Gravid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gravid \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; -- of animals as well as people.
     " His gravid associate." --Sir T. Herbert.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gravid
       adj : in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
             "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
              {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravid":
     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