miscarry
[ mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee ]
/ mɪsˈkær i; for 1 also ˈmɪsˌkær i /
verb (used without object), mis·car·ried, mis·car·ry·ing.
to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
to fail to attain the right or desired end; be unsuccessful: The plan miscarried.
to go astray or be lost in transit, as a letter.
Nearby words
miscalculation, miscall, miscanthus, miscarriage, miscarriage of justice, miscarry, miscast, misce, miscegenate, miscegenation, miscellanea
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British Dictionary definitions for miscarry
miscarry
/ (mɪsˈkærɪ) /
verb -ries, -rying or -ried (intr)
to expel a fetus prematurely from the womb; abort
to failall her plans miscarried
British (of freight, mail, etc) to fail to reach a destination
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Word Origin and History for miscarry
miscarry
c.1300, "go astray;" mid-14c., "come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1520s; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from c.1600. Related: Miscarried; miscarrying.
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Medicine definitions for miscarry
miscarry
[ mĭs′kăr′ē, mĭs-kăr′ē ]
v.
To have a miscarriage; abort.
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