Lightening
['laɪtnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped.
Edited by Ethelred--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighten
Typist: Terrence
Examples
- With a strong taste for mechanics it was natural that he should wonder if there were not some way of lightening the burden of so much needlework. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I suppose,' he said, taking one up to eye it closely, 'you haven't been lightening any of these; but it's a trade of your people's, you know. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Again she felt the lightening of her load, and with it the release of repressed activities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typed by Audrey