Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To feel ill or have pain.
- intransitive verb To cause physical or mental pain or uneasiness to; trouble. synonym: trouble.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Indisposition or morbid affection; ailment.
- Painful; troublesome.
- noun The beard of wheat, barley, etc., especially of barley: chiefly in the plural.
- To affect with pain or uneasiness, either of body or of mind; trouble: used in relation to some uneasiness or affection whose cause is unknown: as, what ails the man?
- To feel pain; be ill (usually in a slight degree); be unwell: now used chiefly in the present participle: as, he is ailing to-day.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.
- transitive verb To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown.
- noun Indisposition or morbid affection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause to
suffer ; totrouble ,afflict . (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) - verb intransitive To be
ill ; tosuffer ; to betroubled . - noun An
ailment ;trouble ;illness . - adjective obsolete
Painful ;troublesome . - noun The
awn ofbarley or other types ofcorn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- noun aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- verb be ill or unwell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mae 'na ambell lysenw yn fy nofelau sydd wedi eu benthyg o' ail 'a' thrydydd 'llysenw ambell berson go iawn - llysenwau sydd ddim mor eang-gyfarwydd â'u prif lysenwau.
Blogiadur.com 2009
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If, on the contrary, you fall back into evil courses, you feel immediately some physical ail, which is a certain proof of the powerful influence of faith, not only on the soul, but on the body also? '"
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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If, on the contrary, you fall back into evil courses, you feel immediately some physical ail, which is a certain proof of the powerful influence of faith, not only on the soul, but on the body also? '"
The Wandering Jew — Volume 03 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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'ail' lysenw un ffrind sydd wedi cael ei adnabod dan lysenw gwahanol ers amser rhy hir i rai pobl gofio.
Blogiadur.com 2009
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Not only that, as you build these healthy actions into your life you are going to help all the other things that ail you.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: A Book Review MD Lloyd I. Sederer 2012
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Not only that, as you build these healthy actions into your life you are going to help all the other things that ail you.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: A Book Review MD Lloyd I. Sederer 2012
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NEW DELHI -- Food prices in India rose in the week ended July 16 due to costlier vegetables and fruits, underscoring authorities' warning that high inflation will ail the economy for some more time.
India Food Prices Rise on Costlier Vegetables, Fruits Anant Vijay Kala 2011
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And if you're watching a movie and want to check your e-ail: easy. you just quit the movie, check the e-mail, then come back.
Netflix and ABC Launch iPad Apps, Hulu App on the Way | /Film 2010
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Not only that, as you build these healthy actions into your life you are going to help all the other things that ail you.
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: A Book Review MD Lloyd I. Sederer 2012
bilby commented on the word ail
Delia sailed as a sad Elias ailed.
October 18, 2008