Girth vs. Birth — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Girth and Birth
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Girth
The measurement around the middle of something, especially a person's waist
An ivy-clad tree of immense girth
A pike with a girth of 24 inches
Idle men of great girth
Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the fetus at a developmental stage when it is ready to feed and breathe.
Girth
A band attached to a saddle and fastened around a horse's belly to keep the saddle in place.
Birth
The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being
Despite a difficult birth he's fit and healthy
He was blind from birth
Girth
Surround; encircle
The four seas that girth Britain
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Birth
Give birth to (a baby or other young)
She birthed five children within ten years
Girth
The distance around something; the circumference.
Birth
The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
Girth
Size; bulk:a person of large girth.
Birth
The act or process of bearing young; parturition
The mare's second birth.
Girth
A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch.
Birth
The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location
An incident that took place before my birth.
A Bostonian by birth.
Girth
To measure the circumference of.
Birth
The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance
Strong-willed by birth.
Acquired their wealth through birth.
Girth
To encircle.
Birth
Origin; extraction
Of Swedish birth.
Of humble birth.
Girth
To secure with a girth.
Birth
Noble or high status
Persons of birth.
Girth
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
Birth
A beginning or commencement.
Girth
The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
Birth
To deliver (a baby).
Girth
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
Birth
Chiefly Southern US To bear (a child).
Girth
A small horizontal brace or girder.
Birth
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
Girth
The distance measured around an object.
Birth
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
Girth
(graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
Birth
(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
The birth of an empire
Girth
To bind as if with a girth or band.
Birth
(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
Girth
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.
Birth
That which is born.
Girth
The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.
He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
Birth
Misspelling of berth
Girth
A small horizontal brace or girder.
Birth
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Girth
To bind as with a girth.
Birth
(transitive) To bear or give birth to (a child).
Girth
The distance around a person's body
Birth
To produce, give rise to.
Girth
Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
Birth
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; - generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
Girth
Encircle or bind;
Trees girded the green fields
Birth
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.
Girth
Tie a cinch around;
Cinch horses
Birth
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name.
Birth
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
Birth
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
Poets are far rarer births than kings.
Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
Birth
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
Birth
See Berth.
Birth
The time when something begins (especially life);
They divorced after the birth of the child
His election signaled the birth of a new age
Birth
The event of being born;
They celebrated the birth of their first child
Birth
The process of giving birth
Birth
The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Birth
Give birth (to a newborn);
My wife had twins yesterday!
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