Child
Child (chīld) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon cild, pl. cildru; compare Gothic kilþei womb, in-kilþō with child.]
1.
A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
2.
A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
3.
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
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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.
When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
6.
A female infant. [Obsolete]
A boy or a child, I wonder?
Collocations (2)
To be with child , to be pregnant.
Child's play , light work; a trifling contest.
Child , intransitive verb
To give birth; to produce young.
This queen Genissa childing died.
It chanced within two days they childed both.