📖 Definitions of "Fails"
noun
- 1
Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
"The project was full of fail."
- 2
A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
- 3
A failure (something incapable of success)
- 4
A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
verb
- 1
To be unsuccessful.
"Throughout my life, I have always failed."
- 2
Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
"The truck failed to start."
- 3
To neglect.
"The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."
- 4
Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
"After running five minutes, the engine failed."
noun
- 1
A piece of turf cut from grassland.
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