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| child [ chīld ] (plural chil·dren [ chíldrən ]) |
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1. young human being: a young human being between birth and puberty
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2. human offspring: a son or daughter of human parents
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3. somebody not yet of age: somebody under a legally specified age who is considered not to be legally responsible for his or her actions
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4. baby: a baby or infant
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5. unborn baby: a baby that has not yet been born
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6. immature adult: an adult who is regarded as behaving in a childish or inappropriately childlike way
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7. product or result: somebody or something considered to be either produced or strongly influenced by a particular environment, period, or historical figure
  a child of nature
a child of the 1960s
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8. descendant or member of people: a descendant of somebody, or a member of a people with a common ancestor or geographic origin
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often used in the plural
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children of Abraham
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| [ Old English cild] |
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with child pregnant (archaic or literary)
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