English verb: have a bun in the oven | |||
| 1. | have a bun in the oven (body) be pregnant with | ||
| Samples | She is bearing his child. The are expecting another child in January. I am carrying his child. | ||
| Synonyms | bear, carry, expect, gestate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have | ||
| Entail | conceive | ||
| Verb group | bear, birth, deliver, expect, give birth, have | ||