Pregnant
21pregnant — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praegnant , praegnans carrying a fetus, alteration of praegnas, from prae pre + gnas (akin to gignere to give birth to) more at kin Date: 14th century 1. archaic cogent 2. abounding in fancy, wit,… …
22pregnant — pregnant1 pregnantly, adv. pregnantness, n. /preg neuhnt/, adj. 1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal. 2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with): a silence… …
23pregnant — I preg•nant [[t]ˈprɛg nənt[/t]] adj. 1) med having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal 2) fraught, filled, or abounding (usu. fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense[/ex] 3)… …
24pregnant — {{11}}pregnant (adj.) late 14c., cogent, convincing, compelling (of evidence, an argument, etc.), from O.Fr. preignant, prp. of preindre, from earlier priembre, from L. premere to press (see PRESS (Cf. press) (v.1)). Sense of full of meaning is… …
25pregnant — adjective 1) she is pregnant Syn: expecting a baby, expectant, carrying a child; informal expecting, in the family way, with a bun in the oven, knocked up; chiefly Brit., informal preggers; informal, dated in trouble; archaic with child;… …
26pregnant*/ — [ˈpregnənt] adj if a woman is pregnant, she has a baby developing inside her body I was only 19 when I got pregnant.[/ex] She was pregnant with twins.[/ex] …
27pregnant — adj. 1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 2 full of meaning; significant or suggestive (a pregnant pause). 3 (esp. of a person s mind) imaginative, inventive. 4 (foll. by with) plentifully provided… …
28pregnant — [16] Latin praegnās ‘pregnant’ probably originated as a compound formed from prae ‘before’ and gnascī or nascī ‘be born’ (source of English nation, native, etc). It was altered to praegnāns, bringing it in line with present participial adjectives …
29pregnant — adjective 1) she is pregnant Syn: expecting, expectant, carrying a child; informal in the family way, preggers 2) a pregnant pause Syn: meaningful, significant, suggestive, expressive, charged …
30pregnant — With child; bearing a fetus. Anno: 16 ALR2d 951. See affirmative pregnant; negative pregnant; quick with child …
