📖 F — The English dictionary · page 40

framework — Everyday, meaning 1: A framework is the frame or supporting structure that holds something together: the framework of a tent.↗ Example: The framework of the harp was made of gold.↗ · The house had a wooden framework.↗ · The story has a simple framework of three tasks.↗ · 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (Prophets JER.43.9, JPS 1917)↗

franchise — Everyday, meaning 1: (business) Permission from a company to sell its products or run a shop using its name, as in «a burger franchise».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A shop or business run in this way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A series of films, games, books and toys based on the same characters, as in «the Star Wars franchise».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) The right to vote in elections, as in «women won the franchise».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (US, sport) A professional sports team.↗ Example: That pizza shop is a franchise of a big chain.↗ · The Marvel franchise has dozens of films.↗ · Women gained the franchise in the UK in 1918 and 1928.↗ · Uncle Tom bought a coffee franchise.↗ · The company franchises its name to shops around the world.↗ · The football franchise moved to a new city.↗

frank — Everyday, meaning 1: Frank is a boy's or man's name, often short for Francis or Franklin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Frank means honest and open: a frank person says what they really think, even if it is not nice to hear.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Frankly (adverb) means «to be honest», said before giving a true opinion.↗ Example: Frank has 12 stickers.↗ · Frank gives 4 to his sister.↗ · Frank reads 10 pages a day.↗ · To be frank, I did not like the film.↗ · The doctor was frank with us about the broken arm.↗ · Dad and I had a frank talk about my grades.↗ · Frankly, the test was harder than I thought.↗ · My friend Frank lives next door to me.↗ · There came Frank the cutler, and Sivert the exciseman.↗ · FRANK & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

frankincense — Everyday, meaning 1: A sweet-smelling gum (resin) from certain trees in Arabia and Africa, burned to make perfumed smoke.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) One of the three gifts the wise men gave the baby Jesus, with gold and myrrh; Christians see it as a sign that Jesus is God, since it was burned in worship.↗ Example: The wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh.↗ · Frankincense smells sweet when it burns.↗ · In the nativity play I carried the frankincense.↗ · Frankincense comes from the sap of a tree.↗ · The church filled with the smell of frankincense.↗ · People have traded frankincense for thousands of years.↗ · So she put a bit of frankincense before him and asked him to tell what it was.↗ · And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering.↗ (Torah LEV.2.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And when any one bringeth a meal-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon.↗ (Torah LEV.2.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.24.7, JPS 1917)↗ · I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.↗ (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · To what purpose is to Me the frankincense that cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane, from a far country?↗ (Prophets JER.6.20, JPS 1917)↗

franklin — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Franklin is a first name and a family name, as in Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the United States, and Franklin the Turtle in children's books.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) In old England, a franklin was a free man who owned land but was not a lord or a knight.↗ Example: Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a storm to learn about electricity.↗ · Franklin helped write the Declaration of Independence.↗ · My little brother loves the Franklin the Turtle books.↗ · There is a picture of Franklin on the hundred-dollar bill.↗ · We drove through a small town called Franklin.↗ · In Chaucer's story, the franklin loves good food and wine.↗ · Franklin invented the lightning rod to protect houses.↗

frankly — Everyday, meaning 1: Frankly means honestly and openly, saying what you really think.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sentence adverb) Frankly is used at the start of a sentence to show you are going to say something honest, often a bit rude or surprising.↗ Example: Frankly, that film was boring.↗ · She spoke frankly about her worries.↗ · Quite frankly, I've had enough of the rain.↗ · Can I speak frankly?↗ I don't like the new rule.↗ · He frankly admitted he had broken the window.↗ · Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn — a famous film line.↗ · I have not exhausted the list of Perrault's writings, but, to speak frankly, the rest are not worth mentioning.↗

frantic — Everyday, meaning 1: Frantic means very worried, scared or upset, so that you cannot think calmly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Frantic means done very quickly and wildly, with lots of rushing: «a frantic search».↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: wild, raging or out of control, with great rage or pain.↗ Example: She was frantic with worry when her cat went missing.↗ · There was a frantic rush to finish the homework.↗ · The dog barked frantically at the door.↗ · After a frantic search, we found the keys in the fridge.↗ · The last minutes of the match were frantic.↗ · Don't get frantic; take a deep breath.↗ · As she was raving and roaring in this frantic manner part of the floor suddenly opened and a huge giant rose up carrying a great chest in his arms.↗ · "That is all very well," replied the Pig, with a squeal and a frantic kick.↗ (The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter) · But this frantic burst of grief passed, and then they took possession of their own hearts again, crushed though they were in resignation.↗ (Japanese Fairy Tales) · As she was raving and roaring in this frantic manner part of the floor suddenly opened and a huge giant rose up carrying a great chest in his arms.↗ (The Brown Fairy Book)

frantically — Everyday, meaning 1: Frantically means in a wild, hurried way, because of fear or worry.↗ Example: He searched frantically for his lost key.↗ · The duck kicked frantically in the stream.↗ · She ran frantically to find her child.↗

fraud — Everyday, meaning 1: Fraud is the crime of tricking people to get money or things dishonestly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fraud is a person who pretends to be someone or something they are not.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fraud is a trick or fake.↗ Example: He went to prison for fraud.↗ · The «prize» email was a fraud to steal your password.↗ · The magician turned out to be a fraud.↗ · Never share your bank details; it could lead to fraud.↗ · Credit card fraud is a big problem.↗ · They reported the fraud to the police.↗ · She told the King the fraud which the witch and her daughter had practised upon him, and he had them both tried, and sentence was pronounced against them.↗

fraudulent — Everyday, meaning 1: Fraudulent means dishonest and meant to trick people, usually to get money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fake or forged, pretending to be real.↗ Example: The bank warned about fraudulent emails.↗ · He was arrested for using a fraudulent passport.↗ · A fraudulent website pretended to sell cheap phones.↗ · The insurance claim turned out to be fraudulent.↗ · Never reply to fraudulent text messages.↗ · The fraudulent seller took the money and vanished.↗

fraught — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of something bad, such as danger, worry or trouble: a journey fraught with danger.↗ Example: The climb was fraught with danger.↗ · The journey was fraught with delays.↗ · The whole week was fraught with worry.↗

fray — Everyday, meaning 1: If cloth or rope frays, its threads come loose at the edge and it starts to wear out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: If someone's nerves or temper fray, they become tense and start to get annoyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The fray is a fight, argument or competition: «join the fray», «enter the fray».↗ Example: The edges of my jeans have started to fray.↗ · Never use a frayed electric cable.↗ · Tempers frayed as the long car journey went on.↗ · Another team entered the fray in the second half.↗ · The knight rode into the fray.↗ · Her nerves were frayed before the exam.↗ · Then the ten thousand mighty lions joined the fray and tore in pieces man and horse.↗

frayed — Everyday, meaning 1: Frayed cloth or rope has loose threads at the edge because it is old or worn.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Frayed nerves or tempers are worn out, so people get upset easily.↗ Example: My jeans are frayed at the bottom.↗ · Don't use that frayed cable — it's dangerous.↗ · The old rope was badly frayed.↗ · Her shoelace was frayed and finally snapped.↗ · After hours of waiting, tempers frayed.↗ · The flag had frayed in the wind.↗ · The blanket's edges were frayed.↗ · Frayed wires can start a fire.↗ · The shirt-collar was rather frayed out at the edge, so the scissors came to cut off the threads.↗

frazzle — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) To be worn to a frazzle is to be completely tired out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Burnt to a frazzle means burnt until black and crisp.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To frazzle someone is to make them tired, nervous and stressed.↗ Example: By Friday the teacher was worn to a frazzle.↗ · Dad burnt the sausages to a frazzle.↗ · The noisy party frazzled Grandma.↗ · She looked frazzled after moving house.↗ · Exams can frazzle your nerves.↗ · The twins wore their babysitter to a frazzle.↗

freak — Everyday, meaning 1: A freak event is very unusual and unexpected: a freak storm, a freak accident.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A freak is a person who is very keen on something: a fitness freak, a control freak.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) To freak out is to become very scared, upset or excited.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (rude) Calling a person a freak means they are strange or not normal; it is hurtful.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (old) A freak was a person or animal with an unusual body shown at fairs; this is now seen as cruel.↗ Example: A freak hailstorm hit the town in summer.↗ · She broke her arm in a freak accident.↗ · Don't freak out, it's only a spider!↗ · My dad is a neat freak: everything must be tidy.↗ · I freaked out when the lights went off.↗ · Calling people freaks is bullying.↗ · The kid is a maths freak and loves puzzles.↗ · A freak wave knocked over the sandcastle.↗ · The young man wondered at this strange freak, and went laughing in search of the maiden.↗

freaking — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, mild swearing) a softer stand-in for the f-word, used to add strong feeling: «It's freaking cold!».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) «freaking out» = becoming very scared, upset or excited.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (literal verb) «freaking someone out» = scaring or upsetting them.↗ Example: That test was freaking hard.↗ · Stop freaking out, it's just a spider.↗ · This pizza is freaking amazing!↗ · The haunted house totally freaked me out.↗ · I'm freaking tired after football practice.↗ · Mum was freaking out when she couldn't find the baby.↗ · Where's my freaking phone?↗ · Saying "freaking" in class might still get you a warning.↗

freaky — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Freaky means strange and a bit scary or weird: «a freaky noise».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Freaky can mean very unusual and surprising: «a freaky coincidence».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adult slang) a word grown-ups use; not for school.↗ Example: That old house is really freaky at night.↗ · It's freaky that we both have the same birthday.↗ · The mask in the shop window looked freaky.↗ · I had a freaky dream about talking cats.↗ · There was a freaky noise in the attic.↗ · The weather has been freaky this week.↗

freckle — Everyday, meaning 1: A small light-brown spot on the skin, especially on the face and arms, that often gets darker or more in sunshine.↗ Example: She has freckles across her nose.↗ · My freckles come out every summer.↗ · Freckles often run in families.↗ · The boy had red hair and lots of freckles.↗ · People with freckles should wear sun cream.↗ · Dad counted twenty freckles on my arm.↗ · A freckle is a tiny spot of colour, not dirt.↗ · His freckled face broke into a big smile.↗ · Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth.↗