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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fail \Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed (f[=a]ld); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum,
     to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy,
     False, Fault.]
     1. 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.
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              As the waters fail from the sea.      --Job xiv. 11.
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              Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
        deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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              If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
              attributed to their size.             --Berke.
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     3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
        to sink.
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              When earnestly they seek
              Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
        etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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     5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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              Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
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     6. 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.
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              Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
                                                    iv. 22.
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              Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
        to be baffled or frusrated.
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              Our envious foe hath failed.          --Milton.
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     8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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              Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
              Shall grieve him, if I fail not.      --Milton.
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     9. 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; as, many
        credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fail \Fail\, v. t.
     1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
        to desert.
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              There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1
                                                    Kings ii. 4.
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     2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
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              Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.]
     1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
        superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase
        without fail. ``His highness' fail of issue.'' --Shak.
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     2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fail \Fail\v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive,
     akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False,
     Fault.]
     1. 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.
  
              As the waters fail from the sea.      --Job xiv. 11.
  
              Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
        deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
  
              If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
              attributed to their size.             --Berke.
  
     3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
        to sink.
  
              When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they
              then begin to fail.                   --Milton.
  
     4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
        etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
  
     5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
  
              Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
  
     6. 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.
  
              Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
                                                    iv. 22.
  
              Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
        to be baffled or frusrated.
  
              Our envious foe hath failed.          --Milton.
  
     8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  
              Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall
              grieve him, if I fail not.            --Milton.
  
     9. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fail \Fail\, v. t.
     1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
        to desert.
  
              There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1
                                                    Kings ii. 4.
  
     2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
  
              Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.
                                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.]
     1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
        superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase
        without fail. ``His highness' fail of issue.'' --Shak.
  
     2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  fail
       v 1: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
            notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
            secretary failed to call the customer and the company
            lost the account" [syn: neglect]
       2: be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?";
          "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
          [syn: go wrong, miscarry] [ant: succeed]
       3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His
          sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength
          finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the
          crisis" [syn: betray]
       4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went";
          "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke
          down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The
          engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went
          after the accident" [syn: go bad, give way, die, give
          out, conk out, go, break, break down]
       5: be unable; "I fail to understand your motives" [ant: pull
          off]
       6: judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students" [ant:
          pass]
       7: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed
          nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: flunk, bomb,
           flush it] [ant: pass]
       8: fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her
          obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail
          his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
       9: become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;
          "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired
          cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
       10: prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed
           after a long drought" [syn: run out, give out]
       11: get worse; "Her health is declining"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αποτυγχάνω (σε κάποια προσπάθεια)
     2 αποτυγχάνω (σε μάθημα), μένω
     3 δεν ανταποκρίνομαι σε υποχρέωσή μου
     4 (''για μηχανήματα'') χαλάω, παύω να λειτουργώ σωστά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Indonesian n.
     1 (l en file),
     2 # a collection of papers collated and archived together.
     3 # (lb id computing) an aggregation of data on a storage device,
  identified by a name.
     4 (l en file) (l en rack)
     Irish n.
     1 ring
     2 bracelet
     3 wreath
     4 sty
     Old Irish vb.
     (alternative form of sga fil)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Fail
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     a.
     (lb en slang US) Unsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way.
     alt.
     1 A failure, especially of a financial transaction (gloss: a
  termination of an action).
     2 A failing grade in an academic examination.
     3 (lb en slang US) A failure (gloss: something incapable of success).
     4 (lb en uncountable slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
     n.
     1 A failure, especially of a financial transaction (gloss: a
  termination of an action).
     2 A failing grade in an academic examination.
     3 (lb en slang US) A failure (gloss: something incapable of success).
     4 (lb en uncountable slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
     2 (lb en transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage
  note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To neglect.
     4 (lb en intransitive) ''Of a machine#Noun, etc.'': to cease to
  operate correctly.
     5 (lb en transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to
  disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
     6 (lb en ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in
  academic pursuits.
     7 (lb en transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an
  academic endeavour.
     8 (lb en transitive obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
     9 To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any
  measure or degree up to total absence.
     10 (lb en archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack;
  to be deficient or unprovided; used with ''of''.
     alt.
     A piece of turf cut from grassland.
     n.
     A piece of turf cut from grassland.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Fail
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Irish n.
     1 ring
     2 bracelet
     3 wreath
     4 sty
     Old Irish vb.
     (alternative form of sga fil)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Fail
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Irish n.
     1 ring
     2 bracelet
     3 wreath
     4 sty
     Old Irish vb.
     (alternative form of sga fil)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Fail
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Turkki n.
     tekijä
     Viro n.
     (''tietojenkäsittely'') tiedosto

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fail
     Estniska n.
     (tagg data språk=et) fil

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  fail /fˈeɪl/
  1. afsterf, afsterwe
  2. afstel
  3. agterweë laat

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  fail /fˈeɪl/
  agterweë bly

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fail /fˈeɪl/
  الفشل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  fail //feɪl// 
  1. не [[сполу́чвам]], не [[успя́вам]]
  be unsuccessful
  2. не [[рабо́тя]], отка́звам
  cease to operate
  3. провалям
  not achieve a stated goal