Definizione monolingua

miscarry

miscarry (third-person singular simple present miscarries, present participle miscarrying, simple past and past participle miscarried)

1. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. [14th-18th c.]
2. (now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. [from 14th c.]
3. To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so. [from 16th c.]
4. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]
5. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient. [from 16th c.]
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:

     It likewise alluded to several letters—which, it appeared to me, must have miscarried or been intercepted [...].

Definizione dizionario miscarry

abortire

arrenare

fallire

smarrirsi

Altri significati:

To fail to achieve some purpose.

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

to fail to achieve

to abort a foetus