give birth
B2 When a woman or female animal gives birth, she produces a baby or young animal from her body:
She gave birth to twins.
Our cat gave birth last night.
figurative This extraordinary experience gave birth to (= gave him the idea for) his latest novel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- bear
- birth defect
- born
- born
- breech
- C-section
- caesarean
- childbirth
- contraction
- delivery
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
- prenatal
- puerperal
- rooming-in
- section
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