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child

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Noun
  1. 1

    A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

    • Go easy on him: he is but a child.
    • Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
  2. 2

    A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.

  3. 3

    One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

    • My youngest child is forty-three this year.
    • His adult children visit him yearly.
  4. 4

    The thirteenth Lenormand card.

  5. 5

    A figurative offspring, particularly: A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

    • the children of Israel
    • He is a child of his times.
    • The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
  6. 6

    A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

    • the children of Israel
    • He is a child of his times.
  7. 7

    Anything derived from or caused by something.

  8. 8

    A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.

    • The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
  9. 9

    Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”).

  10. 10

    A subordinate node of a tree.

  11. 11

    An adult or adolescent with childish or stupid behaviors.

    • My husband is such a child, going out with his sled everytime it snows.
  12. 12

    A female child, a girl.

Verb
  1. 1

    To give birth; to beget or procreate.

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