intransitive. To give birth, have young.

intransitive. To bring forth whelps.

intransitive. To bring forth young. Now only of deer.

Of animals, occasionally transferred in contemptuous use of human beings: To bring forth (young).

Of a cat: To bring forth kittens; also of some other animals: To bring forth young, to litter. (intransitive and transitive).

= kitten, v.

intransitive. To bring forth young, as a sheep.

To give birth to (young): said of animals.

Of other animals. (See also farrowing adj. at derivatives). Obsolete. rare.

transitive and intransitive. To bring forth cubs.