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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
baby
/ˈbeɪbi/
noun1 of 2
very young child, who cannot yet speak
- “People have babies because it's in the order of things.”Tatoeba
- “She has a baby who is a few months old.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)