Word Meanings - BAIRN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A child. Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.
Related words: (words related to BAIRN)
- CHILDSHIP
The state or relation of being a child. - CHILDISHNESS
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. - CHILDED
Furnished with a child. - CHILDBIRTH
The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor. - CHILDISH
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay. 2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who - PROVIDENCE
A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in - CHILD STUDY
A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood. - PROVIDORE
One who makes provision; a purveyor. De Foe. - CHILDCROWING
The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup. - CHILDBED
The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. - PROVIDE
1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. "Provide us all things necessary." Shak. 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, - PROVIDENTLY
In a provident manner. - CHILDISHLY
In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. - CHILDREN
pl. of Child. - CHILDING
Bearing Children; productive; fruitful. Shak. - CHILDHOOD
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively. The well-governed childhood of this - CHILDNESS
The manner characteristic of a child. "Varying childness." Shak. - CHILDBEARING
The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison. - 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, - CHILDLIKE
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker. Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity; - GODCHILD
One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather. - IMPROVIDENTLY
In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton. - IMPROVIDED
Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall. - UNPROVIDENT
Improvident. "Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak. - STEPCHILD
1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. 2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage. - GREAT-GRANDCHILD
The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. - UNCHILD
1. To bereave of children; to make childless. Shak. 2. To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. Bp. Hall.