26984 words

pregnant

4 definitions • 7 examples
1
(of a woman and some female animals) having a baby or babies developing inside the womb:

Examples:

She's five and a half months pregnant.
become pregnant My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant.
get someone pregnant He denied rumours that he'd got (= made) his bandmate pregnant.
pregnant with My sister is pregnant with twins.
2
filled with meaning or importance that has not yet been expressed or understood:

Examples:

pregnant pause There followed a pregnant pause in which both knew what the other was thinking but neither knew what to say.
3
(of female mammals) having young developing in the uterus:

Examples:

She’s seven months pregnant.
4
filled with meaning that has not been expressed:

Examples:

There followed a pregnant pause in which each knew what the other was thinking but neither knew what to say.

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