childbearing

noun

Etymology

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

  1. inherited from childberyng

Definitions

  1. The process of giving birth

    The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

    • From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.

    • Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.
    • In these cases, fish intake rates specific to females of childbearing age are most appropriate when assessing exposures to developmental toxicants.
  3. Of a woman's hips, attractively wide.

    • Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at childbearing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01childbearing02parturition03mother04gestates05gestate06delivery07birth

A definitional loop anchored at childbearing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at childbearing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA