child /chīld/

1. A very young person (up to the age of sixteen for the purpose of some acts of parliament, under fourteen in criminal law)
2. A female infant (dialect and archaic)
3. A son or daughter
4. A childish person
5. A person strongly influenced by, associated with, or a product of (another person, or group of people, an age or environment, etc)
6. A disciple or adherent
7. (also childe or chylde) a youth of gentle birth, esp in ballads, etc (archaic)
8. An offspring
9. A descendant
10. An inhabitant

To bring forth

childˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Possessed of a child

childˈhood noun

1. The state of being a child
2. The time of being a child

childˈing adjective (Shakespeare)

Fruiting, teeming

childˈish adjective

1. Of or like a child
2. Silly
3. Trifling

childˈishly adverb

childˈishness noun

1. That which is suitable or natural to a child
2. Puerility

childˈless adjective

Without children

childˈlessness noun

childˈlike adjective

1. Like a child
2. Becoming a child
3. Docile
4. Innocent

childˈly adjective (archaic)

Natural or becoming to a child

childˈness noun (Shakespeare)

The nature or character of a child

child abuse noun

Any form of physical or mental cruelty to or neglect of a child by a parent or guardian

child allowance noun

Child benefit (see below)

childˈbearing noun

The act or condition of carrying and giving birth to children

childˈ-bearing adjective

childˈbed noun (archaic)

The state or condition of a woman giving birth to a child

childbed fever noun

An old name for puerperal fever

child benefit noun (Brit and NZ)

An allowance granted by the government to parents for children

childˈbirth noun

1. The giving birth to a child
2. Parturition

childˈcare noun

1. The provision of residential care by local authorities or other organizations for children whose parents are unable to care for them
2. The provision of part-time care for children while their parents are at work

childˈcrowing noun

A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis

child endowment noun (Aust)

Child benefit

child guidance noun

Professional counselling of disturbed or disruptive children

child lock noun

A device that prevents a child opening or tampering with something, such as a car door, video equipment, etc

childˈminder noun

A person, usu untrained but often listed on an official register as being fit, who looks after other people's children

childˈproof or childˈ-resistant adjective

Not able to be damaged, opened, worked, etc by a child

Children's Panel noun

(in the Scottish legal system) a panel of people drawn from social services, the community and other relevant agencies that hear (in private) cases of child crime or child abuse that occur in a locality (in 1970 Children's Panels took over most of the functions of the juvenile courts)

child's play noun

Something very easy to do

childˈ-study noun

The psychology and physiology of children

child support noun

Financial support provided by a parent no longer directly supporting his or her child

Child Support Agency noun

In Britain, a government agency established in 1993 with responsibility for determining levels of child support required from parents (abbrev CSA)

child welfare noun

The health and wellbeing of young children as an object of systematic social work

child-wifeˈ noun

A very young wife

second childhood

The childishness of old age

with child (archaic or literary)

Pregnant

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