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 →

2) A very young animal: "a baby bird". tree →

3) The youngest person in a family. tree →

4) As an adjective, very small or young: "baby teeth". tree →

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 →
• The baby is sleeping. tree →
• A baby kangaroo is called a joey. tree →
• Hold the baby gently. tree →
• She is the baby of the family. tree →
• Baby teeth fall out. tree →
• The bird fed its babies worms. tree →
• Our babysitter reads us stories. tree →
• "It's only the baby," said John. tree →

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.
• When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.
• Midwives and doctors check on mum and baby all the way through.
• "We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.
• A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «baby» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.