Birth

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
  • noun. The act or process of bearing young; parturition.
  • noun. The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance.
  • noun. Origin; extraction.
  • noun. Noble or high status.
  • noun. A beginning or commencement. synonym: beginning.
  • transitive verb. To deliver (a baby).
  • transitive verb. To bear (a child).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See berth.
  • noun. The fact of being born; nativity.
  • noun. By extension, any act or fact of coming into existence; beginning; origination: as, the birth of Protestantism.
  • noun. The act of bearing or bringing forth; parturition: as, “at her next birth,”
  • noun. The condition into which a person is born; lineage; extraction; descent: as, Grecian birth; noble birth: sometimes, absolutely, descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors: as, a man of birth.
  • noun. That which is born; that which is produced.
  • noun. Nature; kind; sex; natural character.
  • noun. In astrology, nativity; fortune.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings.
  • noun. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
  • noun. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
  • noun. The act of bringing forth.
  • noun. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
  • noun. Origin; beginning.
  • noun. regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.
  • noun. See berth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process of childbearing.
  • noun. An instance of childbirth.
  • noun. A beginning or start; a point of origin.
  • noun. The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
  • adjective. A familial relationship established by childbirth.
  • verb. To bear or give birth to (a child).
  • verb. To produce, give rise to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to be born
  • noun. the process of giving birth
  • noun. the time when something begins (especially life)
  • noun. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
  • noun. a baby born; an offspring
  • noun. the event of being born
  • Word Usage
    "Another objection was her birth: "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" but as it was _birth merely and solely_, {p. 254} this has been abandoned."
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    Earth  Perth  Wentworth  berth  dearth  
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    God  Hooke  achievement  age  beauty  
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    birthed  birthing  births