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Noun baby has 6 senses

baby, babe, infant - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?"
--₁ is a kind of child, kid
--₁ has particulars:
blue baby; cherub; foundling, abandoned infant; godchild; neonate, newborn, newborn infant, newborn baby; nursling, nurseling, suckling; papoose, pappoose; test-tube baby; war baby

Derived form: verb baby₁
baby, sister - sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
--₂ is a kind of girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
baby - a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
--₃ is a kind of young mammal
baby - the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
--₄ is a kind of offspring, progeny, issue
child, baby - an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
--₅ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
baby - a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby"
--₆ is a kind of undertaking, project, task, labor

Verb baby has 1 sense

pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
--₁ is one way to treat, handle, do by

Derived form: noun baby₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody