n.
1) to adopt; bear, give birth to, have a ~ (she had four ~ren)
2) to carry a ~ (a mother carries a ~ for nine months)
3) to beget; conceive a ~
4) to bring up, raise, rear a ~
5) to feed; nurse; wean a ~
6) to indulge, pamper, spoil a ~
7) to toilet-train, train a ~
8) to acknowledge a ~ (as one's own)
9) to marry off one's ~
10) an adopted; foster; illegitimate, love, natural; legitimate; only; unwanted ~
11) a delinquent; disobedient; incorrigible; mischievous; problem; recalcitrant; stubborn; unruly; self-willed, willful; wayward ~
12) an indulged, pampered, spoiled ~
13) a disciplined, obedient, well-behaved ~
14) a bright, gifted, intelligent; sensitive ~
15) a precocious; young ~
16) a dull, slow; handicapped; retarded; underprivileged ~
17) a flower (of the 1960s); latchkey (who comes home to an empty house) ~
18) a happy; loving; well-cared for ~
19) an abused, mistreated; neglected ~
20) a ~ develops, grows (into adulthood)
21) ( misc. ) to be with ~ (old-fashioned) ('to be pregnant')