abort
(noun) 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”
abort
(verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
abort
(verb) cease development, die, and be aborted; “an aborting fetus”
abort
(verb) terminate before completion; “abort the mission”; “abort the process running on my computer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abort (plural aborts)
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
(now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)
(intransitive, now, rare outside, medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
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Source: Wiktionary
A*bort", v. i. Etym: [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.]
1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
A*bort", n. Etym: [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.]
1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
