miscarry
1 Miscarry — Mis*car ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Miscarried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miscarrying}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. [1913 Webster] My… …
2 miscarry — index fail (lose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3 miscarry — (v.) c.1300, go astray; mid 14c., come to harm, perish; of persons, to die, of objects, to be lost or destroyed, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) wrongly + caryen to carry (see CARRY (Cf. carry) (v.)). Meaning deliver unviable fetus first recorded 1520s;… …
4 miscarry — ► VERB (miscarries, miscarried) 1) have a miscarriage. 2) (of a plan) fail …
5 miscarry — [mis kar′ē, mis′kar΄ē] vi. miscarried, miscarrying 1. a) to go wrong; fail: said of a plan, project, etc. b) to go astray; fail to arrive: said of mail, freight, etc. 2. to have a MISCARRIAGE (sense 3) …
6 miscarry — UK [ˌmɪsˈkærɪ] / US [mɪsˈkerɪ] verb Word forms miscarry : present tense I/you/we/they miscarry he/she/it miscarries present participle miscarrying past tense miscarried past participle miscarried a) [intransitive/transitive] to give birth to a… …
7 miscarry — [[t]mɪ̱skæ̱ri, kæri[/t]] miscarries, miscarrying, miscarried VERB If a woman miscarries, she has a miscarriage. Many women who miscarry eventually have healthy babies. [Also V n] …
8 miscarry — verb 1) the shock caused her to miscarry Syn: lose one s baby, have a miscarriage, abort, have a spontaneous abortion 2) our plan miscarried Syn: go wrong, go awry, go amiss, be unsuccessful, be ruined, fail, misfir …
9 miscarry — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. obsolete to come to harm 2. to suffer miscarriage of a fetus 3. to fail to achieve the intended purpose ; go wrong or amiss < the plan miscarried > 4. to fail to reach the intended destination < the letter… …
10 miscarry — /mis kar ee/; for 1 also /mis kar ee/, v.i., miscarried, miscarrying. 1. to have a miscarriage of a fetus. 2. to fail to attain the right or desired end; be unsuccessful: The plan miscarried. 3. to go astray or be lost in transit, as a letter.… …
11 miscarry — verb a) To abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so; to experience a miscarriage. b) To fail to achieve some purpose …
12 miscarry — 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 …
13 miscarry — 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 …
14 miscarry — 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 …
15 miscarry — 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… …
16 miscarry — 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 …
17 miscarry — mɪs kærɪ v. spontaneously abort; fail to achieve the intended result; go astray, fail to reach desired destination …
18 miscarry — 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 …
19 miscarry — v. n. 1. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated. 2. Go wrong, fail …
20 miscarry — 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 …
