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[ burth ] / bɜrθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR birth ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth. high or noble lineage: to be foolishly vain about one's birth. natural heritage: a musician by birth. any coming into existence; origin; beginning: the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea. Archaic. something that is born. verb (used with object) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.to give birth to. to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for. Idioms for birthgive birth to, - to bear (a child).
- to initiate; originate: Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.
Origin of birth1150–1200; Middle English byrthe<Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish byrth; cognate with Old English gebyrd,Old High German giburt,Gothic gabaurths SYNONYMS FOR birth3 parentage, ancestry, line, blood, family. 6 start, commencement, inception, genesis; launching, inauguration. SEE SYNONYMS FOR birth ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM birthmul·ti·birth, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH birthberth, birth Words nearby birthbiromantic, birota, birr, birrus, birse, birth, birth canal, birth certificate, birth control, birth-control pill, birth date Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for birthTo be safe, I always parked at the other end of the valley and entered the wetland from there, giving the cabin a wide birth. How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular Science We went through birth pain through Civil Rights in the 60s, and we’re going through it again now. Debbie Allen’s Grandmother Love Doubled|Joi-Marie McKenzie|September 11, 2020|Essence.com Though she was “assigned the male sex at birth,” Carlos knew early in her life that she was a girl, and was baffled that others couldn’t see that. Trans musician celebrated in new biography|Terri Schlichenmeyer|September 11, 2020|Washington Blade All you need is identification showing your date of birth and that you live in the state. It’s time to check your voter registration—here’s how|John Kennedy|September 10, 2020|Popular Science
Perhaps our potential to think, learn and reason was not set from birth, he proposed. A secret of science: Mistakes boost understanding|Rachel Kehoe|September 10, 2020|Science News For Students Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion. Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Women are more likely to recover sooner from birth and less likely to experience post-partum depression. How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome. Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Nothing much to use in cleaning up the baby and his mother after the birth, no place to dispose of the placenta. Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.|Gene Robinson|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother. Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST At last he said: "There has been something worm-eaten in you from your birth." His childhood and his youth may be considered from his birth till forty years of age. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth|Lewis H. Berens But the pride of birth and blood is common to all nations, perhaps less so in England than elsewhere. The Mother of Parliaments|Harry Graham Only the strongest have been able to survive the ordeals of birth and childhood. Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis Most of its members were nominated at birth or in childhood and elected as soon as they were twenty-one. The Grain Of Dust|David Graham Phillips
British Dictionary definitions for birth
nounthe process of bearing young; parturition; childbirthRelated adjective: natal the act or fact of being born; nativity the coming into existence of something; origin ancestry; lineageof high birth noble ancestrya man of birth natural or inherited talentan artist by birth archaic the offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother give birth - to bear (offspring)
- to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
verb (tr) rareto bear or bring forth (a child) Word Origin for birthC12: from Old Norse byrth; related to Gothic gabaurths, Old Swedish byrdh, Old High German berd child; see bear 1, bairn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with birthThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to birthdelivery, beginning, childbirth, creation, origin, emergence, dawn, opening, bearing, travail, childbearing, labor, birthing, nascency, producing, parturition, natality, nativity, outset, dawning Medical definitions for birth
n.The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother. The act or process of bearing young; parturition. The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location. The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance. Origin; extraction. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for birth
NounThe emergence and separation of offspring from the body of its mother, seen in all mammals except monotremes. AdjectivePresent at birth, as a defect in a bodily structure. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |