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ail

/eɪl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An ailment; trouble; illness.
  2. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  3. To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
  4. Painful; troublesome.
  5. The awn of barley or other types of corn.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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