Meaning & use

Diapered

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Put a diaper on a baby or young child.

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She diapered the baby quickly before the next feeding.

New parents often feel awkward the first time they diapered their newborn.

A note on using this word

"Diaper" originally referred to a type of patterned fabric before it came to mean the absorbent garment for infants in American English; British English instead uses "nappy."

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