Crossword-Solution: FAIL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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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. |
| 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| Fail | v. i. | Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FAIL | anagram | AFLI, ALIF, FILA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with FAIL (5)
But he tasted not, and touched not, Only said to her, “Nokomis, Wait until the sun is setting, Till the darkness falls around us, Till the heron, the Shuh-shuh-gah, Crying from the desolate marshes, Tells us that the day is ended.” Homeward weeping went Nokomis, Sorrowing for her Hiawatha, Fearing lest his strength should fail him, Lest his fasting should be fatal.
Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone; and as a God Extoll him equal to the highest in Heav’n: Nor fail’d they to express how much they prais’d, That for the general safety he despis’d His own: for neither do the Spirits damn’d Loose all thir vertue; least bad men should boast Thir specious deeds on earth, which glory excites, Or close ambition varnisht o’re with zeal.
When he says anything laughable, fail to see the point and don’t smile, and speak of him before those who will report your talk as ‘that fantastical man,’ or ‘that Sergeant What’s-his-name.’ ‘That man of a family that has come to the dogs.’ Don’t be unmannerly towards him, but harmless-uncivil, and so get rid of the man.” No Christmas robin detained by a window-pane ever pulsed as did Bathsheba now.
The banished brother (so all Thebes reports) Fled to the vale of Argos, and by help Of new alliance there and friends in arms, Swears he will stablish Argos straight as lord Of the Cadmeian land, or, if he fail, Exalt the victor to the stars of heaven.
His spirit could never, I conceive, have been characterized by an uneasy activity; it must, at any period of his life, have required an impulse to set him in motion; but once stirred up, with obstacles to overcome, and an adequate object to be attained, it was not in the man to give out or fail.
Quotes with FAIL (3)
This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…
Ibn al-Arabi gave this advice: Do not attach yourself to any particular creed exclusively, so that you may disbelieve all the rest; otherwise you will lose much good, nay, you will fail to recognize the real truth of the matter. God, the omnipresent and omnipotent, is not limited by any one creed, for he says, 'Wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah' (Koran 2:109). Everyone praises what he believes; his god is his own creature, and in praising it he praises himself. …
For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. They know that they have years in which to deepen their connection, to experiment, to regress, and even to fail. They see their relationship as something alive and ongoing, not a fait accompli. It’s a story that they are writing together, one with many chapters,…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 174 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).