pregnant
Speech parts
1. pregnant - Noun
2. pregnant - Adjective
3. pregnant - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
A pregnant woman.
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
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words fraught with meaning
an incident fraught with danger
a silence pregnant with suspense
a meaning look
a significant silence
Abortion opponents say the existing restrictions protect pregnant women’s health and safety and are prudent, given the gravity of the decision to obtain an abortion.