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babe

 (bāb)
n.
1. A baby; an infant.
2. An innocent or naive person.
3.Slang A person considered to be sexually attractive.
4.Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

[Middle English,perhaps imitative of the syllable "ba" frequent in infant babbling.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

babe

(beɪb)
n
1.a baby
2.informal a naive, gullible, or unsuspecting person (often in the phrasea babe in arms)
3.informal a young woman or man perceived as being sexually attractive
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

babe

(beɪb)

n.
1. a baby or small child.
2. an inexperienced or naive person.
3.Slang.
a.Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman.
b. (sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address.
[1150–1200; Middle English; early Middle Englishbaban, probably orig. a nursery word]
usage:Definition4a is sometimes used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting or demeaning to women. Definition4b is an affectionate term of address used by a man or woman to a sweetheart.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.babe - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talkbabe - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
blue baby - an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart
cherub - a sweet innocent baby
child,kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
abandoned infant,foundling - a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
godchild - an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
neonate,newborn,newborn baby,newborn infant - a baby from birth to four weeks
nurseling,nursling,suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse
papoose,pappoose - an American Indian infant
test-tube baby - a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
war baby - conceived or born during war
2.babe - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young womenbabe - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
jargon,lingo,patois,argot,vernacular,slang,cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
fille,girl,miss,missy,young lady,young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

babe

noun
1.(Informal)darling,love,baby,dear,dearest,honey,sweetheart,sweetie(informal)I'm sorry, babe. I didn't mean it.
2.(Informal)attractive young woman,siren,charmer,vamp(informal),femme fatale(French),temptress,Lorelei,seductress,CirceThis is not a case of idle babe worship among howling teens.
3.baby,child,innocent,infant,bairn(Scot.),suckling,newborn child,babe in arms,nurslinginnocent as newborn babes
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

babe

noun
2.A guileless, unsophisticated person:
3.Slang. A person regarded as physically attractive:
beauty,belle (used of a woman),lovely,stunner.
Slang:doll,hunk (used of a man),knockout,looker,stud (used of a man).
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
طِفل رَضيع
nemluvně
babyspædbarn
kornabarn
kūdikis
bērniņšmazulis
nemluvňa

babe

[beɪb]
A.N
1. (liter, o.f.) →criaturaf
2. (esp US) →chicaf; (in direct address) →nenaf
B.CPDbabe in armsNniño/am/f depecho
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

babe

[ˈbeɪb]n
(mainly US) (=honey)(term of address)mapoule
(=attractive woman) →canonm ,supernanaf
She's a real babe! →C'est unvraicanon!
the former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson →Pamela Anderson, lasupernana quijouait dans Baywatchbeach babe
(old-fashioned) (=baby) →bébém
newborn babes →les nouveaux-nésbabe-in-arms[ˌbeɪbɪnˈɑːrmz]ntoutpetitbébém
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

babe

n
(liter)Kindleinnt (liter);babe in arms (esp Brit) →Säuglingm
(esp USinf) →Babynt (inf), →Puppef (inf);hey Susie/Mikebabe!he du, Susie!/Mike!
(inf:= girl) →Schnallef (sl), →Tussif (sl), →Brautf (sl) ? alsobabye
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

babe

[beɪb]n (old) →bimbo/a,bebèm inv (esp Am) (fam) (endearment) →piccolo/a,tesoro
babe in arms →bimbo/a infasce (fig) →ingenuo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

babe

(beib) noun
1. a baby.a babe in arms (= a small baby not yet able to walk). baba طِفل رَضيع бебе bebê nemluvně das Baby baby; spædbarnβρέφος, πολύ μικρό παιδίbebé beebi نوزاد؛ کودک vauvapetit enfantתינוק बच्चा, शिशु जो अभी चल नहीं पाता beba kisbaba bayi kornabarnbambino 赤ん坊 갓난아기 kūdikis mazulis; bērniņš bayibabybaby,spedbarnniemowlę د غيږي ماشوم، اپلتېbebé sugar, be­be­luşмладенец nemluvňa dete detence bebis, spädbarn ทารกbebek 嬰兒 немовля چھوٹا بچہ، طفل trẻ sơ sinh婴儿
2.seebaby.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.


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Thebabe threw back his head and roared at his prospects.
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But a shepherd found thebabe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King or Corinth.
Again, at the first instant of perceiving that thin visage, and the slight deformity of the figure, she pressed her infant to her bosom with so convulsive a force that the poorbabe uttered another cry of pain.
But it made the captain remember back across the years to his own girlbabe asleep on his arm.
Ever jealous for the race, they will legislate for thebabes of boys yet to be born; and for thebabes of girls, too, for they must be the mothers, wives, and sisters of these boys.

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