1. (

• birth

) the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" ;

2. (

• birth ,
• nativity ,
• nascency ,
• nascence

) the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" ;

3. (

• parturition ,
• birth ,
• giving_birth ,
• birthing

) the process of giving birth ;

4. (

• parentage ,
• birth

) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents ;

5. (

• birth

) a baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births" ;

1. (

• give_birth ,
• deliver ,
• bear ,
• birth ,
• have

) cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" ;