Définitions
1.VerbTo be unsuccessful."Throughout my life, I have always failed."
2.VerbNot to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"The truck failed to start."
3.VerbTo neglect."The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."
4.VerbOf a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."After running five minutes, the engine failed."
5.VerbTo be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."I've failed my parents many times growing up."
6.VerbTo receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."I failed English last year."
7.VerbTo give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments."
8.VerbTo miss attaining; to lose.
9.VerbTo be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence."The crops failed last year."
10.VerbTo be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
11.VerbTo fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
12.VerbTo deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."A sick man fails."
13.VerbTo perish; to die; used of a person.
14.VerbTo err in judgment; to be mistaken.
15.VerbTo become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
16.NounA failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
17.NounA failing grade in an academic examination.
18.NounA failure (something incapable of success).
19.NounPoor quality; substandard workmanship."The project was full of fail."
20.AdjectiveUnsuccessful; inadequate; unacceptable in some way.
21.NounA piece of turf cut from grassland.