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/ |
- baby somebody to treat somebody with too much care, as if they were a babyWord Originlate Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.
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