CHILD

noun a female infant.

2. child ·vi to give birth; to produce young.

3. child ·noun a noble youth. ·see childe.

4. child ·noun a descendant, however remote;

— used ·esp. in the plural; as, the children of israel; the children of edom.

5. child ·noun 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.

6. child ·noun 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.

7. child ·noun 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.