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| give birth |
| 1. v. (intransitive, of viviparous animals) To release live offspring from the body into the environment |
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| It was clear that she was about to give birth. |
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| 2. v. (intransitive, with to, of viviparous animals) To become the female parent of. |
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| She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. |
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| 3. v. (intransitive figuratively usually with to idiom) To become the source of. |
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| Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass. |
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| give |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. |
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| 2. v. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). |
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| I gave him my coat. |
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| I gave my coat to the beggar. |
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| When they asked, I gave my coat. |
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| birth |
| 1. n. The process of childbearing; the beginning of life. |
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| 2. n. An instance of childbirth. |
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| Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births. |
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| 3. n. A beginning or start; a point of origin. |
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| the birth of an empire |
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