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child
1[ chahyld ]
noun
- a person between birth and puberty or full growth:
books for children.
- a son or daughter; offspring considered with regard to parents:
All my children are married.
- a baby or infant:
A child of six months can recognize family members.
- a human fetus:
My sister is seven months pregnant with a healthy child.
- a childish person:
He's such a child about money.
- a descendant:
a child of an ancient breed.
- any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.:
Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
- a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.:
a child of poverty; a child of famine.
- British Dialect, Archaic. a female infant.
- Archaic. childe.
Child
2[ chahyld ]
noun
- Julia, 1912–2004, U.S. gourmet cook, author, and television personality.
- Lydia Maria (Francis), 1802–80, U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.
child
/ ³Ùʃ²¹Éª±ô»å /
noun
- a boy or girl between birth and puberty
- ( as modifier )
child labour
- a baby or infant
- an unborn baby paedo-
- with childanother term for pregnant
- a human offspring; a son or daughter filial
- a childish or immature person
- a member of a family or tribe; descendant
a child of Israel
- a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment
a child of nature
- dialect.a female infant
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- ˈ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å±ô²â, adjective
- ˈ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å±ô±ð²õ²õness, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å·±ô±ð²õ²õ·ness noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of child1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of child1
Idioms and Phrases
- with child, pregnant:
She's with child.
More idioms and phrases containing child
In addition to the idiom beginning with child , also see second childhood .Example Sentences
“He was like, ‘This is from your accident when you were a child.
The five-time Oscar nominee and her husband, theater director Thomas Kail, reportedly welcomed their latest child together via surrogate more than a month ago.
He also had two children, and, of course, a real pandemic occurred, further delaying his plans.
Mr Bourne, 51, spent five years offering self-defence classes to children and young people for free, and continued to coach some clients on a private basis.
"It's a great idea but it doesn't go far enough and only covers children up to school age," she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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