The meaning of Miscarriage

verb

Carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).

Usage examples:

The decision to abort the fetus

noun

An act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise.

Usage examples:

An abort because of bad weather

verb

Present participle of abort

Usage examples:

The mission had to be aborted at the last minute., if something goes wrong during the launch sequen…

noun

A mechanical failure.

Usage examples:

Breakdowns could totally disrupt production

noun

A mechanical failure, or a failure in a system or a relationship

Usage examples:

There was evidently a breakdown in communication leading to the false report., their car trip was a…

noun

A failure to work correctly or to be successful

Usage examples:

The city is losing millions of dollars in lost productivity because of all of the mechanical breakd…

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

noun

An instance of a structure falling down or giving way.

Usage examples:

The collapse of a railway bridge

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

noun

Lack of success.

Usage examples:

An economic policy that is doomed to failure

verb

(of a ship) fill with water and sink.

Usage examples:

Six drowned when the yacht foundered off the cornish coast

verb

Make (someone) very cold.

Usage examples:

It would founder you out there

noun

A person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry.

Usage examples:

An iron founder

noun

The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.

Usage examples:

Tears of frustration rolled down her cheeks

noun

Disappointment or discouragement, or a discouraging situation

Usage examples:

[ u ] he finally quit in frustration., [ u ] the teacher confirmed widespread frustration with the …

verb

(of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly.

Usage examples:

As she raised her pistol again, it misfired

noun

A failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly.

Usage examples:

The weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires

noun

The process of managing something badly or wrongly.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of mismanagement of public funds

noun

A situation in which something such as a company or an economy is organized or controlled badly

Usage examples:

Economic/financial mismanagement they are investigating significant financial mismanagement by form…

noun

A lack of pleasure and satisfaction because you are not happy with your life

Usage examples:

After a lifetime of non-fulfilment, it was not surprising that he experienced bouts of rage., the s…

noun

Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.

Usage examples:

The thing which most disturbed him was the perversion of language and truth

noun

Sexual behavior that is considered unnatural and morally wrong

Usage examples:

[ c ] what we’re being shown here is not normal family life, it’s a perversion of that.

noun

A change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action.

Usage examples:

A dramatic reversal in population decline in the alps

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

The action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined.

Usage examples:

Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people

noun

Destruction

Usage examples:

Alcohol was the ruination of him.

noun

A reversal or check in progress.

Usage examples:

A serious setback for the peace process

noun

Something that causes delay or stops progress

Usage examples:

Democrats suffered a serious setback in yesterday’s election, losing all three contested seats.

noun

Something that happens that causes a delay or prevents a process from continuing

Usage examples:

He suffered a setback yesterday in his attempts to take a stake in the mobile phone company., a set…

noun

The birth of an infant that has died in the womb (strictly, after having survived through at least the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, earlier instances being regarded as abortion or miscarriage).

Usage examples:

An enquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy

noun

The birth of a baby who has already died inside the mother

verb

Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Usage examples:

He never did anything to thwart his father

noun

A structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

Usage examples:

Her hull is painted white with blue trim on the thwarts.

preposition

From one side to another side of (an area); across.

Usage examples:

A pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore

noun

A person's ruin or downfall.

Usage examples:

He knew of his ex-partner's role in his undoing

verb

Unfasten, untie, or loosen (something).

Usage examples:

The knot was difficult to undo

noun

The cause of a person’s failure or loss of power or wealth

Usage examples:

His failure to delegate authority and his arrogance led to his undoing.