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Definition of fail

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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..

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Shadrach :: Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.).

Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..

Failed :: Failed (imp. & p. p.) of Fai.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..

Cease :: Cease (v. i.) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

Forgetfulness :: Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty..

Sorehead :: Sorehead (n.) One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like..

Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

Flunk :: Flunk (v. i.) To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear..

Unknow :: Unknow (v. t.) To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

Default :: Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..

Particularly :: Particularly (adv.) In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure..

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) The failure of a crop, or the like..

Unless :: Unless (conj.) Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious..

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..