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have a bun in the oven
verb
be pregnant with
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She is bearing his child

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The are expecting another child in January

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I am carrying his child

• Syn: ↑bear, ↑carry, ↑gestate, ↑expect
• Derivationally related forms: ↑expectant (for: ↑expect), ↑expectation (for: ↑expect), ↑gestation (for: ↑gestate)
• Hypernyms: ↑give birth, ↑deliver, ↑bear, ↑birth, ↑have
• Verb Group: ↑give birth, ↑deliver, ↑bear, ↑birth, ↑have, ↑expect
• Entailment: ↑conceive
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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have a bun in the oven (informal)
To be pregnant
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Main Entry: ↑bun

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have a bun in the oven humorous phrase
to be pregnant
Thesaurus: pregnant and be pregnantsynonym sexual activityhyponym
Main entry: bun

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informal be pregnant

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have a bun in the oven
informal : to be pregnant

Rumor has it, she has a bun in the oven.

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Main Entry: ↑bun
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have a bun in the oven — see ↑bun
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Main Entry: ↑oven

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have a ˈbun in the oven idiom
(informal, humorous) to be pregnant
Main entry: ↑bunidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.