📖 F — The English dictionary · page 29

flyover — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Australia) A flyover is a bridge that carries one road over another road or railway.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) A flyover, also flypast (UK), is a planned flight of aircraft low over a place for a show or ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US informal) «Flyover country» is a joking name for the middle states of the USA that people fly over between the coasts.↗ Example: The bus went over the flyover into town.↗ · The skateboarders met under the flyover.↗ · (US) Jets did a flyover at the football game.↗ · The new flyover stops traffic jams at the junction.↗ · In the UK, the Red Arrows do a flypast, which Americans call a flyover.↗ · We could see the river from the top of the flyover.↗

flytrap — Everyday, meaning 1: A flytrap, or Venus flytrap, is a plant whose leaves snap shut like jaws to catch flies and other insects, which it then digests.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A flytrap can also be any device that catches flies, like a sticky strip.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (slang, humorous) «Flytrap» can jokingly mean a person's open mouth.↗ Example: The Venus flytrap snapped shut on the fly.↗ · Flytraps catch insects because their soil has few nutrients.↗ · Don't poke the flytrap with your finger — it wastes its energy.↗ · Our class grew a flytrap on the windowsill.↗ · The trap reopens after about a week once the insect is digested.↗ · Dad hung a sticky flytrap in the kitchen.↗ · «Shut your flytrap!» said the cartoon pirate rudely.↗

foal — Everyday, meaning 1: A foal is a baby horse, donkey or zebra.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When a mare foals, she gives birth to a foal.↗ Example: The foal stood up on wobbly legs.↗ · The mare and her foal grazed in the field.↗ · A foal can walk soon after it is born.↗ · The zebra foal stayed close to its mother.↗ · The mare foaled during the night.↗ · The foal had long, thin legs.↗ · A young male foal is a colt, and a young female is a filly.↗ · ‘Dost thou see anything now?’ said the Foal.↗ · thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.↗ (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.↗ (Prophets ZEC.9.9, JPS 1917)↗

foam — Everyday, meaning 1: A mass of many tiny bubbles on top of a liquid or made by mixing air into something, like the foam on the sea, on a bath or on a milkshake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A soft, light material full of tiny holes, used for cushions, mattresses, packaging and toys: foam rubber.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to make or be covered with bubbles.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To foam with rage means to be very angry, as if bubbling at the mouth.↗ Example: The waves left white foam on the sand.↗ · The bath foam smelled of strawberries.↗ · My toothpaste foams up when I brush.↗ · The fire fighters sprayed foam on the burning car.↗ · The new sofa has foam cushions.↗ · The baking soda and vinegar foamed out of the bottle.↗ · We used foam blocks to build a tower in PE.↗ · The glass was packed in foam so it wouldn't break.↗ · Off he tore after the carriage, foaming with rage.↗ · Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.↗ (Torah DEU.32.14, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'↗ (Prophets ISA.27.2, JPS 1917)↗ · As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.↗ (Prophets HOS.10.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast trodden the sea with Thy horses, the foaming of mighty waters.↗ (Prophets HAB.3.15, JPS 1917)↗

foamy — Everyday, meaning 1: Foamy means covered with foam or full of tiny bubbles.↗ Example: The waves were white and foamy.↗ · The shampoo made my hair all foamy.↗ · Dad likes foamy milk in his coffee.↗ · Vinegar and baking soda make a foamy mess.↗ · The bath was full of foamy bubbles.↗ · The horse's mouth was foamy after the race.↗ · Stir the mixture until it is light and foamy.↗

focus — Everyday, meaning 1: To focus means to give all your attention to one thing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The focus is the main thing people are paying attention to.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To focus a camera, eyes or a lens means to adjust it so you see clearly and sharply.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In focus means clear and sharp; out of focus means blurry.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In science, the focus is the point where rays of light meet after passing through a lens.↗ Example: Focus on the question before you answer.↗ · Turn off the TV so you can focus on your homework.↗ · The photo is out of focus.↗ · Turn the knob to focus the microscope.↗ · The focus of today's lesson is fractions.↗ · A magnifying glass can focus sunlight and burn paper.↗ · She stayed focused for the whole test.↗ · My eyes took a moment to focus in the dark.↗

fodder — Everyday, meaning 1: Fodder is food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals like cows, horses and sheep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Fodder is material that is easily used for a particular purpose, often without much thought: «gossip fodder», «fodder for jokes».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Cannon fodder» means soldiers treated as if their lives do not matter.↗ Example: The farmer stores fodder in the barn for winter.↗ · Hay is the main fodder for horses.↗ · The mistake became fodder for jokes online.↗ · The celebrity's outfit was fodder for gossip.↗ · Many soldiers in 1916 were treated as cannon fodder.↗ · Turnips are grown as winter fodder.↗ · ‘Yes; but I must have a good stable and most excellent fodder for my horse,’ said he.↗ · Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?↗ (Writings JOB.6.5, JPS 1917)↗ · So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.↗ (Prophets JDG.19.21, JPS 1917)↗

foe — Everyday, meaning 1: A foe is an enemy, someone who wants to harm or beat you.↗ Example: Do not give up friends for foes.↗ · They snatched spears and shields from their foes.↗ · Three foes: the liver and the gall and the tongue.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.↗ (Writings PSA.27.2, JPS 1917)↗ · But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly — (Prophets ISA.29.5, JPS 1917)↗

fog — Everyday, meaning 1: A thick cloud of tiny water drops near the ground that makes it hard to see.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A state of confusion.↗ e.g. "in a fog".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to become covered with tiny drops of water so you cannot see through it.↗ e.g. "My glasses fogged up."↗ Example: The fog was so thick we couldn't see the house.↗ · Drivers must slow down in fog.↗ · The ship sounded its foghorn.↗ · My glasses fogged up when I came inside.↗ · The bathroom mirror fogs up after a shower.↗ · Wear bright clothes on foggy mornings.↗ · "If the fog would only clear away!" he said.↗

foggy — Everyday, meaning 1: Foggy means full of fog, a thick cloud near the ground that makes it hard to see.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Foggy can describe a mind or memory that is unclear: «I haven't the foggiest idea» means I don't know at all.↗ Example: It was a cold and foggy morning.↗ · We couldn't see the bridge because it was so foggy.↗ · Drivers must slow down in foggy weather.↗ · My glasses went foggy when I came inside.↗ · The ship's horn sounded through the foggy night.↗ · I haven't the foggiest idea where my shoe is.↗ · My memory of that day is a bit foggy.↗ · It is nearly always foggy at Novastoshnah, except when the sun comes out and makes everything look all pearly and rainbow-colored for a little while.↗

foil — Everyday, meaning 1: Metal, usually aluminium, made into a very thin sheet, used to wrap and cook food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb, to stop someone from doing a bad plan.↗ e.g. "The police foiled the robbery."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A light thin sword used in the sport of fencing.↗ Example: Wrap the sandwiches in foil.↗ · Cover the dish with foil and bake it.↗ · Never put foil in the microwave.↗ · The detective foiled the thief's plan.↗ · "Foiled again!" shouted the villain.↗ · Foil is a good conductor of electricity.↗ · Once more she went to her Fairy-godmother who, astonished that her plan had been foiled, now told her to ask for another gown the colour of the moon.↗

fold — Everyday, meaning 1: To fold is to bend paper or cloth so one part lies over another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To fold your arms is to cross them over your chest.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fold is a line or crease made by folding.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fold is also a pen for sheep.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To fold can mean a business closes.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Fold can be added to a number to mean that many times over, as in twofold, which means double.↗ Example: Fold the paper in half.↗ · She folds 20 shirts.↗ · After 3 folds there are 8 layers.↗ · Fold the square into 4 equal parts.↗ · Fold the paper along the line of symmetry.↗ · We folded paper cranes in art class.↗ · He folded his arms and frowned.↗ · Please fold your clothes and put them away.↗ · The shepherd brought the sheep back to the fold.↗ · Planudes has been exposed to a two-fold accusation.↗ · Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.↗ (Torah GEN.49.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.↗ (Torah NUM.32.36, JPS 1917)↗ · Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.'↗ (Torah NUM.32.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And the sea-coast shall be pastures, even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.↗ (Prophets ZEP.2.6, JPS 1917)↗ · I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.↗ (Writings PSA.50.9, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' — (Writings PRO.6.10, JPS 1917)↗

foliage — Everyday, meaning 1: The leaves of a plant or many trees, all together.↗ Example: The bird hid in the thick foliage.↗ · Autumn foliage in Canada is red and orange.↗ · Giraffes eat foliage from tall trees.↗ · The garden has plants with silver foliage.↗ · The tiger's stripes blend into the foliage.↗ · We drew the foliage with three shades of green.↗ · A gust of wind swept through the foliage, and the leaves fell in a shower.↗ · He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as foliage.↗ (Writings PRO.11.28, JPS 1917)↗

folk — Everyday, meaning 1: Folk means people, especially ordinary people: «country folk», «old folk».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Your folks are your parents or family: «my folks».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) «Folks» is a friendly way to speak to a group of people: «Hi, folks!».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Folk, or folk music, is traditional music of a place, passed down by ordinary people, or modern songs in that style.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Folk describes old customs and stories of ordinary people: a folk tale, folk dance.↗ Example: We read a Russian folk tale about a clever girl and a witch.↗ · The old folk in the village remembered the big storm.↗ · My folks are picking me up after school.↗ · «Right, folks, line up please!» said the coach.↗ · Granny loves Irish folk music with fiddles and pipes.↗ · We learned a folk dance from Scotland.↗ · Kind folk helped us push the car.↗ · Many folk tales begin «Once upon a time».↗ · And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.'↗ And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'↗ (Torah GEN.33.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; (Writings PRO.30.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.↗ (Writings PSA.74.14, JPS 1917)↗

folklore — Everyday, meaning 1: Folklore is the old stories, songs and beliefs of a people, passed down by word of mouth.↗ Example: In this way I have been enabled to collect and verify the folklore included in this volume.↗ · Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages.↗

folks — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Folks means people, especially ordinary people: «Folks round here are friendly».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Your folks are your parents or family: «I'll ask my folks».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Folks is a friendly word to talk to a group: «That's all, folks!».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Folk (adjective) describes traditional music, stories and dances of ordinary people, as in folk songs and folk tales.↗ Example: Hi, folks, welcome to the show!↗ · I'll ask my folks if I can come to the sleepover.↗ · That's all, folks!↗ · Old folks love it when we sing at the care home.↗ · The folks next door have a new puppy.↗ · Okay, folks, line up quietly.↗ · We read folk tales from Ireland and Ghana.↗ · My grandma's folks came from Scotland.↗ · I work for quite common folks,’ says his master.↗