gestate

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verb

1. be pregnant with
- She is bearing his child
- The are expecting another child in January
- I am carrying his child
• Syn:
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, expect
• Derivationally related forms:
expectant (for: expect), expectation (for: expect), gestation
• Hypernyms:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Verb Group:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have, expect
• Entailment:
conceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. have the idea for
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
• Syn:
conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
• Derivationally related forms:
conceptualisation (for: conceptualise), concept (for: conceptualise), conceptual (for: conceptualize), conceptualization (for: conceptualize), concept (for: conceptualize), conception (for: conceive), concept (for: conceive), conceiver (for: conceive), gestation
• Hypernyms:
create by mental act, create mentally
• Hyponyms:
design, preconceive, discover, find
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP