- give birth
- verb1. cause to be born (Freq. 2)-
My wife had twins yesterday!
• 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:-Somebody ——s somebody
-Somebody ——s
2. create or produce an idea (Freq. 1)-Marx and Engels gave birth to communism
• Hypernyms: ↑create by mental act, ↑create mentally• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
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phrasal: to bear a childshe gave birth last Friday
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give birthOf a mother, to bear or produce a baby• • •Main Entry: ↑birth* * *
bear a child or youngshe's due to give birth in March | she gave birth to a son
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give birth1 of a mother : produce a baby from the bodyDid she give birth in a hospital or at home?
— usually + toHe was present when his wife gave birth to his daughter.
Our cat gave birth to four kittens.
2 : to cause the beginning of something— + toa revolution that gave birth to a new nation
• • •Main Entry: ↑birth————————give birth — see ↑birth• • •Main Entry: ↑give
Useful english dictionary. 2012.