absol. To conceive or bear a child.

intransitive. To bear a child; to be delivered.

intransitive. Of a woman or other female mammal: to give birth to offspring. Now rare (usually in historical contexts).

intransitive. Of a woman: to undergo childbirth; to be in labour; = travail, v. 3. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

To be in child-birth. Cf. shout, v. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a woman or animal: to give birth; to produce young. Of a plant: to bear fruit. Also figurative.

intransitive. Of a female animal (esp. a bitch): to give birth to young, to litter. Also in extended use.

to fall in two: (Scottish) to give birth to a child. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a woman: to give birth to a child. Obsolete. rare.

to have one's bed: to give birth to a child, ‘lie in’. Obsolete.

intransitive. colloquial. Of a person: to give birth. rare.

West African. to put to bed: to give birth. Also: to give birth to (a child).