HyperDic: miscarry

English > 2 senses of the word miscarry:
VERBsocialmiscarry, fail, go wrongbe unsuccessful
bodymiscarrysuffer a miscarriage
English > miscarry: 2 senses > verb 1, social
MeaningBe unsuccessful.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsfail, go wrong
Narrowerbotch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck upmake a mess of, destroy or ruin
fallSuffer defeat, failure, or ruin
fall through, fall flat, founder, flopfail utterly
missfail to reach or get to
overreachfail by aiming too high or trying too hard
shipwreckSuffer failure, as in some enterprise
strike outBe unsuccessful in an endeavor / endeavor
take it on the chinUndergo failure or defeat / defeat
Oppositesucceed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goodsattain success or reach a desired goal / goal
Spanishfallar, fracasar, zozobrar
Catalanequivocar-se, fallar, fracassar
Nounsmiscarriagefailure of a plan
English > miscarry: 2 senses > verb 2, body
MeaningSuffer a miscarriage.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody
Broaderabortterminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
Oppositecarry to termcarry out a pregnancy
Spanishmalparir, perder
Catalanperdre, tenir una pèrdua
Nounsmiscarriagea natural loss of the products of conception

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