Of a woman or female mammal: pregnant; far advanced in pregnancy. Usually (and now only) with with (occasionally also †of) a child, young, etc. Cf…

with child, with young, etc., said of a pregnant woman or animal (also in figurative phrases from these).

Pregnant. Hence to get with child, to go with child. Cf. to beget with child at beget, v. phrases.

Big with young; pregnant. Obsolete.

transferred of a woman: Pregnant. Cf. band, n.1 1c, bend, n.1 1d, bond, n.1 1c. Obsolete.

Of a woman or other female mammal: having offspring developing in the uterus. †Also of the womb (obsolete). Frequently with with (the offspring), by…

Pregnant with a live fetus; spec. at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the fetus have been felt (cf. quicken, v.1 4, quickening, n.1 1b)…

Pregnant. Obsolete. rare.

Great with young; gravid, pregnant. Also figurative.

That bears or breeds offspring; pregnant; breeding. Also figurative. Now U.S. regional and English regional (historical).

having a large belly (in various senses); pregnant; also figurative and in figurative contexts.

Of a woman or female mammal: far advanced in pregnancy; (in later use also, chiefly U.S. regional and Caribbean) pregnant. Chiefly with with, †of.

Pregnant. Obsolete. Cf. bound, adj.2 1b.

= impregnated, adj. (as past participle or adj.). Caused to conceive; pregnant; rendered fruitful or prolific. Also figurative.

having a large abdomen; having a fertile womb; also figurative and in figurative contexts.

young with child: newly pregnant, in the early stages of pregnancy; (loosely) pregnant. Now historical and rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).

Pregnant, heavy with young.

= pregnant, adj.1 (in various senses).

Visibly or heavily pregnant. Cf. bagged, adj. 1.

Of women: Pregnant. †privement enseint (legal Anglo-Norman): see quot. 1613.

big with child, pregnant.

Of a woman: pregnant. Obsolete. rare.

Having a belly. Often in combinations, e.g. big-bellied or great bellied, having a big belly, corpulent; hence, pregnant. See also gorbellied, adj.…

That cherishes (brood), hatches, or incubates.

colloquial (euphemistic). in the (also a) family way: pregnant. Also of a man: about to become a father. Also in to put in the family way and…

With reference to specific conditions, without modifying adjective (or, in sense A. 20b(c), with… in the (also that) way: pregnant. Also occasionally…

Of a woman: Not disburdened of offspring.

= enceinte, adj.

pregnant.

euphemistic. in a delicate condition (also state of health) and variants: pregnant. Now somewhat dated.

Pregnant; in quot. 1851 figurative.

colloquial. in pod: pregnant. Also figurative.

Irish English. Pregnant. Frequently in to put (also stick) up the pole.

euphemistic. in a particular condition: pregnant. Cf. (to be) in an interesting condition at interesting, adj. 3. rare.

Of a woman: pregnant.

in slang phrase in the spud line, pregnant.

Pregnant. Also: in the womb. to put (also get) (a woman) up the spout and variants: to make (a woman) pregnant, esp. out of wedlock.

Of a woman: pregnant. Also in extended use.

slang (British and Australian). up the stick: pregnant. Cf. to put (also stick) up the pole at pole, n.1 phrases 1f.

Of a woman: pregnant.

in pig (also †with pig): (of a sow) pregnant; also (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) of a woman. Cf. in-pig, adj.

Pregnant for the first time.

Of a woman: pregnant.

Sometimes euphemistically: Which it is not polite or necessary further to define. a certain age: an age when one is no longer young, but which…

undergoing or engaged in the process of gestation.

As part of a river or river-system. up the creek: (a) in a tight corner, in trouble; spec. pregnant; (b) crazy, eccentric. slang.

in the (pudding) club, pregnant; esp in to getor put (someone) in the (pudding) club, to make pregnant. slang.

pregnant.