What is the meaning of FAILURE. Phrases containing FAILURE
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Failure to make visual sighting; or inability to establish radio communications.
n 1. A person considered inept or undesirable. 2. A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.
Sometimes failure can be a good thing— at least when it comes to resistance training. When training to failure, an exercise is repeated until exhaustion, the point when the muscles pretty much go on strike. While this is one tool for building muscular strength, size, and endurance, proceed with caution, as using this method can potentially increase the risk of injury.
n A jail or jail cell.tanked, tanking, tanks v. intr. To suffer a sudden decline or failure: The stock market tanked. Phrasal Verb:tank up To drink to the point of intoxication.tanked adj. Intoxicated; drunk.
v 1. a. To smash or break, especially forcefully. b. To render inoperable or unusable. 2. To reduce in rank. 3. a. To place under arrest. b. To make a police raid on. v.intr. 1. a. To undergo breakage; become broken. b. To burst; break. 2. To become bankrupt or short of money. 3. To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21. n. 1. A failure; a flop. 2. A state of bankruptcy. 3. A time or period of widespread financial depression. 4. A punch; a blow. 5. A spree. a fraternity beer bust 6. a. An arrest. b. A raid. Idioms:bust (one's) butt/ass To make a strenuous effort; work very hard. bust (one's) nut 1. To eject semen in orgasm. 2. To orgasm.
to make a muddle or failure of anything. "He made a regular mux of the whole business."Â
Brain failure is British slang for forgetfullness, mental deficiency.
usually in a business setting, the act of attempting to identify who was to blame for a failure or problem, rather than trying to brainstorm a solution
A method of making an emergency landing in a helicopter which has experienced engine failure.
when a net or seine is hauled and found to contains no fish, it’s a water haul; apllied to failures generally
Day shapes hoisted up the mast in this way indicate that the vessel is "not under command". This usually occurs when the ship has a steering gear failure.
A salute performed with a Boatswain's Call when an honoured visitor or a Flag Officer comes aboard the ship. To be done properly it should be 12 seconds long, and is formed by a low note, then a four second high note, and closing with another low note. The transitions between low and high should be very smooth. To accomplish this, the sailor must take a very long deep breath prior to beginning; failure to do so will cause the pipe to be abruptly cut short. The side is also piped for Royalty, the Accused when entering a Court Martial and for the Officer of the Guard (When the Guard is formed up).
The burning sensation in a muscle that comes from the lactic acid and pH buildup resulting from exercising the muscle to failure.
Failure to protect your train or to flag it
Expresses a failure. The opposite of "There you are."
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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
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One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
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The failure of a crop, or the like.
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Want of success; failure; misfortune.
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A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
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A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
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Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.
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Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.
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Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
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Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
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Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
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A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
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Want or failure of intermission.
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Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
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Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.
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The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
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Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
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Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
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