to soothe a crying baby

  • 1soothe — [ suð ] verb transitive 1. ) to make someone more calm and more relaxed when they are feeling nervous, worried, or upset: She was doing her best to soothe the crying baby. The news wasn t enough to soothe nerves on Wall Street. 2. ) to make… …

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  • 2soothe — UK [suːð] / US [suð] verb [transitive] Word forms soothe : present tense I/you/we/they soothe he/she/it soothes present participle soothing past tense soothed past participle soothed 1) to make someone more calm and more relaxed when they are… …

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  • 3soothe — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset, or angry: Rocking often soothes a crying baby. 2 to make a pain less severe: I bought some lozenges to soothe my sore throat. soothing adjective: gentle, soothing music soothingly… …

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  • 4Baby colic — This page is about Baby colic. For other types of colic, see Colic. Cholic redirects here. For cholic acid, see Cholic acid. Colic Classification and external resources Crying newborn …

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  • 5soothe — 01. A good hot bath will help to [soothe] those sore muscles. 02. The smell of her perfume [soothed] and relaxed him, and he soon fell asleep. 03. The mother stroked her baby s back to [soothe] him, and put him to sleep. 04. The father held his… …

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  • 6Next Door's Baby — Cast Recording Judd Music Ltd Music Matthew Strachan Lyrics Matthew Strachan …

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  • 7shah — shah1 [shä, shô] n. [Pers šāh, akin to Sans kṣáyati, (he) rules < IE base * kthē(i) , to acquire, gain power over > Gr kteanon, possessions] the title of any of the former rulers of Iran shah2 [shô] interj. hush; be quiet: sometimes used to …

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  • 8Bogeyman — For other uses, see Bogeyman (disambiguation). Goya s Here Comes the Bogey Man (Aquí viene el Coco) c.1797 A bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman or boogieman) is an amorphous imaginary …

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  • 9Dummy — In science experiments, a substance without any active ingredient, a placebo. In the UK, a pacifier: an artificial nipple, usually made of plastic, upon which an infant can suck to gain some solace and quiet down. Dummies have been claimed to… …

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  • 10Pacifier — An artificial nipple, usually made of plastic, upon which an infant can suck to gain some solace and quiet down. A pacifier is called by other names in other countries including a dummy in the U.K. Pacifiers have been claimed to cause early… …

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