Definitions for miscarry
mɪsˈkær i; for 1 also ˈmɪsˌkær imis·car·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fail, go wrong, miscarryverb

   be unsuccessful

   "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

2. miscarryverb

   suffer a miscarriage

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miscarryverb

   To bring forth young before the time they are viable; to have a spontaneous abortion.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. miscarryverb

   To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.

2. miscarryverb

   To go astray; to do something wrong.

3. miscarryverb

   To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so.

4. miscarryverb

   To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).

5. miscarryverb

   Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Miscarryverb

   Etymology: mis and carry.

   1. To fail; not to have the intended event; not to succeed; to be lost in an enterprise; not to reach the effect intended.

   Have you not heard of Frederick, the great soldier, who miscarried at sea? William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

   Our sister’s man is certainly miscarried. William Shakespeare.

   Is it concluded he shall be protector?
   —— It is determin’d, not concluded yet:
   But so it must be if the king miscarry. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   If you miscarry,
   Your business of the world hath so an end,
   And machination ceases. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all miscarried, my creditors grow cruel, my estate is very low. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   I could mention some projects which I have brought to maturity, and others which have miscarried. Joseph Addison, Guard.

   No wonder that this expedient should so often miscarry, which requires so much art and genius to arrive at any perfection in it. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   2. To have an abortion.

   Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Hos. ix. 14.

   So many politick conceptions so elaborately formed and wrought, and grown at length ripe for a delivery, do yet, in the issue, miscarry and prove abortive. Robert South, Sermons.

   His wife miscarried; but the abortion proved a female fœtus. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.

   You have proved yourself more tender of another’s embrios, than the fondest mothers are of their own; for you have preserved every thing that I miscarried of. Alexander Pope.

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1. miscarry

   To miscarry generally means to suffer a miscarriage, which is the spontaneous or natural loss of a pregnancy before the baby is able to survive outside the womb, typically before the 20th week. In a broader context, miscarry can also mean to go wrong or fail to proceed successfully, especially in relation to a plan or project.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miscarryverb

   to carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat

2. Miscarryverb

   to bring forth young before the proper time

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1. • Abort

How to pronounce miscarry?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of miscarry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of miscarry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of miscarry in a Sentence

1. Akram Muhammad Mahmud:

   All these years later, thank God I am much better, but the effects of the chemical weapons are still here, women's fertility has been largely affected, many miscarry their babies even all these years later.

2. Leah Tatum:

   I know I'm high-risk and there is a chance that I can miscarry again, i'm worried about getting infected, have something happen to me, and then my daughter's left without her mom.

3. Van Heel:

   It was Friday the 13th. That's when my doctor told me the news, that this baby was incompatible with life. I felt like I lost my baby right then, that diagnosis meant that I would either miscarry at any time or the moments after I gave birth the baby would die.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=miscarry
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=miscarry
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Miscarry
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=miscarry
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscarry