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shails

shails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shail.

Meaning of shail

Verb

shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
    • The mysterious woman meandered up the street, shailing and leaning precariously at times.

Questions about shails

What is shails the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shail.

Words near shails in the dictionary

  1. Shailaja
  2. Shailaputri
  3. shailed
  4. shailing
  5. Shailputri
  6. shails
  7. Shain
  8. Shains
  9. Shainyan
  10. Shaiqiya
  11. shairl

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