Thesaurus: birth
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
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Definitions
- n. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
- n. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
- n. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
- n. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
- n. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
- n. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
- n. See Berth.
- n. the time when something begins (especially life)
- n. the event of being born
- n. the process of giving birth
- n. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
- n. a baby born; an offspring