to birth
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2.3
- verb
- /bɜrθ/
- The woman had birthed her baby and was nursing it, while her prior child watched.
- birth a child
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Watch on YouTubeThere was no one non human that gave birth to a human didn't work like that.
- There was no one non human that gave birth to a human didn't work like that.
- I think it also takes a certain type of woman to birth naturally.
- Like now when we birth, now we can consciously choose to birth a child.
- But I can't even like to give birth both ways.
- Because it is a thing that when women give birth, sometimes they crap.
- That her twins, which mean her twins that she's birthed are not Herman's.
- No shame and being giving birth to life.
- Let me just exit birth footage, one of whom I'm giving birth to.
- At an elephant giving birth, humans giving birth, that's carved.
Examples
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Have you birthed many babies?
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I remember that women have always birthed with women: wise women, gentle women, a cradling community of women.
Fiction book (1996) -
Women carry the baby, they birth the baby, they feed the baby.
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When finally she began birthing live babies again, Father had come to view children differently.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tanya birthed her twins at home.
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Thereafter, she lived among the elephants and birthed many calves, all of them just as intelligent as humans.
Academic text (2018) -
In the quiet of the barn, the farmer watched as his cow birthed a healthy calf.
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After many hours of labor, she finally birthed her first child with the help of a midwife.
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The cat birthed three tiny kittens under the porch this morning.
Synonyms
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1.7
To give birth to a baby or young animal
291
1.4
To have a baby or young animal from your body
183
3.9
To help a woman give birth
132
6.2
To give birth to a child or produce fruit
7
8.1
To give birth to a child or young animal
2
1.9
To have a baby when it comes out of the mother's body
1
7.5
To give birth to a group of baby animals at once
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
115
2.1
An official paper that shows a person's name, date, and place when they were born
- Specialized
34
2.7
A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
19
9.9
A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
- Specialized
10
3.5
A passage from a mother's womb through the vagina that a baby passes during childbirth
3
6.9
A situation you are born into, like your family or country, that affects your life and you cannot change
- Specialized
1
6.7
A birth when a baby comes out feet or bottom first instead of head first
1
3.5
Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control
- Specialized
1
7.5
The belief that Jesus was born to Mary without a human father by the Holy Spirit
1
6.0
A way to have a baby with little medical equipment, often at home or in a birth center
- Specialized
1
5.8
Strong emotional distress a parent has during a difficult childbirth or after it, such as anxiety and bad memories
- Specialized
1
7.5
A type of reproduction where an animal grows from an egg that has not been fertilized
- Specialized
1
3.6
Childbirth in which the mother moves and changes position to help labor
- Specialized
Emotional harm some people think a baby gets during birth that may affect later life
A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted
A person who works to make birth control and family planning easier to get
- Specialized
A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Birth as a verb means to give life to a baby and is tied to the old verb bear, which means 'to carry' or 'to bring into the world'. That's why to birth a child is to cause it to be born.