faience
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ get worse; "Her health is declining"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
fail
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"
failing
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"
failing
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"
failing
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
faille
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
failure
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
failure
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
failure
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"
failure
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"