To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
To scrape as if with a razor.
To demolish; to level to the ground.
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.