childbearing
nounEtymology
From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.
- inherited from childberyng
Definitions
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.
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.
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
Derived
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.
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.
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