Meaning of GRAVID
Pronunciation: | | 'gravid
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| 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) |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| 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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Thesaurus Terms |
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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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