pregnant

Definitions


[ˈprɛɡnənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus
(e.g: she was heavily pregnant with her second child)

- full of meaning; significant or suggestive
(e.g: a pregnant pause)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries