Definition of child

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Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc..

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Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Moo :: Moo (v. i.) To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child's word.
Pique :: Pique (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc..
Childbearing :: Childbearing (n.) The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.
Snug :: Snug (v. i.) To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother..
Pedagogue :: Pedagogue (n.) A teacher of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young; a schoolmaster.
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Storied :: Story (n.) A euphemism or child's word for a lie; a fib; as, to tell a story..
Stepchild :: Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm..
Obstetrics :: Obstetrics (n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth..
Son :: Son (n.) Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent..
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.
Orthopedy :: Orthopedy (n.) The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body..
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions..
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor..
Impotency :: Impotency (n.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness..
Infantry :: Infantry (n.) A body of children.
Erlking :: Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children..
Volunteer :: Volunteer (a.) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made..
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