📖 F — The English dictionary · page 34

forest — Everyday, meaning 1: A forest is a large area of land covered thickly with trees and plants.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A forest of something is a large number of tall things close together: a forest of hands.↗ Example: We walked through the forest on a path.↗ · The Amazon is the largest rainforest.↗ · Many animals live in the forest.↗ · A forest fire can spread very fast.↗ · Hansel and Gretel got lost in the forest.↗ · Trees in the forest lose their leaves in autumn.↗ · Cutting down forests harms wildlife.↗ · A forest of hands went up when the teacher asked a question.↗ · Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?↗ (Prophets AMO.3.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.↗ (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917)↗ · For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.↗ (Writings PSA.50.10, JPS 1917)↗

forestall — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening.↗ Example: Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917)↗

forester — Everyday, meaning 1: A forester is a person whose job is to look after a forest: planting and cutting trees, protecting wildlife and preventing fires.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In old stories a forester guarded the king's forest from poachers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In old tales, a forester is a hunter who goes out into the forest to hunt animals.↗ Example: The forester planted a hundred new oak trees.↗ · A forester showed us how to tell the age of a tree.↗ · Foresters watch for forest fires in dry weather.↗ · In the tale, the forester saved the girl from the wolf.↗ · The king's foresters chased Robin Hood.↗ · Being a forester means working outdoors in all weather.↗ · Early next morning the forester got up and went out hunting, and when he was gone the children were still in bed.↗

foretell — Everyday, meaning 1: To foretell something is to say what will happen in the future, often by magic, prophecy or special knowledge.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To foretell can also mean to be a sign of something to come.↗ Example: The old woman claimed to foretell the future.↗ · In the myth, the oracle foretold the hero's journey.↗ · (Bible) Christians believe the prophets foretold the birth of Jesus.↗ · Dark clouds foretell rain.↗ · Nobody can foretell exactly who will win.↗ · The legend foretold that a child would pull the sword from the stone.↗ · A neighbor saw him running and said, “Oh! you fellow there! you say you can foretell the fortunes of others; how is it you did not foresee your own?”↗

forethought — Everyday, meaning 1: Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance.↗ Example: With forethought we packed warm clothes.↗ · Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter.↗ · It took no forethought to leave your coat at home.↗ · Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.↗ (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)↗

forever — Everyday, meaning 1: For all time, with no end: «I'll love you forever».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Informal: for a very long time: «The queue took forever».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Again and again, all the time: «He's forever losing his keys».↗ Example: We'll be best friends forever.↗ · Dinosaurs are gone forever.↗ · The car journey took forever.↗ · Plastic can stay in the ocean almost forever.↗ · He's forever forgetting his lunch.↗ · I wish summer would last forever.↗ · Once you delete it, it may be gone forever.↗ · Things you post online can stay there forever.↗ · Yes, he is forever following people.↗ · 'Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.↗ (Torah LEV.10.9, JPS 1917)↗ · covenant with bini and with his seed forever.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The only One Master, God, the faithful King, rules over them from His holy abode forever and ever.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

forewarn — Everyday, meaning 1: To warn someone before something bad or difficult happens, so they can get ready.↗ Example: The coach forewarned us that the match would be hard.↗ · Weather warnings forewarn people about floods.↗ · I'm forewarning you — the test is tricky.↗ · They were forewarned about the traffic.↗ · Forewarned is forearmed.↗ · The sign forewarns drivers of the sharp bend.↗ · For now I know that thou art he of whom Quicksilver forewarned me, the most prudent of mortals, against whom no enchantments can prevail.↗ · And Judah spoke unto him, saying: 'The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.↗ (Torah GEN.43.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall be, if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I forewarn you this day that ye shall surely perish.↗ (Torah DEU.8.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And the angel of the LORD forewarned Joshua, saying: (Prophets ZEC.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD hath spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah: Go ye not into Egypt; know certainly that I have forewarned you this day.↗ (Prophets JER.42.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.8.9, JPS 1917)↗

forewing — Everyday, meaning 1: A forewing is one of the two front wings of an insect that has four wings, like a butterfly, moth, bee or beetle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In beetles the forewings are hard cases that cover and protect the back wings.↗ Example: The butterfly's forewings have orange spots.↗ · A ladybird's red forewings protect the wings underneath.↗ · Count the forewings and hindwings: four in all.↗ · The moth's forewings are bigger than its hindwings.↗ · Bees hook their forewings and hindwings together to fly.↗ · We drew the pattern on the forewing in science.↗

forfeit — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule or did not do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, sport) To lose a game because you did not play or broke the rules.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) Something you must give up or do as a punishment, especially in a party game.↗ Example: The team forfeited the game because only six players came.↗ · If you cheat, you forfeit your points.↗ · The forfeit was to sing a song.↗ · He forfeited his deposit when he cancelled.↗ · Late entries forfeit the chance to win.↗ · In the game, a wrong answer means a forfeit.↗ · If not, your head shall pay the forfeit.’↗ · And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering.↗ (Torah LEV.19.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest.↗ (Torah LEV.6.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.↗ (Torah DEU.22.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.↗ (Prophets HAB.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests.↗ (Prophets 2KI.12.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.↗ (Writings EZR.10.8, JPS 1917)↗

forfeiture — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) Forfeiture is the losing of property, money or a right as a punishment for breaking a rule or law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport) Losing a match because a team broke the rules or did not turn up.↗ Example: The court ordered the forfeiture of the stolen car.↗ · Breaking the rules led to the forfeiture of the prize.↗ · The deposit is subject to forfeiture if you cancel late.↗ · The criminal faced forfeiture of all his money.↗ · Forfeiture of the match happened because the team had too few players.↗ · Asset forfeiture means taking things bought with crime money.↗

forge — Everyday, meaning 1: A forge is a workshop with a very hot fire where a blacksmith heats and shapes metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To forge metal is to heat it and hammer it into shape.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To forge money, a signature or a document is to make a fake copy to trick people — a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To forge a friendship or link is to make it with effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To forge ahead is to move forward strongly.↗ Example: The blacksmith heated the iron in the forge.↗ · He forged a horseshoe on the anvil.↗ · Forging someone's signature is against the law.↗ · The police found forged banknotes.↗ · The two schools forged a strong friendship.↗ · The explorers forged ahead through the snow.↗ · Swords were forged from steel.↗ · So the smith forged her two iron teeth.↗ · The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts.↗ (Writings PSA.119.69, JPS 1917)↗

forger — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who makes things, especially a smith who shapes metal.↗ Example: And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.↗ (Torah GEN.4.22, JPS 1917)↗

forgery — Everyday, meaning 1: A forgery is a copy of something such as a painting, a banknote, a document or a signature, made to trick people into thinking it is real.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) Forgery is the crime of making such false copies.↗ Example: The museum found out that the painting was a forgery.↗ · Forging a signature is forgery, which is a crime.↗ · Banknotes have special marks to stop forgery.↗ · He was sent to prison for forgery.↗ · The detective spotted the forgery because the ink was too new.↗ · Signing your mum's name on a school note is forgery, even if it seems small.↗ · The entire Greek account of Pythagoras and his philosophy is unreliable and most likely is a forgery.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Burnet, Early Greek Pliitosopliy, page 99) that "all that has come down to us under the names of various disciples of Pythagoras is pure forgery, of the most worthless kind.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

forget — Everyday, meaning 1: Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not to remember to do something or to bring something: forget your lunch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To stop thinking about something on purpose: «Forget it».↗ Example: I forgot my PE kit at home.↗ · Don't forget to brush your teeth.↗ · I'll never forget my first day at school.↗ · She forgot the answer, then remembered it later.↗ · Have you forgotten your password?↗ · He forgot to feed the fish.↗ · Forget it — it doesn't matter.↗ · Grandpa is getting forgetful.↗ · But we are forgetting the birthday.↗ · Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.↗ (Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.51, JPS 1917)↗ · then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.↗ (Torah DEU.6.12, JPS 1917)↗ · How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever?↗ (Writings PSA.13.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.↗ (Prophets ISA.49.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?↗ (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917)↗

forgetful — Everyday, meaning 1: Often forgetting things, like names, homework or where you put something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forgetful of something means paying so little attention to it that you ignore it.↗ Example: My grandpa is getting a bit forgetful, so he writes notes.↗ · I'm so forgetful – I left my lunch at home again!↗ · The forgetful wizard could never remember his spells.↗ · A checklist helps forgetful people pack their bags.↗ · When you are tired, you can become forgetful.↗ · Don't be forgetful about feeding the goldfish.↗ · Quick as lightning, and forgetful of every danger, she flew down upon them.↗

forgetfulness — Everyday, meaning 1: Often forgetting things; being forgetful.↗ Example: His forgetfulness meant he left his lunch at home again.↗ · Grandma's forgetfulness is getting worse.↗ · Lists help with forgetfulness.↗ · Her forgetfulness caused a lot of trouble on the trip.↗ · Tiredness can cause forgetfulness.↗ · The professor was famous for his forgetfulness.↗ · But Tuan pleaded: “Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.”↗ · Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?↗ (Writings PSA.88.13, JPS 1917)↗

forgettest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «forgettest» means «you forget», a form of «forget»: Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word.↗ Example: Thou knowest how to borrow, but thou forgettest to repay!"↗ Then the wife of the poor man burst into tears.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · ‘Now take thy road, and I will take mine,’ said the giant.↗ ‘And if thou forgettest thy promise, I will remember it.’↗ (The Lilac Fairy Book)

forging — Everyday, meaning 1: Forging means shaping hot metal by heating it in a fire and hammering it: a blacksmith forging a horseshoe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forging means making a copy of something, like a signature, banknote or document, to trick people — a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Forging a friendship or link means building it with effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Forging ahead means moving forward strongly.↗ Example: The blacksmith is forging a horseshoe.↗ · Forging iron needs a very hot fire.↗ · Forging your mum's signature on a note is cheating.↗ · Forging money is a serious crime.↗ · The two schools are forging a friendship through letters.↗ · The team is forging ahead with its project.↗