ailing

«ailing» in Mova's school dictionary: ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (ailing); verb form of ail

meaning for a pupil

Ailing means ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting better quickly. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a bird, a sister or a friend who is sick and needs help or a doctor

examples

• The ailing bird sat still on its perch. tree →
• A cat heard that the birds in the aviary were ailing. tree →
• She stayed in bed, ailing, and needed her brother's help. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ailing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.