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What does give birth mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word give birth? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (viviparous) To release live offspring from the body into the environment
  2. (viviparous) To become the female parent of.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively, usually with to) To become the source of.
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One night a heavenly spirit appeared before the barren woman and told her that she would soon give birth to a son.
The midwife said jokingly they were quite short-staffed so they were glad I didn't give birth in the hospital.
The gestation period is one full year for manatees, and cows give birth only once every 3 to 5 years.
Every spring, female lemon sharks return to give birth in the shallow waters of a lagoon edged by a mangrove swamp.
Mrs Mason said the use of alternative therapies such as acupressure offered women more options in how they wanted to give birth.
Mammals are warm-blooded, furry, have erect stance, give birth to live young and care for them, and replace their teeth only once.

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