pregnant

Universal Words adjective 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.