miscarrying
miscarrying is the present participle and gerund of miscarry.
Meaning of miscarry
Verb
miscarry (third-person singular simple present miscarries, present participle miscarrying, simple past and past participle miscarried)
- To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
- To go astray; to do something wrong.
- To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
- To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
- So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.
- Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Noun
miscarrying (plural miscarryings)
- Something that has gone astray or been made wrongly.
- Where, from the trivial flux of Things,
Rise unconceived miscarryings […]1932, Rudyard Kipling, The Playmate - But we do see imperfect things in nature, dwarfed, blasted trees and other apparent miscarryings. Yet they are as perfect as their environment allows them to be.2013, Wilfrid Lay, The Child's Unconscious Mind
- Where, from the trivial flux of Things,
Forms of miscarrying
| plural | miscarryings |
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Questions about miscarrying
- What does miscarrying mean?
- Miscarrying means something that has gone astray or been made wrongly.
- What is miscarrying the present participle and gerund of?
- Miscarrying is the present participle and gerund of miscarry.
- What part of speech is miscarrying?
- Miscarrying is a noun.
- What is the plural of miscarrying?
- The plural of miscarrying is miscarryings.
Words near miscarrying in the dictionary
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