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# baby

«baby» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very young child who cannot yet walk or talk much** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (baby, babies); adjective (baby — very young or small: baby carrots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A very young child who cannot yet walk or talk much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#m1)

2) A very young animal: "a baby bird". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#m2)

3) The youngest person in a family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#m3)

4) As an adjective, very small or young: "baby teeth". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, living things grow from babies to adults (life cycles); mammals feed babies with milk. In safety: babies need care, gentle handling and adult help; never shake a baby. Phrases: baby teeth, baby brother/sister, babysitter, have a baby.

### examples

- My aunt just had a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x1)
- The baby is sleeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x2)
- A baby kangaroo is called a joey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x3)
- Hold the baby gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x4)
- She is the baby of the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x5)
- Baby teeth fall out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x6)
- The bird fed its babies worms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x7)
- Our babysitter reads us stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x8)
- "It's only the baby," said John. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/#x9)

### note

Plural "babies" (y → ies). Many baby animals have special names: puppy, kitten, calf, foal, chick, cub, joey. A baby's head must be supported when you hold it.

### In the corpora

- [A baby who shares only one parent with you is your half-brother or half-sister.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/20/)
- [When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/0/)
- [Midwives and doctors check on mum and baby all the way through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/5/)
- ["We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/7/)
- [A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baby» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baby/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.