(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ pain, you feel it in your body or in your mind.
Within a few days she had become seriously ill, ~ing great pain and discomfort...
Can you assure me that my father is not ~ing?
VERB: V n, V
2.
If you ~ from an illness or from some other bad condition, you are badly affected by it.
He was eventually diagnosed as ~ing from terminal cancer...
I realized he was ~ing from shock.
VERB: V from n, V from n
3.
If you ~ something bad, you are in a situation in which something painful, harmful, or very unpleasant happens to you.
The peace process has ~ed a serious blow now...
Romania ~ed another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.
VERB: V n, V n
4.
If you ~, you are badly affected by an event or situation.
There are few who have not ~ed...
It is obvious that Syria will ~ most from this change of heart.
VERB: V, V from n
5.
If something ~s, it does not succeed because it has not been given enough attention or is in a bad situation.
I’m not surprised that your studies are ~ing...
Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will ~ even further.
VERB: V, V
6.
see also ~ing