(to give birth)
11give birth to — HAVE, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world; N. Amer. birth; informal drop; dated mother; archaic bring forth. → birth * * * phrasal …
12give birth — verb a) To release live offspring from the body into the environment It was clear that she was about to give birth. b) To become the female parent of. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. See Also: bear, birth, born …
13To give birth to — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… …
14give birth to — Synonyms and related words: author, bear, beget, birth, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to birth, bring to effect, bring to pass, cause, conceive, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender, establish, father, found, generate, gestate, give… …
15give birth to — {v. phr.} 1. To bear live offspring. * /The mother gave birth to twin baby girls./ 2. To bring about; create; occasion. * /Beethoven gave birth to a new kind of symphony./ …
16give birth to — {v. phr.} 1. To bear live offspring. * /The mother gave birth to twin baby girls./ 2. To bring about; create; occasion. * /Beethoven gave birth to a new kind of symphony./ …
17give\ birth\ to — v. phr. 1. To bear live offspring. The mother gave birth to twin baby girls. 2. To bring about; create; occasion. Beethoven gave birth to a new kind of symphony …
18give birth to — she gave birth to twins Syn: have, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world; birth; informal drop; dated mother; archaic bring forth …
19give birth — Synonyms and related words: animate, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, breathe life into, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life, call into being, call into existence, calve, cast, conceive, drop, endow with life,… …
20give birth — phrasal to have a baby < gave birth last Thursday > …
