'Birth' definitions:

Definition of 'birth'

(from WordNet)
noun
The time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" [ant: death, demise, dying]
noun
The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry]
noun
The process of giving birth [syn: parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing]
noun
The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: parentage, birth]
noun
A baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
verb
Cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have]

Definition of 'Birth'

From: GCIDE
  • Birth \Birth\, n. See Berth. [Obs.] --De Foe. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Birth'

From: GCIDE
  • Birth \Birth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [OE. burth, birth, AS. beor[eth], gebyrd, fr. beran to bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorte, OHG. burt, giburt, G. geburt, Icel. bur[eth]r, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael. beirthe born, brought forth. [root]92. See 1st Bear, and cf. Berth.]
  • 1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. [1913 Webster]
  • Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. [1913 Webster]
  • A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. "At her next birth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. [1913 Webster]
  • Poets are far rarer births than kings. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. [1913 Webster]
  • New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Parentage; extraction; lineage; race; family. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'birth'

From: GCIDE
  • Berth \Berth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth." --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in. [1913 Webster]
  • Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  • To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'birth'

From: Easton
  • Birth As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Luke 2:7, 12). A Hebrew mother remained forty days in seclusion after the birth of a son, and after the birth of a daughter double that number of days. At the close of that period she entered into the tabernacle or temple and offered up a sacrifice of purification (Lev. 12:1-8; Luke 2:22). A son was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, being thereby consecrated to God (Gen. 17:10-12; comp. Rom. 4:11). Seasons of misfortune are likened to the pains of a woman in travail, and seasons of prosperity to the joy that succeeds child-birth (Isa. 13:8; Jer. 4:31; John 16:21, 22). The natural birth is referred to as the emblem of the new birth (John 3:3-8; Gal. 6:15; Titus 3:5, etc.).

Synonyms of 'birth'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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