01 a. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
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1.
Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
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2.
Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
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3.
Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.[Obs.]“Wherein the pregnant enemy does much.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Pregnant construction —
one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.