Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - birth
Birth
birth
n. & v. --n. 1 the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of its mother. 2 rhet. the beginning or coming into existence of something (the birth of civilization; the birth of socialism). 3 a origin, descent, ancestry (of noble birth). b high or noble birth; inherited position. --v.tr. US colloq. 1 to give birth to. 2 to assist (a woman) to give birth. Phrases and idioms birth certificate an official document identifying a person by name, place, date of birth, and parentage. birth control the control of the number of children one conceives, esp. by contraception. birth pill the contraceptive pill. birth rate the number of live births per thousand of population per year. give birth bear a child etc. give birth to 1 produce (young) from the womb. 2 cause to begin, found. Etymology: ME f. ON byrth f. Gmc: see BEAR(1), -TH(2)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran Date: 13th century 1. the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent, the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb, a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place , 3. lineage, extraction , high or noble ~, 4. one that is born, beginning, start , II. verb Date: 1855 transitive verb to bring forth, 2. to give rise to ; originate, to give ~ to, intransitive verb to bring forth or be brought forth as a child or young, III. adjective Date: 1975 biological 3 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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