miscarry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be unsuccessful
    fail; go wrong.
    • Where do today's public schools fail?
    • The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
  2. verb suffer a miscarriage

WordNet

Mis*car"ry intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Miscarried ; present participle & verbal noun Miscarrying
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913