📖 F — The English dictionary · page 21

fissure — Everyday, meaning 1: A fissure is a long, narrow crack, especially in rock or the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In the body a fissure is a natural groove, such as a fold in the brain, or a small painful crack in the skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fissure can also mean a split or disagreement between people in a group.↗ Example: Lava poured out of a long fissure in the ground.↗ · The climber put her hand into a fissure in the rock.↗ · After the earthquake a fissure opened across the road.↗ · In Iceland some volcanoes erupt from fissures.↗ · Water seeped through the fissures in the cave.↗ · The brain has deep fissures and folds.↗ · A fissure grew between the two friends after the argument.↗ · Never go near fissures on a volcano; hot gas can come out.↗ · He walked and walked, and came to a hill: in that hill was a fissure, and in the fissure stood a hut.↗

fist — Everyday, meaning 1: A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm.↗ Example: He clenched his fist in anger.↗ · We gave each other a fist bump.↗ · She banged her fist on the table.↗ · Use your words, not your fists.↗ · Count the months on the knuckles of your fist.↗ · The baby held my finger in her tiny fist.↗ · And he beat his fists angrily against a tree.↗ · And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; (Torah EXO.21.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?↗ (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.↗ (Prophets ISA.58.4, JPS 1917)↗

fit — Everyday, meaning 1: To fit means to be the right size and shape to go in a place or on a body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fit also means healthy and strong.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fit something is to put it in place.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fit is a sudden short attack, like a fit of coughing or giggles.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Fit means right or good enough for something.↗ Example: How many books fit on a shelf?↗ · 6 eggs fit in a box.↗ · Can 30 people fit in the bus with 25 seats?↗ · He keeps fit by running.↗ · These shoes don't fit me any more.↗ · The puzzle piece fits here.↗ · We had a fit of giggles.↗ · She fits in well at her new school.↗ · I think it will just fit you.↗ · Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'?↗ (Writings JOB.34.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.↗ (Writings PRO.24.27, JPS 1917)↗

fitch — Everyday, meaning 1: (old or trade word) A polecat, or its fur; also called a fitchew.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, old) A kind of plant grown for seeds, a vetch or similar, mentioned as «fitches» in old English Bibles.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A long-handled brush used by painters and signwriters.↗ Example: The polecat, or fitch, hunts rabbits at night.↗ · Grandma's old coat had a fitch fur collar.↗ · The farmer in the Bible beat out his fitches with a staff.↗ · The painter used a fitch to reach into the corner.↗ · A fitch is related to the weasel and the ferret.↗

fitly — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, old) In a suitable or proper way; rightly.↗ Example: The story ends fitly with a feast.↗ · A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold.↗ · The hall was fitly decorated for the wedding.↗ · He was fitly rewarded for his courage.↗ · The old book said the king was fitly honoured.↗ · The poem was fitly read at the end of the day.↗ · The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.↗ (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917)↗ · His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.↗ (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917)↗

fitness — Everyday, meaning 1: Fitness is being healthy and strong in your body, especially from exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: How good or suitable someone or something is for a task: «fitness for the job».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) In biology, how well a living thing survives and has young in its environment.↗ Example: We did a fitness test in PE today.↗ · Swimming is great for fitness.↗ · Dad joined a fitness class on Saturdays.↗ · Her fitness improved after a month of running.↗ · My fitness tracker counts my steps.↗ · The coach checked the players' fitness before the match.↗

fitted — Everyday, meaning 1: Fitted clothes are made to match the shape of the body closely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fitted furniture, such as a fitted kitchen or fitted carpet, is made to fit a particular space and fixed in place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fitted is the past form of «fit»: it was the right size, or someone put something in place.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Fitted out means supplied with everything needed for a trip or job.↗ Example: The glass slipper fitted Cinderella perfectly.↗ · The car is fitted with seatbelts in every seat.↗ · Dad fitted a new lock on the door.↗ · She wore a fitted jacket.↗ · A fitted sheet has elastic at the corners.↗ · We had a fitted carpet put in.↗ · All the books fitted on one shelf.↗ · When they were properly fitted out I embarked on my expedition.↗ · And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.35, JPS 1917)↗

fitter — Everyday, meaning 1: Fitter means more fit: healthier and stronger, especially from exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fitter is a worker who puts parts of machines, kitchens, gas pipes or carpets in place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fitter can also be a person who fits clothes or shoes on people.↗ Example: I'm getting fitter because I run every day.↗ · Swimming made her fitter and stronger.↗ · The kitchen fitter put in the new cupboards.↗ · A gas fitter came to check the boiler.↗ · Who is fitter, you or your dad?↗ · Walking to school helps you stay fitter.↗ · The carpet fitter measured the room.↗

fitting — Everyday, meaning 1: Right or suitable for a certain time or situation: «a fitting end».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A time when you try on clothes so they can be made the right size: «a dress fitting».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A small part fixed to something, like a tap, a handle or a light: «bathroom fittings».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The -ing form of «fit»: being the right size or shape, or putting something in place.↗ Example: It was a fitting end to the story when the kind boy won the prize.↗ · I had a fitting for my bridesmaid dress.↗ · The plumber changed the fittings in the bathroom.↗ · Mum is fitting a new lock on the door.↗ · She wore a tight-fitting swimming cap.↗ · It seemed fitting to plant a tree on the day we said goodbye to our teacher.↗ · The shoes are not fitting well, so we will swap them.↗ · Loose-fitting clothes are cooler in hot weather.↗ · He took the bow, and fitting an arrow to the notch, took careful aim and let fly.↗ · And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.↗ (Torah EXO.39.13, JPS 1917)↗ · The numeral one 1 and the zero 0 are a fitting symbolization of the two opposing principles concerning which the Sefer Yetzirah iv> "23) says as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

fittingly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that suits what is right or proper.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a suitable and proper way, as is fitting.↗ Example: She was fittingly rewarded for her kindness.↗ · He answered fittingly, with a bow.↗ · The feast ended fittingly with songs.↗ · I will thank you fittingly when I can.↗

five — Everyday, meaning 1: Five is the number 5, one more than four.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A five is the digit 5, or a five-dollar or five-pound note.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «High five» means slapping hands together to say well done.↗ Example: Student: two apples and five pears↗ · Five friends share 20 grapes.↗ · Leo has five boxes of 3 pens.↗ · A hand has 5 fingers.↗ · Count in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.↗ · School finishes at five past three.↗ · Ben is five years old.↗ · Give me a high five!↗ · Here, take these five gold pieces.↗ · and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917)↗ · And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.↗ (Torah GEN.5.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.↗ (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)↗ · All the sons of Judah were five.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.4, JPS 1917)↗ · The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.↗ (Writings EZR.2.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.↗ (Writings NEH.7.25, JPS 1917)↗

fiver — Everyday, meaning 1: A fiver is an informal word for a five-pound note in the UK or a five-dollar note in some other countries.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fiver can mean five pounds or five dollars of money.↗ Example: Grandma gave me a fiver for my birthday.↗ · The tickets cost a fiver each.↗ · Can you lend me a fiver?↗ · I paid with a fiver and got two pounds change.↗ · Two fivers make a tenner.↗ · He found a crumpled fiver in his pocket.↗ · A fiver is enough for a sandwich and a drink.↗

fix — Everyday, meaning 1: To fix something means to repair it so that it works again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To fix means to attach something firmly in place: fix a shelf to the wall.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fix can mean to decide or arrange: fix a date.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To fix a meal (USA) means to make it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A fix is a solution to a problem; being in a fix means being in trouble.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To fix your hopes or gaze on someone means to put all your trust in them or look at them steadily.↗ Example: Dad fixed my broken bike.↗ · Can you fix this toy?↗ · Fix your spelling mistakes before you hand in your work.↗ · We fixed the bookshelf to the wall so it can't fall.↗ · I'll fix you a sandwich.↗ · We were in a real fix when we lost the map.↗ · Let's fix a time to meet.↗ · There's no quick fix for being tired; you need sleep.↗ · "I am the man on whom many persons fix their hopes.↗ · Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

fixed — Everyday, meaning 1: Fixed means repaired, made to work again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fixed means attached firmly so it cannot move.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fixed means set and not changing, like a fixed price or fixed time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fixed stare or smile does not change.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A fixed game or result has been cheated, arranged dishonestly.↗ Example: Dad fixed my bike yesterday.↗ · The shelf is fixed to the wall with screws.↗ · The tickets have a fixed price of five pounds.↗ · Her eyes were fixed on the screen.↗ · In a fair test, keep everything fixed except one thing.↗ · The match was fixed, so the result didn't count.↗ · His eyes were fixed on the stars.↗ · It never appears on its own in the SY, being found only in the fixed expression Sefirot Belimah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · He fixed the twenty-two letters, stamina, on the sphere like a wall with two hundred and thirty-one gates, [18] and turned the spheres forward and backward.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He fixed these as testimonies of the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad; the twelve constellations rulers of the world, the Dragon (THELE) Tali which environs the universe, and the microcosm, man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

fixedly — Everyday, meaning 1: With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.↗ Example: The cat stared fixedly at the mouse hole.↗ · He gazed fixedly at the sea.↗ · She looked fixedly at the monster.↗ · The owl watched fixedly from the branch.↗

fixture — Everyday, meaning 1: A fixture is something fixed in a building that is meant to stay there, like a sink, bath, light or cupboard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A fixture is a sports match planned for a certain day.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fixture is a person or thing that is always there, like a regular at a place.↗ Example: The new light fixture in the kitchen is very bright.↗ · Our next fixture is against Westfield School.↗ · The fixture list shows a home match every second Saturday.↗ · When they moved, they left the fixtures, like the bath and sink.↗ · Old Mr Jones is a fixture at the café; he's there every morning.↗ · The match was a fixture between two top teams.↗ · Our team has eight fixtures this term.↗

fizz — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To make lots of tiny gas bubbles with a hissing sound, like a fizzy drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) The bubbles in a drink, or the hissing sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, informal) Excitement or energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, UK informal) A fizzy drink, sometimes champagne.↗ Example: The tablet fizzed in the water.↗ · My lemonade has lost its fizz.↗ · Mix vinegar and baking soda and watch it fizz.↗ · The firework fizzed and then went out.↗ · The classroom fizzed with excitement.↗ · Shake the bottle and the fizz will spray out.↗ · They opened some fizz to celebrate.↗ · Whirr-r-r, how they fizzed and blazed!↗