We found 3 definitions of giving birth from 2 different sources.
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giving birth - the process of giving birth | ||
parturition, birth, birthing | ||
biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms | ||
reproduction the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | ||
brooding, incubation sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | ||
calving giving birth to a calf | ||
accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | ||
farrow, farrowing the production of a litter of pigs | ||
hatching, hatch a movable barrier covering a hatchway | ||
egg laying, laying the production of eggs (especially in birds) | ||
childbed, lying-in, parturiency, travail, confinement, labour, labor concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" |