birth pangs (noun)
1birth pangs — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑labor pains, ↑labour pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang * * * 1. pains associated with the process of childbirth. 2. Informal. the hardships and difficulties accompanying …
2birth pangs — noun The difficulty associated with a new project …
3birth pang — noun 1. : one of the regularly recurrent pains that are characteristic of childbirth usually used in plural 2. birth pangs plural : disorder and distress incident to a major organizational or social change the birth pangs of civilization * * * n …
4birth — 1. noun /bɜː(ɹ)θ/ a) The process of childbearing. He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him. b) An instance of childbirth. See Also: accident of birth, bear, birth control …
5pang — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sharp ▪ little, slight, small ▪ sudden ▪ first ▪ He felt the first pangs o …
6labor pains — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑birth pangs, ↑labour pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang * * * 1. pain encountered during the uterine contractions of childbirth. 2. difficulties, problems, or setbacks… …
7labour pains — noun a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth • Syn: ↑birth pangs, ↑labor pains • Hypernyms: ↑pang …
8japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
9Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
10pang — 1. noun a) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe See, how the pangs of death do make him grin! …
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