birth
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(noun) the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" |
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Synonyms: nascence, nascency, nativity |
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Related Words: alteration, change, delivery, live birth, modification, rebirth, reincarnation |
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Antonyms: death |
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(noun) the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child" or "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
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Related Words: beginning, commencement, cradle, first, kickoff, offset, outset, start, starting time |
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Antonyms: death |
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(noun) the process of giving birth |
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Synonyms: birthing, giving birth, parturition |
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Related Words: accouchement, biological process, brooding, calving, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, egg laying, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, incubation, labor, labour, laying, lying-in, organic process, parturiency, travail, vaginal birth |
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(noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents |
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Synonyms: parentage |
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Related Words: family relationship, kinship, relationship |
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(verb) give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
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Synonyms: bear, birthe, deliver, give birth, have |
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Related Words: bring forth, drop, foal, kitten, lamb, litter, produce, twin, yean |
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