give birth

phrase

: to have a baby

gave birth last Thursday

Examples of give birth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, gives birth to her third child. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

His wife Heather is due to give birth to their third child in late November. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Characters include a trio who broke out of prison and a woman worried about how her son-in-law will react to her daughter giving birth to a baby girl instead of a baby boy; eventually, many of them end up in the same jail cell. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Wife Heather is due to give birth to their third child in late November. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for give birth

• afterbirth
• berth
• dearth
• earth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth