Give birth
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To release live offspring from the body into the environment. intransitive
"It was clear that she was about to give birth."
- 2 cause to be born wordnet
- 3 To become the parent of by birthing. transitive
"She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl."
- 4 create or produce an idea wordnet
- 5 To become the source of. figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually
"Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass."
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More examples"It was clear that she was about to give birth."