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Meanings of ail in English

Catalan
fer mal

Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.

        fer mal
        Portuguese
        alho
        Catalan
        all

        Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.

              alho
              Usage of ail in English
              1
              This fate certainly befell Michael Winner long before he began to ail.
              The Irish Times
              2
              This question was the Alpha and Omega of ail that concerned him.
              The Heavenly Twins
              3
              The wreckage was ail cleared away; the fire-brigade had hosed the square.
              The Quiet American
              4
              He bent above her, almost agonized that anything should ail his idol.
              A Terrible Secret: A Novel
              5
              All that was necessary was to make something ail the horse.
              Frank Merriwell's Races
              6
              This was most unhealthy for a growing child, and he began to ail.
              Odd John
              7
              It's a good medicine, too, for a lot of things that ail us.
              A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
              8
              Folks are hunting ail over for those old bills and coins.
              The Postman
              9
              What should ail me to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe?
              The Scarlet Letter
              10
              Oh, now ail common things become uncommon and enchanted to me.
              The Elson Readers, Book 5
              11
              Why, what doth ail thee?-Thouwert able to come out without being seen?
              Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home
              12
              Once again the incrusted paper leered at me in ail its horrible pink incrustiness.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-01
              13
              In the afternoon they would gallop back again, nearly ail more or less tipsy.
              Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
              14
              So saying, he transfixed ail hearts with his glances and recited the following verses:
              The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
              15
              Beth pulled away with ail her might, and in silence.
              A Little Florida Lady
              16
              After one hiccup, she'd lost her cake and tea ail over her father's lap.
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              Translations for ail
              Portuguese
              alho
              Ail through the time
              Ail across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common