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The correct spelling is ab.
How to pronounce ab
noun
IPA: /æb/
Say it like: Ab
The correct spelling is ab. Abdominal muscle. For example: "I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me."
Usage Examples
“I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.”
“Bits of old machinery were lying about.”
“walking about; rushing about; jumping about; thrashing about”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Abdominal muscle.
- 2.An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
- 3.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.
- 4.An aborted foetus; an abortus.
- 5.A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
verb
- 1.To abseil.
- 2.(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- 3.To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- 4.To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- 5.To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
adverb
- 1.On all sides; around.
- 2.Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- 3.From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- 4.Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- 5.Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
preposition
- 1.In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- 2.Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- 3.Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
- 4.Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- 5.Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
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