give birth means "cause to be born". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
What is another word for give birth?
Close synonyms include deliver, bear, birth, have. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is give birth a common word?
give birth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for give birth come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.