Child

English Meaning

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.

1. A person between birth and puberty.
2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
3. An unborn infant; a fetus.
4. An infant; a baby.
5. One who is childish or immature.
6. A son or daughter; an offspring.
7. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
8. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
9. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century” ( Richard F. Shepard).
10. with child Pregnant.