pregnant

IPA: prˈɛgnʌnt

(chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
(comparable) Having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
(poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
(obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
(obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
(now rare) Compelling; clear, evident.

Examples of "pregnant" in Sentences

No one has ever published any photos of Sarah Palin pregnant with Trigg.
My wife was informed that craving clay is somewhat common in pregnant ladies.
Urso: My wife was informed that craving clay is somewhat common in pregnant ladies.
So a woman who gets pregnant from a sexual assault can have the name of her rapist attached to the child?
Every woman who becomes pregnant is a mother – for a moment at least – whether she holds her child or not.
III. ii.66 (243,9) the pregnant hinges of the knee] I believe the sense of _pregnant_ in this place is, _quick, ready, prompt_.
This was the "Powhatan" of the Indians; and no true lover of Virginia can cease to deplore the change which robbed this graceful stream of a title pregnant with all the associations of Indian valor and of the departed glory of their empire, and bestowed a name that can only recall a royal pedant and a timid despot!