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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
big(p), enceinte, expectant, great(p), heavy(p), large(p), with child(p)
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