miscarry
11miscarry — verb a) To abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so; to experience a miscarriage. b) To fail to achieve some purpose …
12miscarry — To have a miscarriage. * * * mis·car·ry ( )mis kar ē vi, ried; ry·ing to suffer miscarriage of a fetus <miscarried several times before a viable offspring was born> compare ABORT …
13miscarry — Synonyms and related words: abort, break down, come to grief, die, fail, fall through, flop, founder, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, misfire, miss, miss out, miss stays, miss the boat, miss the mark, perish …
14miscarry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fail, go wrong, fall through; abort. See failure. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abort, lose, go wrong; see fail 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely: abort …
15miscarry — mis|car|ry [mısˈkæri] v past tense and past participle miscarried present participle miscarrying third person singular miscarries 1.) [I and T] to give birth to a baby before it is properly formed and able to live →↑abort ▪ She miscarried when… …
16miscarry — mis|car|ry [ mıs keri ] verb intransitive or transitive to give birth to a baby before it has developed enough to live a. intransitive MAINLY LITERARY if a plan or activity miscarries, it fails or goes wrong …
17miscarry — mɪs kærɪ v. spontaneously abort; fail to achieve the intended result; go astray, fail to reach desired destination …
18miscarry — verb (miscarries, miscarrying, miscarried) 1》 (of a pregnant woman) experience a miscarriage. 2》 (of a plan) fail. ↘dated (of a letter) fail to reach its destination …
19miscarry — v. n. 1. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated. 2. Go wrong, fail …
20miscarry — verb (I) 1 to give birth to a baby too early for it to live compare abort (3) 2 formal if a plan miscarries, it is not successful …
