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Definition of baby verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

baby

verb
 
/ˈbeɪbi/
 
/ˈbeɪbi/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they baby
 
/ˈbeɪbi/
 
/ˈbeɪbi/
he / she / it babies
 
/ˈbeɪbiz/
 
/ˈbeɪbiz/
past simple babied
 
/ˈbeɪbid/
 
/ˈbeɪbid/
past participle babied
 
/ˈbeɪbid/
 
/ˈbeɪbid/
-ing form babying
 
/ˈbeɪbiɪŋ/
 
/ˈbeɪbiɪŋ/
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  1. baby somebody to treat somebody with too much care, as if they were a baby
    Word Originlate Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.
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