Definition of ails Ails
/ejˈlz/ - [eylz] -
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What does ails mean?
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- ails (Noun)
Plural of ail.
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| ail - be ill or unwell | ||
| hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| ail - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | ||
| trouble, pain | ||
| hurt give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| recrudesce, break out, erupt begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ail (v. t.)
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; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him. - ail (v. i.)
To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. - ail (n.)
Indisposition or morbid affection.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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āl, v.i. to feel pain: to be in trouble.—v.t. to trouble, afflict—obs. except in impers. phrase 'What ails you?'—n. trouble: indisposition.—n. Ail′ment, pain: indisposition: disease. [A.S. eglan, to pain. See Awe.]
