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farrowing

English

Verb

farrowing

  1. present participle of farrow

Adjective

farrowing (not comparable)

  1. Producing a litter of piglets

Noun

farrowing (plural farrowings)

  1. The act of producing a litter of pigs

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gestation

English

Etymology

From Latin gestatio.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: j?st?sh?n, IPA(key): /d?es?te???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)

  1. The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
  2. The process of development of a plan or idea.
    • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
      It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.

Synonyms

  • pregnancy

Derived terms

  • gestation period

Translations

Further reading

  • gestation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • gestation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin gest?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

gestation f (plural gestations)

  1. gestation

Further reading

  • “gestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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