Midwife
11midwife — UK [ˈmɪdˌwaɪf] / US noun [countable] Word forms midwife : singular midwife plural midwives UK [ˈmɪdˌwaɪvz] / US a nurse whose job is to look after women when they are giving birth to a baby …
12midwife — [14] A midwife is etymologically a ‘with woman’. The mid element represents the long extinct preposition mid ‘with’ (its Germanic relatives are still alive and well: German mit, Dutch met, and Swedish and Danish med). Wife preserves the original… …
13midwife — I. noun Etymology: Middle English midwif, from mid with (from Old English) + wif woman Date: 14th century 1. a person who assists women in childbirth compare nurse midwife 2. one that helps to produce or bring forth something II. transitive verb… …
14midwife — /mid wuyf /, n., pl. midwives / wuyvz /, v., midwifed or midwived, midwifing or wiving. n. 1. a person trained to assist women in childbirth. 2. a person or thing that produces or aids in producing something new or different. v.t. 3. to assist in …
15midwife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ certified nurse (AmE), qualified (esp. BrE), registered (BrE) ▪ community (BrE), local MIDWIFE + VERB ▪ deliver a baby …
16midwife — [[t]mɪ̱dwaɪf[/t]] midwives N COUNT A midwife is a nurse who is trained to deliver babies and to advise pregnant women …
17midwife — Pale keiki. ♦ To act as midwife, ho ohānau …
18Midwife toad — Alytes obstetricans Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
19Midwife Salome — Salome (right) as midwife, bathing the infant Jesus, is a common figure in Orthodox icons of the Nativity (fresco, XII c., Dark Church , Open Air Museum, Goreme, Cappadocia. Midwife Salome is a midwife at the Nativity of Jesus who appears in… …
20midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs. [1900 05] * * * ▪ amphibian slow moving,… …
