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birth
[ burth ]
noun
- an act or instance of being born:
the day of his birth.
- the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition:
a difficult birth.
- lineage; extraction; descent:
of Grecian birth.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- high or noble lineage:
to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
- natural heritage:
a musician by birth.
- any coming into existence; origin; beginning:
the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- Archaic. something that is born.
verb (used with object)
- to give birth to.
- to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.
birth
/ ɜːθ /
noun
- the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth natal
- the act or fact of being born; nativity
- the coming into existence of something; origin
- ancestry; lineage
of high birth
- noble ancestry
a man of birth
- natural or inherited talent
an artist by birth
- archaic.the offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother
- give birth
- to bear (offspring)
- to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
verb
- to bear or bring forth (a child)
birth
Noun
- The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of its mother, seen in all mammals except monotremes.
Adjective
- Present at birth, as a defect in a bodily structure.
Other Word Forms
- ܱt·ٳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of birth1
Word History and Origins
Origin of birth1
Idioms and Phrases
- give birth to,
- to bear (a child).
- to initiate; originate:
Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.
More idioms and phrases containing birth
see give birth to .Example Sentences
“The asparagus sprang up every spring without fail, an old friend, a capsule of history from when life kept growing, birthed from a better time.”
In its judgement, the court said biological sex refers to "the sex of a person at birth".
Shortly after the birth of her second child, Cormac, she was faced with a dilemma.
He called for a change in the law to allow for mandatory paternity testing before a birth is registered.
At the first trial both were found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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