Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, slang)To behave aggressively.

    1989, Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K, Got to Get Step back, relax, and chill as I thrill / The K is back, I'm not here to ill / Layin' knowledge through the mic / Hype with a beat like this for your delight

Examples

1215 sentences

  1. She always speaks ill of others.

    Вона завжди говорить погане про інших. — aandrusiak

    ruОна всегда говорит плохо о других. — Lenin_1917

    deSie spricht immer schlecht über andere. — Esperantostern

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  2. He looks as if he had been ill.

    Він, здається, хворів. — triantafillou

    deEr sieht so als, als wäre er krank gewesen. — MUIRIEL

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  3. She could not come because she was ill.

    Вона не змогла прийти, бо хвора. — aandrusiak

    ruОна не смогла прийти, потому что была больна. — soniamiku

    deSie konnte wegen ihrer Krankheit nicht kommen. — xtofu80

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  4. He seemed to have been ill.

    Він виглядав хворим. — anastasishko

    deEr schien krank gewesen zu sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I didn't know she was ill.

    Я не знав, що вона хвора. — shanghainese

    ruЯ не знал, что она больна. — shanghainese

    deIch wusste nicht, dass sie krank war. — MUIRIEL

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Origin

From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb),

From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).

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Forms

ills, illing, illed, illed
Base formill · to ill
3rd person singularills
Present participleilling
Past simpleilled
Past participleilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyill
he, she, itills

Past simpleLesson

all personsilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave illed
he, she, ithas illed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ill

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ill at ease
  • speak ill of
  • ill of others
  • is mentally ill
  • mentally ill
  • is seriously ill
  • seriously ill
  • speak ill
  • felt ill at
  • terminally ill
  • had been ill
  • felt ill

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ignorantB2ignoreB1iguanaikebanaillegalA2illegallyB1illegible

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