Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the act of producing or bringing forth children.
adjective
- capable of, suitable for, or relating to the bearing of a child or of children: the childbearing years.
noun
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- the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- (as modifier)of child-bearing age
also childbearing, “bringing forth of a child,” late 14c., from child + verbal noun of bear (v.). As an adjective from late 14c.
n.
- Pregnancy and parturition.