Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give birth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: give birth
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To release live offspring from the body into the environment.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become the parent of by birthing.

Transitive verb

verb

To become the source of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It was clear that she was about to give birth."
"She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl."
"The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack."
"The rest of the Orville's crew underwent changes as well. Bortus' beliefs were challenged when he gave birth to a daughter - on Moclan society, males are the dominant species and females must undergo a mandatory sex change."
"Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass."

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives birth (present, singular) giving birth (participle, present) gave birth (past) given birth (participle, past)

Derived Forms

birthgiver

Phrases

have a the baby be born give rise to go into labor in labor

Frequently Paired Words

bear birth born have a the baby be born beget give rise to

Synonyms

shit out deliver bear birth have

Questions

What does give birth mean?: To release live offspring from the body into the environment.

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