KID


Meaning of KID in English

I.

noun ( informal )

ADJECTIVE

▪ little , young

▪ big , older

The older ~s had lessons in the afternoon as well.

He's like a big ~ with all this enthusiasm.

▪ cute , good , lovely ( esp. BrE ), nice

▪ cool , smart ( esp. AmE )

▪ dumb ( esp. AmE ), stupid

▪ normal

She was just a normal ~.

▪ crazy , weird

Now what are you two crazy ~s doing?

▪ poor

I feel desperately sorry for the poor ~.

▪ rich

a spoiled little rich ~

▪ fat

I was the fat ~ through most of my teenage years.

▪ scrawny , skinny

a skinny little ~ who looked to be no older than fourteen

▪ local , neighbourhood/neighborhood ( esp. AmE )

a gang of local ~s

▪ street

street ~s who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive

▪ foster

They had sixteen foster ~s and two of their own.

▪ college ( esp. AmE ), high-school ( AmE ), school (usually schoolkid )

… OF KIDS

▪ bunch , couple , crowd , gang , group

They're just a bunch of ~s.

VERB + KID

▪ have

We both wanted to have ~s.

▪ want

She had wanted more ~s.

▪ adopt , foster

They had adopted three ~s.

▪ bring up , raise ( esp. AmE )

I've tried to bring my ~s up to respect other people.

▪ educate , teach

Here are some fun ways to teach your ~s about healthy eating.

▪ look after ( esp. BrE ), take care of , watch ( esp. AmE )

She had offered to watch the ~s many times so Toby could go out.

▪ protect

legislation to protect ~s from violence and harassment in their schools

PHRASES

▪ just a ~ , only a ~

He's only a ~. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.

▪ like a ~

She was crying like a ~.

▪ kids' stuff

The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.

That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.

II.

adj.

Kid is used with these nouns: ↑ brother , ↑ sister

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .