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MISCARRY
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Irregular inflected form: miscarried
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they miscarry ... he / she / it miscarries
Past simple: miscarried
-ing form: miscarrying
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
Example:
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
Synonyms:
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)