ailed
past simple and past participle ofail
ail
verb
uk/eɪl/us/eɪl/ailverb(CAUSE DIFFICULTY)
[T]formal
tocausedifficultyandproblemsfor someone or something:
Thegovernmentseemsto have nounderstandingofwhatails thecountry.
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- lay
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- wrong-foot
ailverb(BE/MAKE ILL)
[IorT]old-fashioned
to beill, or tocauseto beill:
She had been ailing foryearsbefore shedied.
Being & falling ill
- acquire
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be green around the gillsidiom
- be hangingidiom
- be laid upidiom
- be out of sortsidiom
- bring
- KO
- martyr
- not a hundred percentidiom
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- predisposed
- present
- relapse
- serious
- shiver
- sicken
- strike
- succumb
Examplesofailed
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We need not debate the various theories concerning whateverailedthese two women since we cannot judge whether this was a hereditary disease #!
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My husband neverailedbefore he joined up, but afterwards he was always complaining.
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Such industriesailedbecause there was no market for their goods.
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Some industries in this country, such as the coal industry, haveailedand almost disappeared.
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A husband may haveaileda long time before his death.
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We have not yet properly examined this country's potential for getting income from different sources to get enough money into a system that hasailedfor too long.
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Is he aware that that service is being threatened or severely curtailedin some areas which means that children will no longer have annual dental inspections?
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He is reported to haveailedfor over two years at their main house in the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His medical condition had been kept under the wraps; only very few knew what actuallyailedhim.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To the comfort of the patient, someoneailedwith this disease may be able to lead a relatively normal life with vertiginous seizures.
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