give birth

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
give birth

Third person singular
gives birth

Simple past
gave birth

Past participle
given birth

Present participle
giving birth

give birth (third-person singular simple present gives birth, present participle giving birth, simple past gave birth, past participle given birth)

  1. To produce new life into the world; to have a baby. Transitive when used with to.
    She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
    It was clear that she was about to give birth.
  2. (idiomatic) To invent a new idea.
    Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.

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produce new life
invent a new idea
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