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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Baby \Ba"by\, adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans. ''Baby figure'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Baby \Ba"by\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Baby \Ba"by\ (b[=a]"b[y^]), noun; pl. {Babies} (-b[i^]z). [Dim. of babe.] An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
{Babies in the eyes}, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another.
She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes. --Heywood.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
baby
noun
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"
verb: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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