give birth

Verb

Meaning

cause to be born

create or produce an idea

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

have bear birth deliver make get produce create father mother hatch spawn procreate whelp raise
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Antonyms

lynch nix butcher slay suffocate hit
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Hypernyms

produce bring forth create by mental act create mentally

Hyponyms

farrow cub bear pig pup kitten

Related terms

have born bear birth baby

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

Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. Robert N. Bellah

Doubts give birth to truths. Japanese Proverb

These youth taught their mother to give birth. Somali Proverb

If luck is with you, even your ox will give birth to a calf. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

give beans give benefit of the doubt give best shot give birth to give black eye give blessing