1 (of a woman or female animal) having a baby or young animal developing inside her/its body:
My wife is pregnant. * I was pregnant with our third child at the time. * a heavily pregnant woman (= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born) * to get / become pregnant * Tom got his girlfriend pregnant and they're getting married. * She's six months pregnant.
2 ~ with sth (formal) full of a quality or feeling:
Her silences were pregnant with criticism.
IDIOMS
a pregnant pause / silence an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express:
There was a pregnant pause before she replied.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is pregnant a noun, verb, or something else?
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