miscarry

v., -ried, -ry·ing, -ries.

v.intr.

1. To have a miscarriage
2. To go astray or be lost in transit, as mail or cargo.
3. To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.

v.tr.
To have a miscarriage of (an embryo or fetus).

verb

1. To bring forth a nonviable fetus prematurely: abort, slip. See reproduction/barrenness.
2. To go wrong, be unsuccessful, or fail to attain a goal: misfire, miss. Idioms: fall short, miss fire, miss the mark. See thrive/fail/exist.

(mĭs'kăr'ē, mĭs-kăr'ē)
v., -ried, -ry·ing, -ries.

To have a miscarriage; abort.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be unsuccessful
  Synonyms: fail, go wrong

Meaning #2: suffer a miscarriage
  Antonym: carry to term (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - abortere, gå tabt, mislykkes

Nederlands (Dutch)
een miskraam hebben, mislukken, verloren gaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Méd) faire une fausse couche, (Vét) avorter, échouer

Deutsch (German)
v. - fehlgeleitet werden, fehlschlagen, eine Fehlgeburt haben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποβάλλω (έμβρυο), παραπέφτω, αποτυγχάνω, σφάλλω στη διαχείριση, ναυαγώ

Italiano (Italian)
fallire, abortire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abortar, fracassar, extraviar

Русский (Russian)
терпеть неудачу, не доходить по адресу, иметь выкидыш

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - fracasar, frustrarse, malograrse, abortar, malparir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - få missfall, slå fel, förkomma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失败, 流产, 被误送

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 失敗, 流產, 被誤送

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 실패하다, 배달되지 않다, 유산하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 早産で生まれる, 流産する, 失敗する, 不着になる, 届かない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تطرح, تجهض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הפילה (בהריון), לא הגיע ליעד, נכשל‬

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