Hypernyms for "birth"
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accouchement
bear
brooding
calve
calving
carry
childbearing
childbed
childbirth
confinement
cradle
cub
delivery
drop
egg laying
expect
farrow
farrowing
fawn
foal
gestate
hatch
hatching
have a bun in the oven
have young
incubation
kitten
labor
labour
lamb
laying
litter
live birth
lying-in
parturiency
pig
posthumous birth
pup
rebirth
reincarnation
renascence
travail
twin
vaginal birth
whelp
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.