Word Study
gestate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb gestate has 2 senses
- gestate(v = verb.creation) conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize - have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" is one way to create by mental act, create mentally
- gestate(v = verb.body) bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" is one way to bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have
Derived form noun gestation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun gestation2, noun gestation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
gestate
author, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, brood, carry, carry young, cause, conceive, cover, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender, establish, father, found, generate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, incubate, institute, make, occasion, originate, produce, realize, set, set afloat, set on foot, set up, sire, sit, work
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