Ails

noun

/eɪlz/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounAn ailment; trouble; illness.

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

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

3.verbTo be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

4.nounThe awn of barley or other types of corn.

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