ETYM Latin abortare, from abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. Related to Orient.
1. To terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
2. To terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc.

1. To emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire, as of cars.
2. To have an unexpected and undesired effect; SYN. backlash.
3. To set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire. back-fire.

1. To be unable.
2. To be unsuccessful; SYN. go wrong, miscarry.
3. To become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close.
4. To disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; SYN. betray.
5. To fail to do something; leave something undone; SYN. neglect.
6. To fail to get a passing grade; SYN. flunk, bomb, flush it.
7. To fall short in what is expected.
8. To get worse.
9. To judge unacceptable.
10. To prove insufficient; SYN. run out, give out.
11. To stop operating or functioning; SYN. give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down. + prikaži više

1. To fail to hit the intended target.
2. To fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; SYN. lose.
3. To fail to reach or get to:
4. To fail to reach
5. To be absent
6. To fail to experience; SYN. escape.
7. To fail to attend an event or activity:
8. To be without; SYN. lack.
9. To feel or suffer from the lack of: + prikaži više