Dictionary Entry
abort
abort is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
- 2intransitive verb
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
- 3noun
An untimely birth.
- 4noun
An aborted offspring.
- 5noun
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
"I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"
"he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"
- 6verb
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- 7verb
cease development, die, and be aborted
"an aborting fetus"
- 8verb
terminate before completion
"abort the mission"
"abort the process running on my computer"
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