miscarry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: miscarry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for miscarry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miscarry v be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" Synonym(s): fail, go wrong, miscarry Antonym(s): bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win suffer a miscarriage Antonym(s): carry to term
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miscarry \Mis*car"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Miscarried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miscarrying}.] 1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. --Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. --Shak. 2. To bring forth young before the proper time.