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RELATED WORDS : active birth alternative birth birth birth canal birth certificate birth control birth control device birth control pill birth defect birth pangs birth prevention birth rate birth trauma breech birth calendar method of birth control give give a damn give a hand give a hang give a hoot give a lift give and take give away give back give birth to give care give chase give ear give forth give full measure give ground give in give it a try give it a whirl give it the deep six give notice give off give one's best give or take give out give over give rise give suck give thanks give the axe give the bounce give the eye give the gate give the glad eye give the once over give the sack give the word give tongue to give up give vent give voice give way give way to given birth giving birth live birth new birth place of birth posthumous birth rhythm method of birth control vaginal birth virgin birth

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb give birth has 2 senses

• give birth(v = verb.body) bear, birth, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"
is one way to bring forth, produce
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

• give birth(v = verb.creation) Array - create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"
is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

THESAURUS

give birth

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, energize, farrow, fawn, foal, give life to, have, have a baby, have young, inspirit, kitten, labor, lamb, lie in, litter, pup, quicken, throw, travail, vitalize, vivify, whelp, yean

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