Miscarrying
61miscarry — 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… …
62miscarry — (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;… …
63miscarry — [[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] …
64miscarry — 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 …
65abortive — a. 1. Miscarrying, failing, untimely, immature, incomplete, stunted, rudimentary, rudimental. 2. Unavailing, vain fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, profitless, futile, unprofitable, idle, nugatory …
66abortive — adj 1. unsuccessful, vain, futile, useless, bootless, profitless, unavailing; worthless, nugatory; ineffective, inoperative, ineffectual; fruitless, unproductive, sterile, barren, impotent. 2. rudimentary, imperfectly developed; immature,… …
67miscarry — 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… …
68abortive — /əˈbɔtɪv/ (say uh bawtiv) adjective 1. failing to succeed; miscarrying: an abortive scheme. 2. born prematurely. 3. imperfectly developed; rudimentary. 4. Medicine a. producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient. b. acting to halt… …
69miscarry — /mɪsˈkæri / (say mis karee) verb (i) (miscarried, miscarrying) 1. to fail to attain the right end; be unsuccessful. 2. to go astray or be lost in transit, as a letter. 3. to have a miscarriage …
70miscarry — [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) …
