'To be with child' definitions:
Definition of 'To be with child'
From: GCIDE
- 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 human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. [1913 Webster]
- When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. --1. Cor. xii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A female infant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A boy or a child, I wonder? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To be with child, to be pregnant.
- Child's play, light work; a trifling contest. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To be with child'
- Child,
- Childe,
- Childed,
- Childing,
- Childly,
- Childness,
- with child,
- Child study,
- Child's play,
- Elf child,
- Foster child,
- Knave child,
- Love child,
- Monday's Child,
- Quick with child,
- child abuse,
- child care,
- child molester,
- child neglect,
- child prodigy,
- child psychology,
- child support,
- child's body,
- child's game,
- child's room,
- childe hassam,
- female child,
- feral child,
- flower child,
- illegitimate child,
- latchkey child,
- male child,
- poster child,
- street child,
- wonder child,
- child welfare agency,
- child welfare service,
- child-centered,
- child-proof,
- foster-child,
- frederick childe hassam,
- man-child,
- door-key child,
- school-age child