birth | |
1. n. The process of childbearing; the beginning of life. | |
2. n. An instance of childbirth. | |
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births. | |
3. n. A beginning or start; a point of origin. | |
the birth of an empire | |
4. n. The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing. | |
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him. | |
5. n. That which is born. | |
6. n. misspelling of berth | |
7. adj. A familial relationship established by childbirth. | |
Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather. | |
8. v. (dated, or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child). | |
9. v. (figuratively) To produce, give rise to. | |