sb; noun: cuddle
She gave her baby a cuddle.
- a rubber object that can be put in a baby's mouth to keep it quiet and happy: dummy (AmE pacifier)
- a small toy that a baby shakes to make a noise: rattle
※—† going somewhere with a baby
※—† getting a baby ready to sleep
- a bed for a baby or a young child, with high sides to prevent the child falling out: cot (AmE crib)
- to put a baby in its cot so that it will sleep: put* sb to sleep
You'll have to be quiet now - I've just put the baby to sleep.
※—† cleaning a baby
- to wash a baby: bath sb, give* sb a bath
- powder that you put on a baby to make it dry: baby powder (noun U)
- a liquid that you put on a baby to make its skin soft: baby lotion (noun U)
- a piece of soft thick cloth or paper that a baby or a very young child wears around its bottom and between its legs: nappy (AmE diaper)
disposable nappies
- to remove a dirty nappy and put a clean nappy on a baby: change sb's nappy, change a baby
Does her nappy need changing? ◎ Is there somewhere I can change the baby?
- to make sth wet by urinating: wet sth
I think he's just wet his nappy - he's crying.
- a bowl that children sit on when they are too small to use a toilet: potty
※—† giving food to a baby
- to give food to a baby: feed* sb; noun: feed
Is it time for his feed yet?
- food which is specially prepared for babies: baby food (noun U)
- a piece of cloth or plastic that small children wear under their chin to protect their clothes while they are eating: bib
- a special high chair which babies sit in when they are eating: high chair
- the milk from a mother's breast: breast milk (noun U); to feed a baby with milk from the breast: breastfeed* (sb); a baby which is fed in this way is breastfed
Are you going to breastfeed?
- a bottle which is used to give milk to a baby: (feeding) bottle
- to feed a baby with milk from a bottle: bottle-feed* (sb); a baby which is fed in this way is bottle-fed
※ people who care for babies and children CHILD

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  babe, sister, child, infant, pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge