noun
Alternative form of babe (“as a term of endearment to a loved one”).
Are you all right, babes?
ADJ.
all, gorgeous, naked, right
All the babes at the party were dressed up for the big celebration last night.
VERB + BABES
mouths
The mother gently wiped the food from the babes' mouths after they finished eating.
BABES + NOUN
beach, sucklings
The babes on the beach built sandcastles while their parents watched from under umbrellas.
PREP.
in
We left the babes in their cribs while we went downstairs for dinner.
From the comments of children, who are honest and innocent, . . . (comes truth or wisdom).
Not only out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, but out of the mouths of fools and cheats, we may often get our truest lessons.
Alternative form of out of the mouths of babes.
Are you all right, babes?
WiktionaryHe was accompanied by a bevy of buxom babes.
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