Noun
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the process of giving birth
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birth,
giving birth,
birthing |
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biological process,
organic process a process occurring in living organisms
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reproduction the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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brooding,
incubation sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
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calving giving birth to a calf
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accouchement,
childbearing,
childbirth,
vaginal birth the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
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farrow,
farrowing the production of a litter of pigs
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hatching,
hatch a movable barrier covering a hatchway
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egg laying,
laying the production of eggs (especially in birds)
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childbed,
lying-in,
parturiency,
travail,
confinement,
labour,
labor concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
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