Kidney disease â The edema of kidney disease can cause swelling in the lower legs and around the eyes. (See Patient education: Chronic kidney disease (Beyond the Basics).) Heart failure â Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is due to a weakened heart, which impairs its pumping action.
verb (used without object), won, winning. 1. to finish first in a race, contest, or the like. 2. to succeed by striving or effort: He applied for a scholarship and won. 3. to gain the victory; overcome an adversary:
defeat. 1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, best, conquer, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal: trim, whip. Slang: ace, lick. Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better. 2.