Baby \Ba"by\ (b[=a]"b[y^]), n.; pl. Babies (-b[i^]z). [Dim. of
   babe.]
   An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
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   2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
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   Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of
      one's self in the eyes of another.
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            She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses,
            Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes.
                                                  --Heywood.
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	Baby \Ba"by\, a.
   Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as,
   baby swans. "Baby figure" --Shak.
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	Baby \Ba"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Babied (b[=a]"b[=e]d); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Babying.]
   To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to
   fondle. --Young.
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	baby
     n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun
          to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?"
          [syn: babe, infant]
     2: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young
        women [syn: sister]
     3: a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
     4: the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the
        baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
     5: an immature childish person; "he remained a child in
        practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a
        baby!" [syn: child]
     6: a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is
        his baby"
     v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
         [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, coddle,
          mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
     [also: babied]

	

	237 Moby Thesaurus words for "baby":
   Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish,
   baby bunting, baby-doll, baby-sized, babyish, bambino, bantam,
   bantling, banty, beginner, big baby, broad, buttercup, catechumen,
   cater to, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicken liver,
   child, cocker, coddle, colleen, compact, cosset, cotton, coward,
   crybaby, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary,
   deb, debutant, demoiselle, diminutive, doll, doll-like, dollish,
   doormat, dote, dry-nurse, duck, duckling, dull tool, duodecimo,
   entrant, favor, filly, flame, fledgling, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat,
   frail, freshman, funk, funker, gal, girl, girlie, gratify,
   greenhorn, greeny, gutless wonder, handy, heifer, hon, honey,
   honey bunch, honey child, hopeful, hoyden, humor, in arms,
   in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle,
   inamorata, incubator baby, indulge, infant, infantile, infantine,
   invertebrate, jellyfish, jeune fille, jill, junior, junior miss,
   juvenal, juvenile, kittenish, ladylove, lamb, lambkin, lass,
   lassie, learner, lightweight, lily liver, little angel,
   little darling, little missy, little one, love, lover,
   mademoiselle, maid, maiden, meek soul, mewling infant, microcosm,
   milksop, mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minny,
   minor, minuscule, miss, missy, mollycoddle, mouse, namby-pamby,
   nebbish, neonatal, neonate, neophyte, nestling, newborn, newcomer,
   nonentity, novice, novitiate, nursling, nymphet, pamper, pansy,
   pantywaist, papoose, pet, petkins, piece, please, pocket,
   pocket-sized, pony, precious, precious heart, preemie,
   premature baby, preschooler, probationer, pubescent, puling infant,
   puppet, pushover, raw recruit, recruit, romp, rookie, sad sack,
   sapling, satisfy, scaredy-cat, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss,
   sissy, skirt, slip, small-scale, snookums, softling, softy, sop,
   spoil, sprig, steady, stripling, subdeb, subdebutante,
   subminiature, subteen, subteener, suckling, sugar, sweet,
   sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, teenager, teener,
   teenybopper, tenderfoot, toddler, tomato, tomboy, tot, toy,
   trainee, truelove, twelvemo, tyro, vest-pocket, virgin,
   weak sister, weakling, weanling, wench, wet-nurse, white feather,
   white liver, yearling, young creature, young hopeful, young person,
   young thing, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth