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Adjective: pregnant  preg-nunt
  1. Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
    "You mean maybe she's pregnant?";
    - up the spout [informal], up the duff [Brit, informal], preggo [Austral, NZ, informal], preggers [informal], up the stick [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Rich in significance or implication
    "a pregnant look";
    - meaning, significant
     
  3. Filled with or attended with
    "a silence pregnant with suspense";
    - fraught

See also: big, enceinte [archaic], expectant, full, gravid [technical], great, heavy, large, meaningful, with child [archaic]

Antonym: nonpregnant

Encyclopedia: Pregnant