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gestating

ADJECTIVE
gravid
Synonyms
WEAK
abundant anticipating big carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful heavy hopeful in a family way in family way parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with ch
ADJECTIVE
in the family way
Synonyms
WEAK
anticipating carrying expecting heavy with child knocked-up with child
ADJECTIVE
parturient
Synonyms
WEAK
abundant anticipating big carrying a child enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gravid heavy hopeful in a family way in family way parous preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child
ADJECTIVE
pregnant
Synonyms
WEAK
abundant anticipating carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gravid heavy hopeful in family way parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child

Example Sentences

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But the movie’s thoughts about pain and devotion and locker-room manipulation are still gestating.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

These duplicitous celebrities, so the rumor mill grinds, have hired mysterious surrogates to do their gestating work.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Long before the emergence of a winged protagonist who transports powerful orbs across the mysterious landscape of Cocoon, the adventure video game was an abstract computer science exercise gestating in its creator’s head.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023

“This is the continuation of a long gestating effort to remove this sheriff from office.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Seems we have just the right climate here for gestating Grdznth, even better than at home.

From PRoblem by Nourse, Alan Edward