PREGNANT


Meaning of PREGNANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pregnənt ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If a woman or female animal is pregnant , she has a baby or babies developing in her body.

Lena got pregnant and married...

Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.

ADJ

2.

A pregnant silence or moment has a special meaning which is not obvious but which people are aware of.

There was a long, pregnant silence.

ADJ : ADJ n , v-link ADJ with n

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