To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
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 end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
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 terminate a process prior to completion.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
The function used to abort a process.
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
An event in which a process is aborted.
To begin.
To flinch or draw back.
To awaken suddenly.
To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
To break away, to come loose.
To put into play.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
To set in motion.
To have its origin (at), begin.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
To jerk suddenly in surprise.
To start one's periods (menstruation).
To begin an activity.
To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
A handle, especially that of a plough.
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
The beginning of an activity.
An instance of starting.
A sudden involuntary movement.