English noun: birthing | |||
1. | birthing (process) the process of giving birth | ||
Synonyms | birth, giving birth, parturition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accouchement, brooding, calving, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, egg laying, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, incubation, labor, labour, laying, lying-in, parturiency, travail, vaginal birth | ||
Part meronym | reproduction | ||