Abdominal muscle.
An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
To abseil.
(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
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.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To terminate a process prior to completion.
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
An aborted foetus; an abortus.
A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
On all sides; around.
I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Bits of old machinery were lying about.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
walking about; rushing about; jumping about; thrashing about
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
messing about; fooling about; loafing about
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
Dinner's about ready.
Near; in the vicinity.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
to face about; to turn oneself about
In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
a mile about, and a third of a mile across
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
The snake was coiled about his ankle.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
He was well known about town.
Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
He talked a lot about his childhood.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
to be about one's business
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
I can't find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.
On one's person; nearby the person.
I had no weapon about me but a stick.
In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
He has his wits about him.
The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.