ail — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.

   What aileth thee, Hagar?

   More examples (1)

   Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statue book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act. Defended, respected: what could possibly ail marriage in America?

2. To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   When he ails ever so little […] he is so peevish.

Noun

1. An ailment; trouble; illness.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Adjective

1. Painful; troublesome.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Noun

1. The awn of barley or other types of corn.

   Usage

   • West-Country

Noun

1. aromatic bulb used as seasoning

   Synonyms

   garlic

   Broader terms

   flavorerflavourerflavoringflavouringseasonerseasoning

Verb

1. be ill or unwell

   Broader terms

   sufferhurtache

2. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

   Synonyms

   troublepain

   Broader terms

   hurt