- heavy with child
- an old way of saying that a woman is pregnant and her baby will be born soon
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heavy with child
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heavy with child — phrase an old way of saying that a woman is pregnant and her baby will be born soon Thesaurus: pregnant and be pregnantsynonym sexual activityhyponym Main entry: heavy * * * pregnant … Useful english dictionary
heavy with child — far along in the pregnancy … English contemporary dictionary
heavy with child — idi med in a state of advanced pregnancy … From formal English to slang
with child — Synonyms and related words: anticipating, big with child, big laden, breeding, carrying, carrying a fetus, expecting, gestating, gravid, great, heavy, heavy with child, knocked up, parturient, preggers, pregnant, superfetate, superimpregnated,… … Moby Thesaurus
be with child — old fashioned to be pregnant. Emily was unable to make the journey, being heavy with child … New idioms dictionary
with child — adjective in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child • Syn: ↑big, ↑enceinte, ↑expectant, ↑gravid, ↑great, ↑large, ↑heavy … Useful english dictionary
heavy — [hev′ē] adj. heavier, heaviest [ME hevi < OE hefig (akin to OHG hebig) < base of hebban (see HEAVE) + ig (see Y3): prob. basic sense “containing something, full”] 1. hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty 2. of high specific… … English World dictionary
heavy — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Latinate, OK, Roscius, abeyant, abstruse, abundant, accented, ace high, actor, actress, acute, adamantine, adhesive, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, alveolar, ample, amylaceous, anesthetized, annoying,… … Moby Thesaurus
heavy — heav|y1 [ hevi ] adjective *** ▸ 1 with a lot of weight ▸ 2 many things ▸ 3 with physical effort ▸ 4 showing anger ▸ 5 smell: sweet & strong ▸ 6 not attractive ▸ 7 with a lot of force etc. ▸ 8 uncomfortable or tired ▸ 9 very severe ▸ 10… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heavy — I UK [ˈhevɪ] / US adjective Word forms heavy : adjective heavy comparative heavier superlative heaviest *** 1) a heavy object weighs a lot She was struggling with a heavy suitcase. Careful – that box is pretty heavy. You should soon be able to… … English dictionary
