- be with child
- Be pregnant, be big, be on the increase, be enceinte, be in the family way.
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be with child
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With Child — infobox Book | name = With Child title orig = translator = image caption = author = Laurie R. King illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Kate Martinelli series genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Books… … Wikipedia
with child — Synonyms and related words: anticipating, big with child, big laden, breeding, carrying, carrying a fetus, expecting, gestating, gravid, great, heavy, heavy with child, knocked up, parturient, preggers, pregnant, superfetate, superimpregnated,… … Moby Thesaurus
with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY … Dictionary of American idioms
with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY … Dictionary of American idioms
with child — adjective Pregnant. I would there were no age between sixteen and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting … Wiktionary
Quick with child — Quick Quick, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As. cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be with child — Child Child (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. {Children} (ch[i^]l dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kil[thorn]ei womb, in kil[thorn][=o] with child.] 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Madonna with Child and Saints (Filippino Lippi) — Infobox Painting| title=Madonna with Child and Saints artist=Filippino Lippi year=1490 1493 type=Oil on panel height=160 width=180 museum=Santo Spirito city=FlorenceThe Madonna with St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Martin of Tours (c. 1490… … Wikipedia
with child — phrasal pregnant … New Collegiate Dictionary
Child labor — is the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many countries and international organizations. Child labour was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but entered public… … Wikipedia
Child sexuality — is the sexual feelings, behaviors, and development of children. Contents 1 Freud 2 Child sexualization 3 Research 3.1 Early research … Wikipedia
