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    MISCARRY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: miscarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they miscarry  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it miscarries  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: miscarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: miscarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: miscarrying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Suffer a miscarriageplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "miscarry" is one way to...):

    abort (terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Antonym:

    carry to term (carry out a pregnancy)

    Derivation:

    miscarriage (a natural loss of the products of conception)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Be unsuccessfulplay

    Example:

    The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

    Synonyms:

    fail; go wrong; miscarry

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "miscarry"):

    take it on the chin (undergo failure or defeat)

    miss (fail to reach or get to)

    overreach (fail by aiming too high or trying too hard)

    ball up; blow; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; fumble; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; muff; screw up; spoil (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)

    strike out (be unsuccessful in an endeavor)

    fall (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin)

    shipwreck (suffer failure, as in some enterprise)

    fall flat; fall through; flop; founder (fail utterly; collapse)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP

    Derivation:

    miscarriage (failure of a plan)

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