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  • 21child — [n] very young person adolescent, anklebiter*, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens*, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie*, lamb*, little angel*, little darling*, little doll*, little one,… …

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  • 22Child — This article is about the human child . For other uses, see Child (disambiguation). Children at a primary school in Paris …

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  • 23child — n. 1) to adopt; bear, give birth to, have a child (she had four children) 2) to carry a child (a mother carries a child for nine months) 3) to beget; conceive a child 4) to bring up, raise, rear a child 5) to feed; nurse; wean a child 6) to… …

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  • 24child —    While this is theoretically a term of address that could be used to a boy or girl, it appears to be used far more often to girls or young women. Every reference in Shakespeare to ‘my child’ is to a daughter, but that is hardly surprising. In… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 25child — /tSaIld/ noun (C) plural children 1 YOUNG PERSON a young person from the time they are born until they are aged 14 or 15: We ve always competed, ever since we were children. | Can you sell me a bike suitable for a seven year old child? | as a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26child — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, young ▪ My father died while I was still a small child. ▪ newborn ▪ teenage ▪ …

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  • 27child — childless, adj. childlessness, n. /chuyld/, n., pl. children. 1. a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children. 2. a son or daughter: All my children are married. 3. a baby or infant. 4. a human fetus …

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  • 28child —   Keiki, kama; nōpu u (Ni ihau).   Also: lei, pua, liko, ōpu u, hāpu u, hānau, poke o. See orphan.    ♦ Beloved child, kama lei, pua lei, lei kau maka, keiki punahele.    ♦ Only child, kama kahi, hua kahi, hānau kahi (see saying, a o).    ♦… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 29child */*/*/ — UK [tʃaɪld] / US noun [countable] Word forms child : singular child plural children UK [ˈtʃɪldrən] / US 1) a young person from the time they are born until they are about 14 years old The nursery has places for 30 children. The film is not… …

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  • 30Child — Le mot child signifie enfant en anglais. Il est également un nom de famille porté entre autres par : Desmond Child (né en 1953), musicien américain Greg Child (né en 1957), alpiniste australien Sir Josiah Child (1630 1699), économiste… …

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