A Quick and Simple Dictionary

abort

1. Noun.  (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
2. Noun.  (context, now) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. Noun.  (computing) The function used to abort a process.
4. Noun.  (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
5. Noun.  (military) An early termination of a mission.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
8. Verb.  (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
9. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
10. Verb.  (military) To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.