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babying

SayBAY-bee-ing/ˈbeɪ̯.bi.ɪŋ/

2 meanings of babying

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    Treating someone like a baby by giving them too much care and protection.

    Like helping someone so much that they never learn to do anything alone.

    All that babying made him unable to solve problems on his own.

    She finally stopped the babying and let her son cook for himself.

    Similarcoddling, pampering, mollycoddling, overprotection, cosseting

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of baby. Use this form for the action happening right now.

    Stop babying your brother; he can tie his own shoes.

    She is babying the new puppy way too much.

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babying is a form of baby

baby, verb: To give someone or something a lot of care and attention, sometimes too much, as if they were a baby. Full entry

Forms
babybabies he/she/itbabying -ing formbabied past tense, past participle
Spelling
baby → babying: add -ing

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