| Pronunciation: | | b'urthing
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| Matching Terms: | | birthing center, birthing room
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- [n] the process of giving birth
- [adj] having to do with birth; "a birthing center"; "birthing counselor"; "a lying-in hospital"
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| | Synonyms: | | aborning, birth, giving birth, lying-in, parturition |
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| | See Also: | | accouchement, biological process, brooding, calving, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, egg laying, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, incubation, labor, labour, laying, lying-in, organic process, parturiency, reproduction, travail, vaginal birth |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Birth"ing\, n. (Naut.)
Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. --Bailey.
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