babies

We have found lemma(root) word of babies : baby.

Definitions


[ˈbeɪbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a very young child
(e.g: his wife's just had a baby)

- a lover or spouse (often as a form of address)
(e.g: my baby left me for another guy)


Phrases:
- throw the baby out with the bathwater

Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech


[ˈbeɪbi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- comparatively small or immature of its kind
(e.g: a baby version of the Oxford Movement)


Phrases:
- throw the baby out with the bathwater

Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech


[ˈbeɪbi], (Verb)

Definitions:
- treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards
(e.g: her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes)


Phrases:
- throw the baby out with the bathwater

Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech




definition by Oxford Dictionaries