abort

abort has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. i.. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
• v. i.. To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
• n.. An untimely birth.
• n.. An aborted offspring.
• n.. 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"
• v.. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
• v.. cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
• v.. terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"