📖 F — The English dictionary · page 17

filly — Everyday, meaning 1: A filly is a young female horse, usually under four years old.↗ Its brother is a colt.↗ Example: The farmer's filly ran across the field.↗ · The king's son rode a blue-grey filly.↗ · The filly tossed her head in the stable.↗ · Every filly in the field came to the gate.↗

film — Everyday, meaning 1: A film is a movie, a story shown with moving pictures.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To film is to record moving pictures with a camera.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Film is a thin layer, like plastic film or a film of oil.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Film is also the roll that old cameras used for photos.↗ Example: The film lasts 2 hours.↗ · They watched 3 films.↗ · Tickets for the film cost $7.↗ · The film starts at 4 and ends at 6.↗ · We filmed our class play.↗ · Cover the bowl with plastic film.↗ · There was a film of ice on the pond.↗ · This film is for children over 12.↗ · Little by little a film covered his eyes.↗

filmmaker — Everyday, meaning 1: A filmmaker is a person who makes films, especially a director or producer who has the main ideas.↗ Example: Steven Spielberg is a famous filmmaker.↗ · Our class became filmmakers for a day.↗ · The filmmaker filmed whales in the ocean.↗ · She wants to be a wildlife filmmaker.↗ · The filmmaker edited the video on a laptop.↗ · Young filmmakers entered the school film festival.↗

filmy — Everyday, meaning 1: Filmy means thin, light and see-through, like a very fine cloth or film.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Filmy eyes are dim or clouded over with a thin skin, as in old age.↗ Example: The curtain was filmy and let the sun through.↗ · A filmy veil covered her face.↗ · The old dog's eyes had gone filmy with age.↗ · She wiped the filmy mist from the window.↗

fils — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «Fils» is the French word for son; it sounds like «feess» to an English ear and is not an English word.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In English, «fils» is sometimes put after a French name to mean «the son» or «junior», as in «Dumas fils», to tell a son apart from his father with the same name.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (money) A fils is a small coin, a fraction of the dinar or dirham, in some Arab countries like Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE.↗ Example: In French class we learned that «fils» means son.↗ · The bakery sign said «Martin et Fils».↗ · Alexandre Dumas fils wrote different books from his father.↗ · The drink cost 500 fils in Kuwait.↗ · «Mon fils» means «my son» in French.↗ · The old coin was worth only a few fils.↗

filter — Everyday, meaning 1: A filter is a material or device with tiny holes that lets liquid or air pass but catches solid bits.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To filter is to pass something through a filter to clean or separate it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A filter is a setting that changes or blocks something, like a photo filter or an internet filter.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To filter in or out is to move slowly in small amounts, like light or people.↗ Example: We filtered the muddy water through filter paper.↗ · The sand stayed in the filter.↗ · Salt passes through a filter because it is dissolved.↗ · Our fish tank has a filter to keep it clean.↗ · Sunlight filtered through the leaves.↗ · The school internet has a filter.↗ · She added a funny filter to the photo.↗

filth — Everyday, meaning 1: Filth is very bad, disgusting dirt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Filth is rude, offensive words, pictures or talk.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK slang, rude, offensive) «The filth» is a rude word for the police; it is insulting.↗ Example: The pigsty was full of filth.↗ · Victorian streets were covered in filth and smoke.↗ · Wash the filth off your boots.↗ · Germs grow in filth, so we keep the kitchen clean.↗ · Grandad called the rude song «filth» and turned it off.↗ · (UK slang, rude) In the TV drama the robber shouted, «Run, it's the filth!»↗ · Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.↗ (Prophets HOS.5.11, JPS 1917)↗ · It hath wearied itself with toil; yet its great filth goeth not forth out of it, yea, its noisome filth.↗ (Prophets EZK.24.12, JPS 1917)↗ · when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of destruction.↗ (Prophets ISA.4.4, JPS 1917)↗

filthiness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The state of being very dirty, or morally foul.↗ Example: There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.↗ (Writings PRO.30.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · and said unto them: 'Hear me, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.↗ (Writings 2CH.29.5, JPS 1917)↗

filthy — Everyday, meaning 1: Very dirty: filthy boots.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Rude, nasty or about rude things: a filthy joke; a filthy mood.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Very unpleasant: filthy weather.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «filthy rich» (informal) = extremely rich.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (slang) «a filthy look» = an angry look.↗ Example: Take off those filthy shoes before you come in!↗ · The dog was filthy after rolling in mud.↗ · It's filthy weather out there — rain and wind.↗ · He gave me a filthy look when I laughed.↗ · They are filthy rich and have three houses.↗ · Don't tell filthy jokes at school.↗ · Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!↗ (Prophets ZEP.3.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.↗ (Prophets ZEC.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.↗ (Prophets ISA.28.8, JPS 1917)↗

filtration — Everyday, meaning 1: Filtration is the process of separating solid bits from a liquid or gas by passing it through a filter, such as paper, sand or cloth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Filtration is also the cleaning of water or air by filters.↗ Example: We used filtration to separate the sand from the water.↗ · Filtration cannot remove salt that has dissolved.↗ · The water goes through sand for filtration.↗ · The fish tank has a filtration system to keep the water clean.↗ · Coffee is made by filtration through a paper filter.↗ · Our kidneys do a kind of filtration of the blood.↗ · After filtration, the clear liquid is called the filtrate.↗

fin — Everyday, meaning 1: A thin, flat part sticking out of a fish's or sea animal's body that helps it swim, steer and balance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A similar flat part on a plane, rocket, car or surfboard that helps keep it steady.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Flippers worn on your feet for swimming (often called fins).↗ Example: The fish moved its fins to swim forward.↗ · A shark's dorsal fin stuck out of the water.↗ · Dolphins have fins, but they breathe air.↗ · We wore fins to swim faster when snorkelling.↗ · Rockets have fins to keep them flying straight.↗ · The surfboard has three fins underneath.↗ · The fish used its tail fin to turn quickly.↗ · Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.↗ (Torah LEV.11.12, JPS 1917)↗ · and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.↗ (Torah DEU.14.10, JPS 1917)↗ · These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat; (Torah DEU.14.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.↗ (Prophets 1KI.10.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.↗ (Writings 2CH.36.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of them that have been fined.↗ (Prophets AMO.2.8, JPS 1917)↗

final — Everyday, meaning 1: Final means last, coming at the end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The final is the last game or race that decides the winner.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Finals are the last exams of a school year or course.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Final can mean that cannot be changed: my answer is final.↗ Example: What is the final score?↗ · The final price was $45.↗ · They won the final 3 to 1.↗ · Her final answer was 12.↗ · Our team got to the final.↗ · This is the final chapter of the book.↗ · The final bell rang at 3.↗ · The judge's decision is final.↗ · He closed his eyes and waited for the final moment.↗ · Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

finale — Everyday, meaning 1: The finale is the last part of a show, concert, piece of music or event, usually the most exciting part.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A season finale is the last episode of a TV series' season.↗ Example: The fireworks were the grand finale of the night.↗ · Everyone came on stage for the finale.↗ · The season finale ended with a cliffhanger.↗ · The orchestra played the finale loudly.↗ · As a finale, the magician made the rabbit vanish.↗ · The finale of our school play had a big song.↗

finally — Everyday, meaning 1: Finally means at last, after a long time or a lot of waiting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Finally is used to introduce the last point or step in a list or set of instructions.↗ Example: We finally reached the top of the mountain.↗ · Finally, put the cake in the oven.↗ · After three tries, I finally got it right.↗ · The bus finally arrived.↗ · Finally, I would like to thank my teacher.↗ · The rain finally stopped.↗ · Finally, check your answer by adding.↗ · Finally she picked up her basket.↗ · Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

finance — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) The management of money, especially by governments, banks and businesses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Money that is used to pay for a project or a purchase.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To provide the money for something.↗ Example: My aunt works in finance at a big bank.↗ · The school needs finance to build a new playground.↗ · The bake sale helped finance our class trip.↗ · They bought the car on finance and pay each month.↗ · The government's minister of finance plans the budget.↗ · Learning about personal finance helps you save money.↗

finances — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) The money that a person, family, business or country has and how it is managed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Third person form of the verb finance: pays for something.↗ Example: Mum and Dad talk about the family finances every Sunday.↗ · The club's finances are healthy, so we can buy new kits.↗ · After he lost his job, their finances were tight.↗ · Grandad helps me keep my finances in order with a piggy bank.↗ · The council finances the local library.↗ · Good finances mean spending less than you earn.↗

financial — Everyday, meaning 1: Financial means about money, especially how it is earned, spent, saved or managed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Connected with banks, businesses and large sums of money.↗ Example: The family had financial problems after the factory closed.↗ · A financial adviser helps people save.↗ · The charity gives financial help to people in need.↗ · Banks are financial institutions.↗ · We learned about financial planning in class.↗ · The council publishes its spending at the end of each financial year.↗

financially — Everyday, meaning 1: Financially means in a way that is about money: «financially secure» means safe with money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used to talk about the money side of a situation.↗ Example: After getting a job, he became financially independent.↗ · The family was struggling financially.↗ · Financially, it's cheaper to take the bus.↗ · The club is doing well financially.↗ · Grandpa helped them financially when they moved.↗ · The plan works financially but takes too long.↗

finch — Everyday, meaning 1: A finch is a small songbird with a short, strong, cone-shaped beak for cracking seeds, such as a goldfinch, chaffinch or greenfinch.↗ Example: A goldfinch came to our bird feeder.↗ · Finches crack seeds with their strong beaks.↗ · Darwin studied the finches of the Galápagos Islands.↗ · The chaffinch is one of the commonest birds in Britain.↗ · Each kind of finch had a beak shaped for its food.↗ · A group of goldfinches is called a charm.↗ · But the field and wood sparrows, the larks and finches, blackbirds and green finches had picked up the millet long ago, and the girl could not find her way.↗

find — Everyday, meaning 1: To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To find out is to learn something: find out the answer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To find is to work out in maths: find the total.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To find something easy or hard is to feel it is so.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A find is something good that was found.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In law, a court finds someone guilty or not guilty: it decides.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «Good find!» praises a good discovery; «finders keepers» is a children's saying that whoever finds a thing keeps it.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) The exam voice says «determine», «ascertain», «compute», «evaluate», «establish», «locate» where a child would say «find».↗ Example: Anna found 8 cards and then found 6 more.↗ How many cards did Anna find altogether?↗ · Ben finds 3 shells on the beach.↗ · Find how many more apples Sam has than Kim.↗ · I can't find my other shoe!↗ · Find the missing number: 5 + ?↗ = 12.↗ · Let's find out how plants drink water.↗ · I find maths fun.↗ · If you find a needle, don't touch it; tell a grown-up.↗ · found 2 quid in me coat lol, now got 7↗ · Finders keepers, it's mine now!↗ · That old shop was a great find.↗ · Ascertain the total number of cards located by Anna, given that she located 8 and subsequently a further 6.↗ · But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.↗ (Torah GEN.6.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.↗ (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him.↗ (Torah GEN.39.4, JPS 1917)↗ · But wisdom, where shall it be found?↗ (Writings JOB.28.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou find out the deep things of God?↗ (Writings JOB.11.7, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?↗ (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917)↗