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quail

Quail is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter Q and ends with the letter L for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. i.) To die; to perish; hence to wither; to fade.
(v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
(v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
(v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate as milk.
(n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World especially the common European quail (C. communis) the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India the stubble quail (C. pectoralis) and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).

Syllable Information

The word quail is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for quail is: quail


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