Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PREGNANT
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
Etymology 1
Adjective
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.
Synonyms
• (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
Hyponyms
• (carrying developing offspring): in trouble
Noun
pregnant (plural pregnants)
A pregnant person.
Etymology 2
Adjective
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
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