pregnant
(adjective) carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
pregnant, fraught(p)
(adjective) filled with or attended with; “words fraught with meaning”; “an incident fraught with danger”; “a silence pregnant with suspense”
pregnant, meaning(a), significant
(adjective) rich in significance or implication; “a meaning look”; “a significant silence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pregnant (comparative more pregnant, superlative most pregnant)
(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
(of a couple) Expecting a baby together.
(comparable) Having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
(now, poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground etc.).
(obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
(obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
• (carrying offspring (standard)): expecting, expecting a baby, expectant, gravid (of animals only), with child, fertilized
• (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)): eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in a family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout
• (carrying offspring (euphemistic)): in an interesting condition, in a family way
• (having many possibilities or implications): meaningful, significant
• See also pregnant
• (carrying developing offspring): in trouble
pregnant (plural pregnants)
A pregnant person.
pregnant (comparative more pregnant, superlative most pregnant)
(now, rare) Compelling; clear, evident. [from 14th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Preg"nant, a. Etym: [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. prégnant. See Gender, 2d Kin.]
1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." Prynne. " A pregnant brevity." E. Everett.
3. Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. [Obs.] Evelyn. Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. Shak. Pregnant construction (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.
Preg"nant, n.
Definition: A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison.
Preg"nant, a. Etym: [F. prenant taking. Cf. Pregnable.]
Definition: Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] " Pregnant to good pity." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
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