Baby (n.) An infant or young child of either sex |
Baby (n.) A small image of an infant |
Baby (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant |
Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child |
Baby farm () A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire. |
Baby farmer () One who keeps a baby farm. |
Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm. |
Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor. |
Break (v. t.) To strain apart |
Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking |
Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose |
Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. |
Break (v. t.) To interrupt |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of |
Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces |
Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of |
Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. |
Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of |
Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information |
Break (v. t.) To tame |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of |
Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence |
Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm. |
Break (v. i.) To open up |
Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties |
Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief |
Break (v. i.) To fall in business |
Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change |
Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality |
Break (v. i.) To fall out |
Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity |
Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. |
Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption |
Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. |
Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning |
Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. |
Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10. |
Break (n.) See Commutator. |
Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Break-up (n.) Disruption |
Coll (v. t.) To embrace. |
To-break (v. t.) To break completely |
Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
break | a sudden dash, he made a break for the open door |
breakage break breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
break interruption disruption gap | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity, it was presented without commercial breaks, there was a gap in his account |
break break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving, he was up two breaks in the second set |
break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
break dancing break dance | a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground, normally performed to the rhythm of rap music |
babysitting baby sitting | the work of a baby sitter, caring for children when their parents are not home |
housebreaking break-in breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
baby | a project of personal concern to someone, this project is his baby |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
baby | a very young mammal, baby rabbits |
nestling baby bird | young bird not yet fledged |
galago bushbaby bush baby | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
baby bed baby's bed | a small bed for babies, enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling |
baby buggy baby carriage carriage perambulator pram stroller goart pushchair pusher | a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around |
baby grand baby grand piano parlor grand parlor grand piano parlour grand parlour grand piano | a small grand piano |
baby oil | an ointment for babies |
baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
baby shoe | a shoe designed to be worn by infants |
break seal | a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed, it was stored in a tube with a break seal |
comforter pacifier baby's dummy teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
nursery baby's room | a child's room for a baby |
walker baby-walker goart | an enclosing framework on casters or wheels, helps babies learn to walk |
primary tooth deciduous tooth baby tooth milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
baby talk babytalk | the developing speech of a young child |
baby talk babytalk motherese | an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child |
break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion), then there was a break in her voice |
rupture breach break severance rift falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
break good luck happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
break | the occurrence of breaking, the break in the dam threatened the valley |
interruption break | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity, the telephone is an annoying interruption, there was a break in the action when a player was hurt |
service break | a tennis game won on the opponent's service |
coffee break tea break | a snack taken during a break in the work day, a ten-minute coffee break, the British have tea breaks |
baby boom baby-boom generation | the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
baby babe sister | (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women |
baby | the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young), the baby of the family, the baby of the Supreme Court |
baby babe infant | a very young child (birth to year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk, the baby began to cry again, she held the baby in her arms, it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different |
baby | an unborn child, a human fetus, I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby, it was great to feel my baby moving about inside |
baby boomer boomer | a member of the baby boom generation in the s, they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers |
baby buster buster | a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically |
baby doctor pediatrician pediatrist paediatrician | a specialist in the care of babies |
baby farmer | someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee |
babyminder baby minder minder | a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working |
babysitter baby-sitter sitter | a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home |
blue baby | an infant born with a bluish color, usually has a defective heart |