ALL meanings of abort
a·bort
A a - verb abort If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. 3
- verb abort If someone aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed. 3
- verb abort to undergo or cause (a woman) to undergo the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable 3
- verb abort to cause (a fetus) to be expelled from the womb before it is viable 3
- verb abort to fail to come to completion; go wrong 3
- verb abort to stop the development of; cause to be abandoned 3
- verb abort to give birth to a dead or nonviable fetus 3
- verb abort (of a space flight, military operation, etc) to fail or terminate prematurely 3
- verb abort (of an organism or part of an organism) to fail to develop into the mature form 3
- noun abort the premature termination or failure of (a space flight, military operation, etc) 3
- intransitive verb abort to give birth before the embryo or fetus is viable; have a miscarriage 3
- intransitive verb abort to fail to be completed 3
- intransitive verb abort to fail to develop; stay rudimentary 3
- verb transitive abort to end (a pregnancy) prematurely 3
- verb transitive abort to cause (an embryo or fetus) to be expelled so as to end a pregnancy 3
- verb transitive abort to cause to have an abortion 3
- verb transitive abort to check (a disease) before fully developed 3
- verb transitive abort to cut short (an action or operation of an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.), as because of some failure in the equipment 3
- noun abort a premature termination of a flight, mission, etc. 3
- verb without object abort to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry. 1
- verb without object abort to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state. 1
- verb without object abort to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage. 1
- verb without object abort Military. to fail to accomplish a purpose or mission for any reason other than enemy action. 1
- noun Definition of abort in Technology (programming) To terminate a program or process abnormally and usually suddenly, with or without diagnostic information. "My program aborted", "I aborted the transmission". The noun form in computing is "abort", not "abortion", e.g. "We've had three aborts over the last two days". If a Unix kernel aborts it is known as a panic. 1
- verb without object abort Rocketry. (of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed. 1
- verb with object abort to cause to bring forth (a fetus) from the uterus before the fetus is viable. 1
- verb with object abort to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus. 1
- verb with object abort to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage: We aborted our vacation when the car broke down. 1
- verb with object abort to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion. 1
- verb with object abort to put down or quell in the early stages: Troops aborted the uprising. 1
- noun abort a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted. 1
- transitive verb abort pregnancy: terminate 1
- transitive verb abort rocket launch: stop 1
- transitive verb abort process, project: end 1
- noun abort Carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus). 1
- noun abort (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. 0
- noun abort (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. 0
- noun abort (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. 0
- noun abort (computing) The function used to abort a process. 0
- noun abort (computing) An event involving the abort of a process. 0
- verb abort (Intransitive Verb) To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely. 0
- verb abort (Transitive Verb) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. 0
- verb abort (Intransitive Verb) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. 0
- verb abort (Intransitive Verb) (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. 0
- verb abort (Transitive Verb) (biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. 0
- verb abort (Intransitive Verb) (military) To fail or abandon a mission for any reason other than enemy action, at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. 0
- verb abort (Transitive Verb) (aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. 0
- verb abort (Transitive Verb) To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term. 0
- verb abort (Transitive Verb) (computing) To terminate a process prior to completion. 0