|
| birth [ burth ] |
noun (plural births) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. event of being born: the emergence of the young of a human or animal from the mother's womb into the outside world
  The father was present at the birth.
articles give birth and death dates
|
2. process of having baby: the process of having a baby or young emerge from the womb
the growing number of home births
|
3. circumstances of birth: the time or place at which a baby or other offspring is born
|
4. somebody's heritage: somebody's social or national origins
a man of noble birth
Italian by birth
|
5. origin: the origin, beginning, or formation of something
the birth of jazz
|
adjective |
|
| Definition: |
| |
biologically related as parent: biologically related to somebody, especially as a parent, rather than related by adoption
her birth mother
|
transitive verb (past and past participle birthed, present participle birth·ing, 3rd person present singular births) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
Canada have or deliver baby: to have a child emerge from the womb, or deliver a woman's child
|
| [13th century. < Old Norse byrð< Indo-European] |
|
give birth
1. to produce a child or young from the womb
2. to originate or be responsible for creating something
a revolution that gave birth to a free nation
|
