"ailing" meaning in English

See ailing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/ Forms: more ailing [comparative], most ailing [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} ailing (comparative more ailing, superlative most ailing)
  1. Sickly; sick; ill; unwell. Derived forms: unailing Translations (sick): malalt (Catalan), ziek (Dutch), malsana (Esperanto), haiglane (Estonian), põdur (Estonian), raihnas (Finnish), malade (French), malsain (French), krank (German), kränklich (German), kränkelnd (German), marode (German), dahinsiechend (German), leidend (German), angeschlagen (German), notleidend (German), malada (Ido), läsivä (Ingrian), malato [masculine] (Italian), sofferente (Italian), oke (Maori), taimaha (Maori), haumate (Maori), ngātoro (Maori), malaut (Occitan), doente (Portuguese), enfermo (Portuguese), enfermo (Spanish), achacoso (Spanish), enfermito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ailing-en-adj-KF2G6dq6

Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/ Forms: ailings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} ailing (plural ailings)
  1. An ailment.
    Sense id: en-ailing-en-noun-MvWr0IEd

Verb

IPA: /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ailing
  1. present participle and gerund of ail Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ail
    Sense id: en-ailing-en-verb-hswgomY~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 31 54

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "sick",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sick",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "sick",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "sick",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "malalt"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sick",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sick",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "raihnas"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "malade"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "malsain"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "krank"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "kränklich"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "kränkelnd"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "marode"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "dahinsiechend"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "leidend"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sick",
      "word": "angeschlagen"
    },
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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      "sense": "sick",
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