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child
1[chahyld]
noun
plural
childrena 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
/ ʃɪ /
noun
a boy or girl between birth and puberty
( as modifier )
child labour
a baby or infant
an unborn baby
another term for pregnant
a human offspring; a son or daughter
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
dialecta female infant
Other Word Forms
- childless adjective
- childlessness noun
- ˈ adjective
- ˈ adjective
- ˈness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of child1
Word History and Origins
Origin of child1
Idioms and Phrases
with child, pregnant.
She's with child.
Example Sentences
The home of a family with three children was set on fire in Coleraine.
She then darted over to celebrate with Charles, her husband and coach, and her two children - although youngest daughter Cecilia appeared to have slept through the match in her pushchair.
Scared for her four children, Medina went inside the house and called her husband, Jorge Saldana, 30, who was at a nearby laundromat washing clothes.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raided the Ambiance Apparel garment factory June 6, the couple’s 15- and 19-year-old children had texted their father in a panic.
I chatted with him again in 2023, and he seemed to have some clarity about his journey through life, the love he lacked as a child and the importance of being a good father.
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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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