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Definitions for Birth

[1] an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
[2] the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition: a difficult birth.
[3] lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth.
[4] high or noble lineage: to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
[5] natural heritage: a musician by birth.
[6] any coming into existence; origin; beginning: the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.
[7] Archaic . something that is born.
[8] to give birth to.
[9] to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.
[10] give birth to , to bear (a child). to initiate; originate: Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.
[11] the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth Related adjective: natal
[12] the act or fact of being born; nativity
[13] the coming into existence of something; origin
[14] ancestry; lineage of high birth
[15] noble ancestry a man of birth
[16] natural or inherited talent an artist by birth
[17] archaic the offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother
[18] give birth to bear (offspring) to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
[19] to bear or bring forth (a child)

Words related to Birth

delivery, beginning, childbirth, creation, origin, emergence, dawn, opening, bearing, travail, childbearing, labor, birthing, nascency, producing, parturition, natality, nativity, outset, dawning

Words nearby Birth

birota, birr, birretta, birrus, birse, birth, birth canal, birth certificate, birth control, birth control pill, birth date

Origin of Birth

1150–1200; Middle English byrthe < Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish byrth; cognate with Old English gebyrd, Old High German giburt, Gothic gabaurths

Words that may be confused with Birth

berth, birth

Other words from Birth

mul·ti·birth , noun

Word origin for Birth

C12: from Old Norse byrth ; related to Gothic gabaurths , Old Swedish byrdh , Old High German berd child; see bear 1 , bairn

Synonyms for Birth

beginning, childbirth, creation, delivery, bearing, birthing, childbearing, labor, nascency, natality, nativity, parturition, producing, travail, act of God, blessed event, visit from stork