'Failed' definitions:

Definition of 'Failed'

From: GCIDE
  • Fail \Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed (f[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False, Fault.]
  • 1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. [1913 Webster]
  • As the waters fail from the sea. --Job xiv. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. [1913 Webster]
  • If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. --Berke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. [1913 Webster]
  • When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation. [1913 Webster]
  • Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra iv. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired; to be baffled or frusrated. [1913 Webster]
  • Our envious foe hath failed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken. [1913 Webster]
  • Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To 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; as, many credit unions failed in the late 1980's. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'failed'

From: GCIDE
  • failed \failed\ adj. unsuccessful. Opposite of successful.
  • Syn: failing. [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'failed'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Failed'