give birth

give birth
verb
1. cause to be born (Freq. 2)
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My wife had twins yesterday!

• Syn: ↑deliver, ↑bear, ↑birth, ↑have
• Derivationally related forms: ↑birth (for: ↑birth), ↑delivery (for: ↑deliver)
• Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑bring forth
• Hyponyms:
↑twin, ↑drop, ↑foal, ↑cub, ↑kitten, ↑lamb, ↑litter, ↑whelp, ↑pup, ↑farrow, ↑pig, ↑fawn, ↑calve, ↑have young, ↑have a bun in the oven, ↑bear, ↑carry, ↑gestate, ↑expect
• Verb Group: ↑have a bun in the oven, ↑bear, ↑carry, ↑gestate, ↑expect
• Entailment: ↑conceive
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s

2. create or produce an idea (Freq. 1)
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Marx and Engels gave birth to communism

• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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phrasal
: to bear a child

she gave birth last Friday

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give birth
Of a mother, to bear or produce a baby
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Main Entry: ↑birth

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bear a child or young

she's due to give birth in March | she gave birth to a son

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give birth
1 of a mother : produce a baby from the body

Did she give birth in a hospital or at home?

— usually + to

He was present when his wife gave birth to his daughter.

Our cat gave birth to four kittens.

2 : to cause the beginning of something
— + to

a revolution that gave birth to a new nation

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Main Entry: ↑birth
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give birth — see ↑birth
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Main Entry: ↑give

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • give birth to — (something) to cause or be the origin of something. The popularity of the car eventually gave birth to the interstate highways. Related vocabulary: give rise to something Etymology: based on the literal meaning of give birth (= to have a baby) …   New idioms dictionary

  • give birth — ► give birth bear a child or young. Main Entry: ↑birth …   English terms dictionary

  • give birth — index propagate (increase) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • give birth to — index conceive (invent), create, make, originate, produce (manufacture), reproduce Burton s Leg …   Law dictionary

  • give birth to — HAVE, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world; N. Amer. birth; informal drop; dated mother; archaic bring forth. → birth * * * phrasal …   Useful english dictionary

  • give birth — verb a) To release live offspring from the body into the environment It was clear that she was about to give birth. b) To become the female parent of. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. See Also: bear, birth, born …   Wiktionary

  • give birth to something — give birth to (something) to cause or be the origin of something. The popularity of the car eventually gave birth to the interstate highways. Related vocabulary: give rise to something Etymology: based on the literal meaning of give birth (= to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • give birth (to someone) — phrase if a woman gives birth to a baby, she produces it from inside her body She gave birth to a baby boy. Thesaurus: pregnancy and having a babyhyponym Main entry: birth …   Useful english dictionary

  • give birth (to somebody) — give ˈbirth (to sb/sth) idiom to produce a baby or young animal • She died shortly after giving birth. • Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl. • (figurative) It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences …   Useful english dictionary

  • give birth (to something) — give ˈbirth (to sb/sth) idiom to produce a baby or young animal • She died shortly after giving birth. • Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl. • (figurative) It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences …   Useful english dictionary

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