gestation
- n the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
- n the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- n the conception and development of an idea or plan
gestation period
- n the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
gestational age
- n the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization
gesture
- n motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- n the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- n something done as an indication of intention
a political gesture
a gesture of defiance - v show, express or direct through movement
He gestured his desire to leave
get
- n a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- v come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- v enter or assume a certain state or condition
It must be getting more serious - v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight - v go or come after and bring or take back
- v go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
get an idea
get nauseous - v take vengeance on or get even
We'll get them! - v achieve a point or goal
- v cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- v succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- v come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- v communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake - v give certain properties to something
get someone mad - v move into a desired direction of discourse
- v grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
did you get it?
She didn't get the joke
I just don't get him - v attract and fix
- v reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- v reach by calculation
What do you get when you add up these numbers? - v acquire as a result of some effort or action
You cannot get water out of a stone
Where did she get these news? - v purchase
What did you get at the toy store? - v perceive by hearing
She didn't get his name when they met the first time - v suffer from the receipt of
- v receive as a retribution or punishment
- v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- v reach and board
- v irritate
Her childish behavior really get to me
His lying really gets me - v evoke an emotional response
Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time - v apprehend and reproduce accurately
- v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- v overcome or destroy
- v be a mystery or bewildering to
- v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Let's get down to work now - v undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- v make children
get-go
- n the time at which something is supposed to begin
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
get together
- n a small informal social gathering
- v get people together
- v get together socially or for a specific purpose
- v work together on a common enterprise of project
- v become part of; become a member of a group or organization
getaway
- n the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- n a rapid escape (as by criminals)
the thieves made a clean getaway
getting
- n the act of acquiring something
he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving - v come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- v enter or assume a certain state or condition
It must be getting more serious - v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- v reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- v go or come after and bring or take back
- v go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- v take vengeance on or get even
- v achieve a point or goal
- v cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- v succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- v come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- v communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- v give certain properties to something
- v move into a desired direction of discourse
- v grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- v attract and fix
- v reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- v reach by calculation
- v acquire as a result of some effort or action
- v purchase
- v perceive by hearing
- v suffer from the receipt of
- v receive as a retribution or punishment
- v leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- v reach and board
- v irritate
- v evoke an emotional response
- v apprehend and reproduce accurately
- v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- v overcome or destroy
- v be a mystery or bewildering to
- v take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- v undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- v make children