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
  • 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.
  • To produce children; brinig forth offspring.
  • To bring forth as a child.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • intransitive verb. To give birth; to produce young.
  • 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."
    Form
    childed  childing  
    has_topic
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Wild  Wilde  beguiled  compiled  filed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Life  action  author  body  boy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adolescent  angel  artifact  babe  baby  
    variant
    childe  children