Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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maternity | Yes | No | No | No |
lying-in | Yes | No | No | No |
maternity (noun) | lying-in (noun) |
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the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child |
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | |
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |