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21birth — /berrth/, n. 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… …
22birth — /bɜθ / (say berth) noun 1. the act of bringing forth young; parturition. 2. the fact of being born: the day of his birth. 3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth. 4. supposedly natural heritage: a musician by birth. 5. that which is… …
23birth — {{11}}birth (n.) early 13c., from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. *byrðr (replacing cognate O.E. gebyrd birth, descent, race; offspring; nature; fate ), from P.Gmc. *gaburthis (Cf. O.Fris. berd, O.S. giburd, Du. geboorte, O.H.G. giburt, Ger.… …
24birth*/*/ — [bɜːθ] noun 1) [C/U] the occasion when a baby is born We are happy to announce the birth of our son Andrew.[/ex] James has been blind from birth.[/ex] children who have medical problems at birth[/ex] Her place of birth was listed as Oxford.[/ex]… …
25birth — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran Date: 13th century 1. a. the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b. the act or process of bringing forth young from… …
26birth — 1. Passage of the offspring from the uterus to the outside world; the act of being born. 2. Specifically, in the human, complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a fetus, irrespective of gestational age, and regardless of whether or not …
27Birth — 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 …
28birth — [[t]bɜrθ[/t]] n. 1) med an act or instance of being born: day of birth[/ex] 2) med the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition 3) lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth[/ex] 4) high or noble lineage… …
29birth — Synonyms and related words: Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abiogenesis, abortion, accouchement, affiliation, allele, allelomorph …
30birth — noun 1) Nick arrived just in time for the birth Syn: childbirth, delivery, nativity, birthing; blessed/happy event; formal parturition; dated confinement; archaic accouchement, childbed Ant: death 2) the birth of science Syn …
