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Definition of Giving birth
1. Noun. The process of giving birth.
Specialized synonyms: Brooding, Incubation, Calving, Accouchement, Childbearing, Childbirth, Vaginal Birth, Farrow, Farrowing, Hatch, Hatching, Egg Laying, Laying, Childbed, Confinement, Labor, Labour, Lying-in, Parturiency, Travail
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Group relationships: Reproduction
Derivative terms: Be Born, Birth
Definition of Giving birth
1. Verb. (present participle of give birth) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to give birth''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giving Birth
Literary usage of Giving birth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker (1768)
"... fome motive occurring at the time or elfe by the power of indifferency then
exerted. Therefore to talk of the Will by a fingle aci giving birth to many ..."
2. Garden Lore of Ancient Athens by Dorothy Burr Thompson, Ralph E. Griswold (1963)
"Leto clung to this tree while giving birth to Apollo and Artemis; Odysseus is
said to have seen a shoot of it beside the altar of Apollo. ..."
3. A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain, Now by Jehan de Wavrin, William Hardy (1864)
"... just as you have heard it, which thing came to pass as they predicted, for
the lady died in giving birth to her son, who was called Brutus. ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... gigantic accumulative powers, from incessant advances in one unvarying pursuit,
but becomes incapable of giving birth to a light lively production. ..."
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