0 (of a female animal) to have a baby developing inside the body or (of a child or young animal) to develop inside a mother's body: --
Those snakes are often females, soaking up the sun to help their metabolism deal with the demand of gestating a litter of young.
healthy foetuses that have gestated at least 20 weeks
Female elephants gestate for a staggering 22 months.
1 (of an idea, thought, or plan) to develop or be developed over time: --
The subconscious mind needs time to gestate the work.
The internet had been gestating since the fifties.
New lyrics began to gestate in his head.
Other deals involving carmakers are now gestating.
The problems facing the company have been gestating for years.
Ideas seem to gestate best in a void.
This play has been gestating over a period of time.
Do you know a female rat can gestate 21 times a year?
A mouse gestates in just 19 days.
Females produce more eggs than the number of embryos they are able to gestate to term.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
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