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pregnant construction

noun

Definitions

  1. An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth…

    An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pregnant construction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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