Definition of birth

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Birth (n.) The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son..

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Burden :: Burden (n.) A birth.
Afterpains :: Afterpains (n. pl.) The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth..
Midwife :: Midwife (n.) A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
Navus :: Navus (n.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries..
Legitimation :: Legitimation (n.) Lawful birth.
Gentle :: Gentle (superl.) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble..
Ignoble :: Ignoble (a.) Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
Parturition :: Parturition (n.) The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
Stillborn :: Stillborn (a.) Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child..
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address..
Drop :: Drop (n.) To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb..
Benedictus :: Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.
Progeniture :: Progeniture (n.) A begetting, or birth..
Genethliacs :: Genethliacs (n.) The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth..
Heam :: Heam (n.) The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.
Country :: Country (adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship..
Twinner :: Twinner (n.) One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins.
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