birth

Speech parts

1. birth - Noun

2. birth - Adjective

3. birth - Verb

Meaning

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.

The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.

The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

See Berth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

parentage nativity have family bear blood deliver extraction lineage birthing parturition giving birth nascency nascence christmas

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Antonyms

death nib parenthood izzard grim reaper end

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Hypernyms

showtime first change person produce beginning

Hyponyms

farrow cub bear labour hatch pig

Phrases with the word

declining birth rates birth announcement country of birth at birth after birth surgical birth

Anagrams

Brith

Examples

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. Erich Fromm

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. Friedrich Nietzsche

There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana

A man prolonging his age sees a camel giving birth. Somali Proverb

Doubts give birth to truths. Japanese Proverb

These youth taught their mother to give birth. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

birsy birt birt-hogg-dube syndrome birth abnormality birth announcement birth anomaly