1. имя существительное 1) рождение, появление на свет Например: an artist by birth — художник по призванию normal birth — ничем не осложнённое появление на свет premature birth — преждевременное появление на свет she weighed seven pounds at birth — при рождении она весила семь фунтов of noble birth — знатного происхождения 2) роды Синоним(ы): delivery, lying-in 3) начало, источник; происхождение Например: to give birth to — дать начало (чему-либо) Синоним(ы): spring, source 2. глагол [редкое] 1) рожать 2) порождать
размножение, рождение
появление; зарождение
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran 1. a. the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b. the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb 2. a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place Example: a Southerner by birth 3. a. lineage, extraction Example: marriage between equals in birth b. high or noble birth 4. a. archaic one that is born b. beginning, start Example: the birth of an idea II. verb transitive verb 1. chiefly dialect to bring forth 2. a. to give rise to; originate b. to give birth to intransitive verb to bring forth or be brought forth as a child or young III. adjective biological 3 Example: his birth mother