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Meaning of GRAVID

Pronunciation:  'gravid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
 
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 Synonyms: big(p), enceinte, expectant, great(p), heavy(p), large(p), pregnant, with child(p)
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Grav"id\, a. [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See
{Grave}, a.]
Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a
gravid uterus; gravid piety. `` His gravid associate.'' --Sir
T. Herbert.
 
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 Related Terms: anticipating, big, big with child, big-laden, breeding, carrying, carrying a fetus, expectant, expecting, gestating, gone, great, heavy, heavy with child, knocked up, parturient, preggers, pregnant, superfetate, superimpregnated, teeming, with child
 

 

 

 

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