baby

Noun

• a project of personal concern to someone
  • this project is his baby
    

• a very young mammal
  • baby rabbits
    

• (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

• an unborn child; a human fetus
  • I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby
    
  • it was great to feel my baby moving about inside
    

• an immature childish person
  • he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
    
  • stop being a baby!
    

• the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
  • the baby of the family
    
  • the baby of the Supreme Court
    

• 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
    

Verb

• treat with excessive indulgence
  • grandparents often pamper the children
    
  • Let's not mollycoddle our students!
    

Related words

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