adj.1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
2 full of meaning; significant or suggestive (a pregnant pause).
3 (esp. of a person's mind) imaginative, inventive.
4 (foll. by with) plentifully provided (pregnant with danger).
Phrases and idioms:
pregnant construction Gram. one in which more is implied than the words express (e.g. not have a chance implying of success etc.).
Derivatives:
pregnantly adv. (in sense 2).
Etymology: ME f. F pr{eacute}gnant or L praegnans -antis, earlier praegnas (prob. as PRAE-, (g)nasci be born)