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# newborn

adjective (newborn); noun (a newborn, newborns)

«newborn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Just born, only a few hours, days or weeks old: «a newborn baby», «a newborn lamb». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#m1)
2. (noun) A baby that has just been born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on life cycles: newborn animals need milk and care from their parents; some, like foals, can walk within hours, while human newborns cannot. In family life: «a newborn brother or sister», help by being quiet when the baby sleeps. In stories it shows something very young and fragile.

### Examples

- My aunt has a newborn baby girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x1)
- The newborn lambs stayed close to their mothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x2)
- A newborn baby sleeps most of the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x3)
- Newborns need milk every few hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x4)
- The newborn foal stood up on wobbly legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x5)
- Wash your hands before you hold a newborn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/#x6)

### Note

One word: newborn (sometimes «new-born»). As a noun it is countable: a newborn, newborns. A newborn baby is also called an «infant»; a newborn human is about 50 centimetres long and weighs about 3 to 4 kilograms.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «newborn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«newborn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/newborn.html) on Mova free.