Definition of fail

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Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

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Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat..
Crash :: Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise..
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.).
Defailure :: Defailure (n.) Failure.
Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
Denutrition :: Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
Unfailing :: Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.
Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..
Nonlimitation :: Nonlimitation (n.) Want of limitation; failure to limit.
Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.
Misobserver :: Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
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..
Failure :: Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise..
Fiasco :: Fiasco (n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking..
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
Failing :: Failing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fai.
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same..
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