different between abort vs broke

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b??t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“come into being”). Doublet of abortus.

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

1. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17^th century.]
2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
3. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

4. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
5. (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Verb

abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)

1. (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
2. (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19^th century.]
3. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
4. (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
5. (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 19^th century.]
6. (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
7. (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 20^th century.]
8. (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
9. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (computing) abend, exception

References

• abort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
• “abort” in "Systems and software engineering—vocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, ?ISBN, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835

Anagrams

• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tabor, Tobar, Torba, boart, rabot, tabor

Cebuano

Etymology

From English abort, from Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bort

Verb

abort

1. to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Noun

abort

1. abort, abortion

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab???t/
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

Inflection

Estonian

Noun

abort (genitive abordi, partitive aborti)

1. abortion

2. miscarriage

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orj?r, from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b??/, /a?b??t/
• Rhymes: -??, -??t
• Hyphenation: ab?ort

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)

1. (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)

   Synonyms: misfødsel, fosterdrap, svangerskapsavbrytelse, svangerskapsavbrudd

2. (medicine) an abortion (abortion that occurs by itself)

   Synonym: spontanabort

3. (medicine) an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)

   Synonyms: abortus provocatus, fosterfordrivelse, utskrapning

4. (medicine, now rare) a premature foetus
5. (technology) the act of aborting

   Synonym: abortere

Derived terms

See also

• abortus (“abortion, monstrosity”)
• abortiv (“abortive”)
• abortør (“abortionist”)
• fosterreduksjon (“fetal reduction”)

References

• “abort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abort” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abort” in Store medisinske leksikon

Anagrams

• abrot, borat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abortus

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)

1. an abortion (deliberate termination of a pregnancy)

Derived terms

• spontan abort, spontanabort

References

• “abort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

abort m (plural aborts)

1. (computing) abort (function used to abort a process)

   Synonym: abortamento

Swedish

Noun

abort c

1. (obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage
2. abort, abortion (the process of ending a pregnancy)

Declension

Related terms

• abortera
• abortiv
• abortmedel
• få abort
• göra abort

References

• abort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Anagrams

• borta, botar

Tatar

Noun

abort

1. Latin spelling of ????? (abort)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: br?k, IPA^(key): /b???k/
• (General American) enPR: br?k, IPA^(key): /b?o?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Ablauted form of break.

Verb

broke

1. simple past tense of break
2. (archaic, nonstandard or poetic) past participle of break
   • 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company

     Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.

Adjective

broke (not generally comparable, comparative broker or more broke, superlative brokest or most broke)

1. (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.
   • 1665 July 6, Samuel Pepys, Vol. VI, p. 150:

     It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence.

2. (informal) Without any money, penniless.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished

3. (archaic, now informal) Broken.
   • 2011, Mike Major, Fran Devereux Smith, Ranch-Horse Versatility: A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides

     A broke horse tries to do anything I want, and that is expected of any horse.

4. (nautical) Demoted, deprived of a commission.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”).

Noun

broke (plural brokes)

1. (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
   • 1914, The World's Paper Trade Review, Volume 62, page 204:

     Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.

   • 2014 September 25, Judge Diane Wood, NCR Corp. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co.:

     These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper.

2. (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

References

Etymology 3

Back-formation from broker.

Verb

broke (third-person singular simple present brokes, present participle broking, simple past and past participle broked)

1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another.

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2. (obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
   • And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid.

Etymology 4

Clipping of broke off.

Adjective

broke (comparative more broke, superlative most broke)

1. (slang) Broke off, rich, wealthy

Anagrams

• Borek, Kober, berko, borek