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生む — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beget verb To father a child, or more broadly, to be the cause or origin of something.
  • generate verb To produce or create something, especially as an effect or output.
  • lay verb To put something down, especially in a flat or resting position.
  • procreate verb To produce offspring; to reproduce.

Senses

生む is used for these senses in English:

  • beget To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
  • generate (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
  • generate (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
  • lay an egg (of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.
  • procreate (transitive) To beget or conceive (offsprings).

generate — full definition

  1. verb To produce or create something, especially as an effect or output.
  2. verb To produce something as a result of a chemical, physical, or computational process.

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