midwife

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): mɪd.waɪf

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mid‧wife

Noun

Singular midwife

Plural midwives

A midwife helping a woman give birth

1. (countable) A midwife is a person, usually a woman, who has been trained to help women during childbirth.

   A century ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world, because the hospitals were too far away.

Verb

Plain form midwife

Third-person singular midwives

Past tense midwived

Past participle midwived

Present participle midwiving

Plain form midwife

Third-person singular midwifes

Past tense midwifed

Past participle midwifed

Present participle midwifing

1. (transitive) If someone midwifes, she acts as a midwife.

This section needs someone to add example sentences to it.