gravid
/ˈɡɹævɪd/
gravid adjective: pregnant.
Adjective
gravid (comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)
- Pregnant.
- In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from...1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus
- The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
gravid meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
gravid in Tamil
- சூல்கொண்ட, சினையான, சினையுற்ற
gravid in Marathi
- a gravid or pregnant female
- गर्भवती garbhavatī
- gravid, pregnant
- गाभण gābhaṇ
gravid in Urdu
- حاملہ, پاؤں بھاری
gravid in Bengali
- গর্ভবতী, সন্তানধারণকারী
More languagesFewer languages
- gravid in Malayalam
- ഗർഭിണിയായ
- gravid in Indonesian
- gravid
- gravid in Vietnamese
- có thai
Examples of gravid in a sentence
- In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires.1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
- One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 345:
- The minute she'd settled into the seat next to him, her billowing widow's rig had got redisposed to reveal her neatly gravid waistline, at which, now, he nodded.2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 507:
Forms of gravid
| comparative | more gravid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gravid |
Origin of gravid
From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Words formed from gravid
Questions about gravid
- What does gravid mean?
- Gravid means pregnant.
- What is gravid in Tamil?
- Gravid in Tamil is சூல்கொண்ட, சினையான, சினையுற்ற. See Gravid meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use gravid in a sentence?
- In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires.
- What part of speech is gravid?
- Gravid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gravid?
- Gravid is pronounced /ˈɡɹævɪd/ (UK).
Words near gravid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gravid (page history and authors); gravid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गर्भवती (Marathi) (page history and authors); gravid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gravid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gravid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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