birth
1. the time when something begins (especially life) (Freq. 6)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
• Ant:
death
• Derivationally related forms:
be born
• Hypernyms:
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go,
start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
• Hyponyms:
cradle
• Part Holonyms:
life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan
2. the event of being born (Freq. 2)
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
• Syn:
nativity, nascency, nascence
• Ant:
death
• Derivationally related forms:
nascent (for: nascency), be born
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification
• Hyponyms:
delivery, live birth, posthumous birth, reincarnation, rebirth, renascence
3. the process of giving birth (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
parturition, giving birth, birthing
• Derivationally related forms:
be born
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
• Hyponyms:
brooding, incubation, calving, childbirth, childbearing,
accouchement, vaginal birth, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching,
laying, egg laying, parturiency, labor, labour, confinement,
lying-in, travail, childbed
• Part Holonyms:
reproduction
4. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
• Syn:
parentage
• Derivationally related forms:
parent (for: parentage)
• Hypernyms:
kinship, family relationship, relationship
5. a baby born;
an offspring
- the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
cause to be born
- My wife had twins yesterday!
• Syn:
give birth, deliver, bear, have
• Derivationally related forms:
delivery (for: deliver)
• Hypernyms:
produce, bring forth
• Hyponyms:
twin, drop, foal, cub, kitten,
lamb, litter, whelp, pup, farrow, pig,
fawn, calve, have young, have a bun in the oven, bear, carry,
gestate, expect
• Verb Group:
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
• Entailment:
conceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: give birth)
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