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"
prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
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"
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"
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 to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"
be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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"
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
the act of sitting or standing astride
a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"
the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"
strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
with head or back bent low; "a deep bow"
large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget"
extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"
marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"
relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow"
extending relatively far inward; "a deep border"
to far into space; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods";
to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"