word-vault/dist/data/cards/ba/baby.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "baby",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a very young child or animal",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The baby's crying!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a newborn baby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My sister's **expecting a baby** *(= she is pregnant)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **had a baby** last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **baby was born** last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Mother and baby** are doing well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby is due in October."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was delivered by a midwife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a baby boy/girl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a baby daughter/son/sister/brother"
                },
                {
                    "text": "baby food/clothes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a baby monkey/blackbird"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are not sure if they want a baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you take the baby while I unlock the door?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took an interest in the growing baby even before it was born."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could feel the baby moving inside me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lost her baby three months into her pregnancy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor said the baby was growing nicely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They named the baby Charlie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their first baby arrived three weeks early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She decided to put her baby up for adoption."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They would like to adopt a newborn baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young children and unborn babies are at greatest risk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Premature babies are at increased risk of health problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She rocked the baby to sleep in her arms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby cooed happily on the rug."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just broke down and cried like a baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a midwife in an intensive care unit for premature babies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The illness is common in newborn babies and is easily treated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of producing a low birthweight baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After some months, the baby learns to walk along branches by holding onto its mother's fur."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you call a baby kangaroo?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["new", "newborn", "tiny"],
                "verb + baby": ["have", "want", "conceive"],
                "baby + verb": ["be due", "arrive", "be born"],
                "baby + noun": ["boy", "girl", "brother"],
                "phrases": ["sleep like a baby"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the youngest member of a family or group",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's the baby of the team."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who behaves like a young child and is easily upset",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Stop crying and don't be such a baby."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a word used to address somebody, especially your wife, husband or partner, in a way that expresses love but that can be offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be a plan or project that somebody is responsible for and cares about because they have created it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize how easy it is to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly make somebody responsible for something important that is really your responsibility",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to sleep very well",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I usually sleep like a log."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to lose something that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid of something that you do not want",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪbi/",
                "audio": "ba/baby/baby__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪbi/",
                "audio": "ba/baby/baby__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech."
}