give birth

Definition

To release live offspring from the body into the environment.

Example Sentences

• "It was clear that she was about to give birth."
• "She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl."
• "The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack."

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