Child

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person between birth and puberty.
  • noun. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An unborn infant; a fetus.
  • noun. An infant; a baby.
  • noun. One who is childish or immature.
  • noun. A son or daughter; an offspring.
  • noun. A member of a tribe; descendant.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance.
  • noun. A product or result of something specified.
  • idiom. (with child) Pregnant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To produce children; brinig forth offspring.
  • To bring forth as a child.
  • noun. A male or female descendant in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; a son or daughter: used in direct reference to the parentage of the person spoken of, without regard to sex.
  • noun. A descendant more remote than the first degree; a descendant, however remote: as, the children of Israel.
  • noun. plural The inhabitants of a country: as, “the children of Seir,” 2 Chron. xxv. 11.
  • noun. Specifically, a very young person; one not old enough to dispense with maternal aid and care. See childhood.
  • noun. Figuratively, a childish man or woman; one who resembles a child in lack of knowledge, experience, or judgment.
  • noun. In general, anything regarded as the offspring or product of something which is specified; product; result: as, disease is the child of intemperance; children of darkness.
  • noun. A girl.
  • noun. In old and poetical usage, a noble youth; a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honor of knighthood; a squire: also applied to a knight.
  • noun. A person in general.
  • noun. More especially, an illegitimate child; one who is actually the child but not the lawful issue of the suggested parent.
  • noun. Synonyms plural Offspring, issue, progeny.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To give birth; to produce young.
  • noun. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
  • noun. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural.
  • noun. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc..
  • noun. A noble youth. See Childe.
  • noun. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
  • noun. A female infant.
  • noun. to be pregnant.
  • noun. light work; a trifling contest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A daughter or son; an offspring.
  • noun. An offspring; one born in, or considered a product of the culture of, a place.
  • noun. A member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings; one born into or considered a product of a people.
  • noun. A thing or abstraction derived from or caused by something.
  • noun. A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor (person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability).
  • noun. A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
  • noun. a young person of either sex
  • noun. an immature childish person
  • noun. a member of a clan or tribe
  • Word Usage
    "He meant to set the child right; he meant to see _only_ the _child_ in her until White returned; he would ignore the perilously sweet woman-appeal to his senses until such time as he could, with safety, let them once more hold part in their relations with each other."