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The meaning of the word "Fail" in English


Fail v. i. : To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.

Fail v. i. : To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Fail v. i. : To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Fail v. i. : To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

Fail v. i. : To perish; to die; -- used of a person.

Fail v. i. : To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.

Fail v. i. : To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Fail v. i. : To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Fail v. i. : To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Fail v. t. : To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

Fail v. t. : To miss of attaining; to lose.

Fail v. i. : Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.

Fail v. i. : Death; decease.

Example:
What happens if you Fail a college course?

Taxonomy
epic, Fails, Picture, wordpress, Copy & paste, paste code, img, Facebook, Pwnd, headline, Twitter, Pwn, G-rated, protester, viewable, Failures, Reddit, Protest.

Defination from the web:
Fail and Epic Fail Pictures and Videos in one blog. For all those precious fail moments, whip out your camera and see your epic fail picture and videos here. ... Submitted by: dunno source via Fail Uploader " 326 Failures in Communication. Fails to make you lol. DiggThis. Reddit ... 

synonyms
  (verb) neglect
  (verb) go wrong
  (verb) miscarry
  (verb) betray
  (verb) go bad
  (verb) give way
  (verb) die
  (verb) give out
  (verb) conk out
  (verb) go
  (verb) break
  (verb) break down
  (verb) flunk
  (verb) bomb
  (verb) flush it
  (verb) run out
  (verb) change
  (verb) decline
  (verb) disappoint
  (verb) evaluate
  (verb) judge
  (verb) let down
  (verb) pass judgment
  (verb) worsen
antonyms
  (verb) manage
  (verb) pass
  (verb) succeed


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