📖 F — The English dictionary · page 32

foraging — Everyday, meaning 1: Foraging means searching for food, especially wild food, like animals looking for something to eat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Foraging is the hobby of collecting wild food like berries, nuts, mushrooms and herbs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Foraging means searching around for something: «foraging in the cupboard for biscuits».↗ Example: Bees spend the day foraging for nectar.↗ · The bears were foraging for berries.↗ · We went foraging for blackberries in the lane.↗ · Never eat a mushroom you found foraging without asking an expert.↗ · My brother was foraging in the fridge for a snack.↗ · Ants leave trails while foraging.↗ · Deer were foraging at the edge of the woods.↗ · Then the cat went out foraging for wheat, so that the cock might have something to eat.↗

foray — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A quick raid into enemy land to take goods or loot.↗ Example: And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.↗ (Prophets 2SA.3.22, JPS 1917)↗

forbear — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use, in fairy tales) To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them.↗ Example: Forbear to open the golden door.↗ · I must forbear from eating the last cake.↗ · The king forbore to punish the boy.↗ · But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.↗ (Torah DEU.23.22, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.↗ (Torah EXO.23.5, JPS 1917)↗ · By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.↗ (Writings PRO.25.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?↗ (Writings JOB.16.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.↗ (Prophets JER.44.5, JPS 1917)↗

forbid — Everyday, meaning 1: To say that someone must not do something; not to allow it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make something impossible (in grown-up use: «God forbid» means I hope it never happens).↗ Example: My parents forbid me to cycle on the main road.↗ · Running by the pool is forbidden.↗ · The rules forbid phones in class.↗ · The king forbade anyone to enter the forest.↗ · The forbidden door was locked.↗ · Feeding the animals is strictly forbidden at the zoo.↗ · And Naboth said to Ahab: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.21.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said unto his men: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should do this thing unto my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD'S anointed.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.24.7, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.26.11, JPS 1917)↗

forbidden — Everyday, meaning 1: Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forbidden can describe something you are told not to have or go near, which can seem tempting.↗ Example: Swimming in the quarry is strictly forbidden.↗ · Phones are forbidden during tests.↗ · In the story, she opened the forbidden door.↗ · It is forbidden to feed the animals at the zoo.↗ · The children were forbidden to go into the woods alone.↗ · Running by the pool is forbidden.↗ · The forbidden fruit always seems sweeter.↗ · Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.↗ (Torah DEU.4.23, JPS 1917)↗

forbidding — Everyday, meaning 1: Forbidding means looking unfriendly, frightening or dangerous: a forbidding castle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forbidding is the -ing form of forbid: telling someone they must not do something.↗ Example: The castle looked dark and forbidding.↗ · The head teacher gave us a forbidding stare.↗ · There is a sign forbidding dogs on the beach.↗ · The forbidding cliffs rose above the sea.↗ · Mum is forbidding sweets before dinner.↗ · The forest seemed forbidding at night.↗

force — Everyday, meaning 1: In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Strength or power: «He pushed with force».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Verb: to make someone do something they don't want to: «Nobody can force you».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Verb: to use strength to open or move something: force a door open.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A group of people trained to work together: the police force, the air force.↗ Example: A force is a push or a pull.↗ · Gravity is a force that pulls things down.↗ · Friction is a force that slows things down.↗ · Forces are measured in newtons.↗ · Nobody can force you to keep a bad secret.↗ · He forced the door open.↗ · The police force keeps people safe.↗ · The two teams joined forces to win.↗ · Who dares to use force in my palace?↗ · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.↗ (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.↗ (Torah GEN.31.31, JPS 1917)↗ · is '' the voices from nothing."↗ The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?↗ (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.↗ (Writings JOB.40.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.14, JPS 1917)↗

forceful — Everyday, meaning 1: Strong and confident in what you say or do, making people listen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Using strength or force; powerful.↗ Example: She made a forceful speech about saving the park.↗ · The captain has a forceful personality.↗ · His forceful kick sent the ball flying.↗ · The waves gave a forceful push against the rocks.↗ · «Stop that now,» he said in a forceful voice.↗ · Her forceful argument changed our minds.↗

forcefully — Everyday, meaning 1: Forcefully means with a lot of strength or power.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a strong, confident way that makes people listen: «she argued forcefully».↗ Example: He knocked forcefully on the door.↗ · She argued forcefully that the rule was unfair.↗ · The wind blew forcefully against the windows.↗ · Push the lever forcefully to open the gate.↗ · The captain spoke forcefully to the team.↗ · The ball was kicked forcefully into the net.↗

forcible — Everyday, meaning 1: Done by using force or violence, against someone's will.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Strong and convincing, as in «a forcible argument».↗ Example: The police made a forcible entry into the house.↗ · The men were forcibly removed from the meeting.↗ · Toad was forcibly taken to his bedroom by his friends.↗ · There was no sign of forcible entry, so the door had been unlocked.↗ · She made a forcible case for a new playground.↗ · The farmers were forcibly moved off their land.↗ · How forcible are words of uprightness!↗ (Writings JOB.6.25, JPS 1917)↗

forcibly — Everyday, meaning 1: Forcibly means by using force, so that someone or something is made to do it against their will.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forcibly can mean strongly and clearly: «He argued forcibly».↗ Example: The police forcibly removed the man from the stadium.↗ · The door was forcibly opened.↗ · Many people were forcibly moved from their homes.↗ · He was forcibly held back by his friends.↗ · She argued forcibly for a longer break.↗ · Children were forcibly taken from their families in the past, which is now seen as a great wrong.↗

ford — Everyday, meaning 1: A ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where you can walk, ride or drive across.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ford a river means to cross it at a shallow place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Ford is a family name and the name of a car company.↗ Example: The horses crossed the river at the ford.↗ · Oxford was named after a ford where oxen crossed.↗ · The road has a ford instead of a bridge.↗ · The settlers forded the stream with their wagons.↗ · Do not drive through the ford when it is flooded.↗ · Dad's first car was a Ford.↗ · Renelde waded the ford, returned to the hut, and sat down to spin.↗ · And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.↗ (Torah GEN.32.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.↗ (Prophets JER.51.32, JPS 1917)↗ · For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.↗ (Prophets ISA.16.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, the gate was shut.↗ (Prophets JOS.2.7, JPS 1917)↗

fore — Everyday, meaning 1: (golf) «Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To come to the fore means to become important or noticed: «New stars came to the fore».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (ships) Fore means at or towards the front of a ship: «fore and aft» means front and back.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Fore- is also a prefix meaning before or front: forehead, foresee, forecast.↗ Example: The golfer shouted «Fore!» as the ball flew towards the crowd.↗ · Kindness came to the fore during the floods.↗ · The sailors ran fore and aft.↗ · She brought the problem to the fore at the meeting.↗ · The cabin is in the fore part of the ship.↗ · Forearm, forehead and forecast all start with fore-.↗ · [9] Epimetheus signifies after-thought, Prometheus fore-thought.↗

forearm — Everyday, meaning 1: The forearm is the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare) To forearm is to prepare or arm yourself before something happens; it appears in the saying «Forewarned is forearmed», meaning if you know about a danger beforehand, you can be ready for it.↗ Example: He broke his forearm falling off his bike.↗ · The forearm has two bones: the radius and the ulna.↗ · Hit the volleyball with your forearms.↗ · She had a tattoo on her forearm.↗ · Measure your forearm with a tape measure.↗ · Forewarned is forearmed, so check the weather before the hike.↗

foreboding — Everyday, meaning 1: A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.↗ Example: I had a foreboding that the storm would come.↗ · Her gloomy forebodings kept her awake.↗ · The silent wood filled him with foreboding.↗

forecast — Everyday, meaning 1: A statement of what will probably happen in the future, especially about the weather.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To say what you think will happen, using information.↗ Example: The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.↗ · Always check the forecast before going hiking.↗ · The forecast is for sun and 25 degrees.↗ · They forecast snow, so we took our sledges.↗ · The forecast was wrong; it stayed dry all day.↗ · A storm forecast means we should stay off the water.↗

forecaster — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who says what will probably happen, especially a weather forecaster who predicts the weather.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Someone who predicts money or business changes.↗ Example: The forecaster said it would rain tomorrow.↗ · Weather forecasters use satellite pictures.↗ · The forecaster warned of a storm.↗ · She wants to be a TV weather forecaster.↗ · Forecasters are sometimes wrong.↗ · The forecaster predicted a hot weekend.↗

forecourt — Everyday, meaning 1: A forecourt is an open area in front of a building, such as a petrol station, hotel, shop or church.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In tennis and similar sports, the forecourt is the part of the court nearest the net.↗ Example: We parked on the forecourt of the petrol station.↗ · No smoking is allowed on the forecourt.↗ · Children were playing on the church forecourt.↗ · The hotel forecourt was full of taxis.↗ · She moved into the forecourt to hit a volley.↗ · The car dealer had shiny cars lined up on the forecourt.↗ · In the forecourt was a royal seat of polished jasper, and in the middle of the platform was a basin of purest water that flashed like a mirror.↗

forefather — Everyday, meaning 1: A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.↗ Example: My forefathers came from Scotland.↗ · Our forefathers built this village.↗ · The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.↗ · Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low.↗ (Writings PSA.79.8, JPS 1917)↗

forefinger — Everyday, meaning 1: Your forefinger is the finger next to your thumb, the one you usually point with; it is also called the index finger or first finger.↗ Example: She pointed at the map with her forefinger.↗ · Hold the pencil between your thumb and forefinger.↗ · The teacher wagged her forefinger at us.↗ · He pressed the button with his forefinger.↗ · Your forefinger is also called your index finger.↗ · The baby grabbed my forefinger.↗ · If I put it on the forefinger of my left hand, then I can with its help produce whatever I wish.↗