give birth

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give birth

verb gives birth · giving birth · gave birth · given birth

  1. intransitive, of viviparous animals To release live offspring from the body into the environment. It was clear that she was about to give birth.
  2. transitive, of viviparous animals, with to To become the parent of by birthing. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

    Similar: shit out

  3. figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually, with to To become the source of. Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.

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verb produce new life

Españoldar a luz, parir, jedar, aliviarse
한국어낳다 nata
日本語生む umu, 産む umu
中文生 shēng, 生育 shēngyù, 產 /产 chǎn
हिन्दीजन्म देना janma denā
Portuguêsdar à luz, parir
Françaismettre au monde, accoucher, donner naissance
Deutschgebären, zur Welt bringen
Italianodare alla luce, venire al mondo, far nascere, partorire
Ελληνικάγεννώ gennó
Românănaște
Русскийрожа́ть rožátʹ, рожда́ть roždátʹ, роди́ть rodítʹ, производи́ть на свет proizvodítʹ na svet, произвести́ на свет proizvestí na svet
Tiếng Việtsinh, đẻ
العربيةوَلَدَ walada, أَنْجَبَ ʔanjaba
עבריתיָלַד yalád, הוֹלִיד holíd, הִמְלִיט himlít

verb to become the source of

Españolparir
Русскийпорожда́ть poroždátʹ, породи́ть porodítʹ

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@misc{give_birth_2026,
  title = {give birth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/give%20birth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}