Carrying developing young or eggs: a gravid uterus; a gravid female.
[Latin gravidus, from gravis, heavy.]
gravidity gra·vid'i·ty (grə-vĭd'ĭ-tē) or grav'id·ness n.gravidly grav'id·ly adv.
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gravidly grav'id·ly adv.
gravidly grav'id·ly adv.
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gravid
adjective
- Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: big, enceinte, expectant, expecting, parturient, pregnant. Slang gone. Archaic great. Idioms: in a family way, with child. See reproduction/barrenness.
Medical Dictionary:
grav·id
(grăv'ĭd)adj.
Carrying eggs or developing young.
gra·vid'i·ty (grə-vĭd'ĭ-tē) or grav'id·ness n.
Veterinary Dictionary:
gravid
Pregnant; containing developing young.
WordNet:
gravid
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, great, large, heavy, with child
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more |
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| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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