with child

Child  (chld), Julia Born 1912.

American cookery expert known for her books and her instructional television and video series.

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child  (chld)

n. pl. chil·dren (chldrn)

1. A person between birth and puberty.

2.

a. An unborn infant; a fetus.

b. An infant; a baby.

3. One who is childish or immature.

4. A son or daughter; an offspring.

5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.

6.

a. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.

b. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" Richard F. Shepard.

Idiom:

with child

Pregnant.

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[Middle English, from Old English cild.]

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childless adj.

childless·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

with child - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" enceinte, gravid, expectant, great, large, big, heavy pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life