midwife

noun

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mid·wife | \ ˈmid-ˌwīf

Definition of midwife

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a person who assists women in childbirth — compare nurse-midwife

2 : one that helps to produce or bring forth something

midwife

verb

midwifed\ ˈmid-ˌwīft

\ or midwived\ ˈmid-ˌwīvd

\; midwifing\ ˈmid-ˌwī-fiŋ

\ or midwiving\ ˈmid-ˌwī-viŋ

Definition of midwife (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about

Examples of midwife in a Sentence

Noun a trained and certified midwife

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun My fiancée doesn’t want to be the one to inject the semen, so the midwife does her thing. — refinery29.com, 1 June 2021 And, when the paramedics came, and checked us out, and the midwife finally got there. — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 May 2021 Seeking the help of a midwife (Zainab Jah), Lucy tries to find out just how Dr. Hindle complicated her pregnancy. — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 26 May 2021 Low-grade fevers, for example, are quite common among breast-feeding women, my midwife told me for this article. — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 24 May 2021 Like doctors actively ending life, this seems so contrary to the vocation of the midwife. — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 17 May 2021 Patricia Loftman, a nurse-midwife, was one of a handful of Black students in her graduating class, in the nineteen-eighties. — Sarah Weiser, The New Yorker, 13 May 2021 When Garbellini would ask her midwife questions, there seemed to be no clear answers. — cincinnati.com, 7 May 2021 Ugandan community nurse midwife Harriet Nayiga for Nursing Times magazine. — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb In recent days, amid a rising impeachment furor, the White House has scrambled to midwife a compromise between ethanol advocates and the oil industry. — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019

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