be born

/bi bɔrn/

/bi bɔn/

Other forms: was born; been born; were born; is born; are born; being born; am born

Definitions of be born

1. verb

   come into existence through birth
   “She was born on a farm”

   antonyms:

   die

   pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

   break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad

   stop operating or functioning

   die

   suffer or face the pain of death

   types:

   hatch

   emerge from the eggs

   fall

   be born, used chiefly of lambs

   come into being, come to life

   be born or come into existence

   reincarnate, transmigrate

   be born anew in another body after death

   type of:

   change state, turn

   undergo a transformation or a change of position or action