1to be pregnant
2to produce offspring
3to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
4fig. replete with (culture etc)
Example
xǐ喜mǎ馬lā拉yǎ雅shān山mài脈bèi被chēng稱wèi為yà亞zhōu洲de的shuǐ水tǎ塔，yùn yù孕育liǎo了zhǎng長jiāng江、héng恆hé河、yìn印dù度hé河děng等1100tiáo條zhǔ yào主要hé líu河流。
喜馬拉雅山脈被稱為亞洲的水塔，孕育了長江、恆河、印度河等 10 條主要河流。
Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.