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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/#x1)
- A cat heard that the birds in the aviary were ailing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/#x2)
- She stayed in bed, ailing, and needed her brother's help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ailing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.