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  • 71cosset — [[t]kɒ̱sɪt[/t]] cossets, cosseting, cosseted VERB: usu passive (The forms cossetting and cossetted are also used.) If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant. [be V ed] Our kind of …

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  • 72mollycoddle — [[t]mɒ̱likɒd(ə)l[/t]] mollycoddles, mollycoddling, mollycoddled VERB (disapproval) If you accuse someone of mollycoddling someone else, you are critical of them for doing too many things for the other person and protecting them too much from… …

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  • 73baby — noun (plural babies) 1》 a child or animal that is newly or recently born. 2》 a timid or childish person. 3》 informal a person with whom one is having a romantic relationship (often as a form of address). adjective comparatively small or immature… …

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  • 74baby — 1. noun 1) a newborn baby Syn: infant, newborn, child, tot, little one; informal rug rat; Scottish bairn; literary babe, babe in arms, suckling; papoose; technical neonate 2) don t be such a baby Syn: sissy, wimp …

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  • 75humor — 1. noun 1) the humor of the film Syn: comedy, comical aspect, funny side, fun, amusement, funniness, hilarity, jocularity; absurdity, ludicrousness, drollness; satire, irony, farce 2) the stories are spiced up with humor …

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  • 76mother — 1. noun 1) I will ask my mother Syn: female parent, materfamilias, matriarch; informal mom, mommy, ma, mama; old lady, old woman; chiefly Brit., informal mum, mummy 2) the foal s mother Syn …

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  • 77pet — 1. noun the teacher s pet Syn: favorite, darling, the apple of one s eye; informal fair haired boy/girl 2. adjective 1) a pet lamb Syn: tame, domesticated, domestic, housebroken, house trained 2) his pet theory …

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  • 78mother — 1. noun Syn: informal ma; Brit.; informal mum, mummy; N.Amer.; informal mom, mommy; Brit.; informal, dated mater 2. verb her colleagues mothered her Syn: look after, care for, take care of, nurse …

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  • 79baby — /ˈbeɪbi / (say baybee) noun (plural babies) 1. an infant; young child. 2. a young animal. 3. the youngest member of a family, group, etc. 4. a childish person. 5. a small bottle of wine, usually a quarter size. 6. Colloquial an invention,… …

  • 80cosset — /ˈkɒsət / (say kosuht) verb (t) 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. –noun 2. a lamb brought up by hand; a pet lamb. 3. a pet of any kind. {compare Old English cossetung kissing} …