Definitions for birth



Overview of noun birth

The noun birth has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) birth

(the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age")

2. (2) birth, nativity, nascency, nascence

(the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child")

3. (1) parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing

(the process of giving birth)

4. parentage, birth

(the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents)

5. birth

(a baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births")


Overview of verb birth

The verb birth has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have

(cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")

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