📖 F — The English dictionary · page 43

friendly — Everyday, meaning 1: Kind and pleasant to others; behaving like a friend.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of an animal: gentle and not likely to attack.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not harmful to something: eco-friendly, child-friendly, user-friendly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A noun (UK sport): a match that is not part of a competition.↗ Example: Our new neighbours are very friendly.↗ · Always ask the owner if a dog is friendly before you stroke it.↗ · She gave me a friendly smile.↗ · A friendly face helps when you are new.↗ · Recycling is eco-friendly.↗ · The museum is child-friendly.↗ · A stranger may seem friendly, but don't go anywhere with them.↗ · We played a friendly against the other school.↗ · In comfortable rooms they encounter hospitality and friendly faces.↗ · The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose suggestion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose sugges- tion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

friendship — Everyday, meaning 1: The relationship between friends: liking each other, trusting each other, and enjoying time together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The feeling of being friendly and kind to someone.↗ Example: Their friendship began on the first day of school.↗ · We made friendship bracelets for each other.↗ · A good friendship needs trust and kindness.↗ · The story is about the friendship between a boy and a dragon.↗ · Sharing your snack is a sign of friendship.↗ · Our friendship grew stronger after we worked together.↗ · Sometimes friendships change, and that's okay.↗ · The two countries signed a treaty of friendship.↗ · Misfortune is the test of true friendship.↗ · Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go; (Writings PRO.22.24, JPS 1917)↗

frigate — Everyday, meaning 1: An old sailing warship, fairly fast and with many guns.↗ Example: Three frigates sailed out to sea.↗ · The frigates sailed to Africa.↗ · The sailors cheered as the frigate came into port.↗

frigging — Everyday, meaning 1: (rude slang) a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis: «the frigging car won't start».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «frig about / frig around» (UK slang, rude) waste time doing silly things.↗ Example: The frigging car won't start again.↗ · Stop frigging about and help me.↗ · It's frigging freezing in here.↗ · Where's the frigging remote?↗ · He spent all day frigging around with his bike.↗ · Who left the frigging gate open?↗ · Frigging hell, that was loud!↗ · Teachers count "frigging" as swearing, so don't say it in class.↗

fright — Everyday, meaning 1: A fright is a sudden feeling of fear: you gave me a fright.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fright is something that makes you suddenly afraid.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Stage fright is the fear some people feel before performing in front of an audience.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Old use: someone who looks very untidy or strange.↗ e.g. I look a fright.↗ Example: You gave me a fright jumping out like that!↗ · I got a fright when the thunder crashed.↗ · The horse took fright and galloped away.↗ · Many actors get stage fright.↗ · My heart was pounding with fright.↗ · Don't give the baby a fright with loud noises.↗ · He was pale, and trembling with fright.↗

frighten — Everyday, meaning 1: To frighten means to make someone feel scared.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To frighten away or off means to scare an animal or person so they go away.↗ Example: The thunder frightened the little dog.↗ · Don't run at the ducks; you'll frighten them.↗ · Loud noises frighten our baby.↗ · I was frightened of the dark when I was little.↗ · The scarecrow frightens birds away from the corn.↗ · The spooky story frightened everyone.↗ · A frightened cat may scratch, so leave it alone.↗ · You frightened me, creeping up like that!↗ · "You frighten me," said the rose--tree.↗ · And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.↗ (Torah DEU.28.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.↗ (Prophets JER.7.33, JPS 1917)↗

frightened — Everyday, meaning 1: Frightened means afraid or scared.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Frightened is also the past form of «frighten», which means to make someone afraid.↗ Example: I was frightened of the dark when I was little.↗ · The loud thunder frightened the dog.↗ · Don't be frightened; it's only the wind.↗ · The frightened kitten hid under the bed.↗ · She felt frightened when she got lost.↗ · A frightened animal might bite.↗ · He was frightened to tell anyone what had happened.↗ · Lasse was frightened and began to cry.↗

frightful — Everyday, meaning 1: Very bad, terrible or causing great fear.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Very bad or unpleasant, as in «a frightful mess».↗ Example: The place had a frightful look.↗ · He gave a frightful yell.↗ · The storm was frightful, and the trees bent low.↗

frightfully — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned, mainly UK) Very; extremely, as in «frightfully kind» or «frightfully sorry».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a frightening or terrible way.↗ Example: «Frightfully sorry, old chap!» said Toad.↗ · It was frightfully kind of you to come.↗ · The water was frightfully cold.↗ · The town was frightfully damaged in the storm.↗ · «That's frightfully clever,» said the duchess.↗ · I'm frightfully tired after the long walk.↗ · Mr. Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in.↗

frill — Everyday, meaning 1: A frill is a strip of cloth with lots of folds sewn on the edge of a dress, curtain or collar for decoration.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A frill is also a ruffle-like part on an animal, like the frill around the neck of a frilled lizard.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Frills are extra things that are nice but not needed (informal).↗ Example: Her party dress had a pink frill at the hem.↗ · The frilled lizard opened its frill and hissed.↗ · It's a no-frills hotel, but it's clean.↗ · The curtains had lace frills.↗ · The dinosaur Triceratops had a big bony frill.↗ · I just want a plain cake, no frills.↗ · The lord took Jack in hands, dressed him from top to toe in broadcloth, and frills as white as snow, and turnpumps, and put a watch in his fob.↗

frilled — Everyday, meaning 1: Having a frill: a strip of cloth with folds or waves sewn on the edge.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (animals) Having a ruffled flap of skin, like the frilled lizard of Australia.↗ Example: The frilled lizard opened its collar and hissed.↗ · She wore a white frilled blouse.↗ · The frilled shark lives deep in the ocean.↗ · The curtains had frilled edges.↗ · When it's scared, the frilled lizard runs on its back legs.↗

frilly — Everyday, meaning 1: Decorated with frills, wavy strips of cloth or lace gathered into folds, as on a dress, curtain or sock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Fancy and with too much decoration, as in «a frilly speech».↗ Example: She wore a frilly pink dress to the party.↗ · The baby has frilly white socks.↗ · The curtains had a frilly edge.↗ · The frilled lizard opens its frilly collar to look scary.↗ · I like plain cupcakes, not frilly ones.↗ · Lettuce leaves have frilly edges.↗

fringe — Everyday, meaning 1: A fringe is hair cut short and straight across the forehead; Americans call it bangs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fringe is a border of loose threads on the edge of cloth, like on a scarf or rug.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The fringe or fringes of a place or group is its outer edge.↗ Example: My fringe is getting into my eyes.↗ · Mum trimmed my fringe.↗ · The scarf has a fringe on each end.↗ · They camped on the fringe of the forest.↗ · The rug had a long white fringe.↗ · She grew out her fringe.↗ · Houses spread out on the fringes of the town.↗ · Not a tinkling of a metal fringe broke the silence.↗ · 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes in the corners of their garments, and that they put with the fringe of each corner a thread of blue.↗ (Torah NUM.15.38, JPS 1917)↗

frisbee — Everyday, meaning 1: A light plastic disc that you throw and catch by spinning it through the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The game of throwing and catching such a disc.↗ Example: We played frisbee at the beach.↗ · My dog jumped up and caught the frisbee in its mouth.↗ · Throw the frisbee with a flick of your wrist.↗ · The frisbee landed on the roof!↗ · A spinning frisbee flies straighter.↗ · Our class played ultimate frisbee in PE.↗

frisian — Everyday, meaning 1: Frisian means from or belonging to Friesland or the Frisian Islands, a region along the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and Germany.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Frisian is the language spoken there; it is the closest living language to English.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A Frisian (or Friesian) is also a breed of black-and-white dairy cow, or a black horse breed.↗ Example: Frisian is spoken in the north of the Netherlands.↗ · Frisian is the closest language to English.↗ · The Frisian Islands lie in the North Sea.↗ · The farm has a herd of black-and-white Friesian cows.↗ · A Frisian horse is tall, black and shiny.↗ · Old English and Frisian were once very similar.↗

frisk — Everyday, meaning 1: To jump and skip about playfully, as a lively animal does.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small playful leap or skip.↗ Example: The puppy frisked about the lawn.↗ · Lambikin gave a little frisk.↗ · The lambs frisked in the field all morning.↗

frisking — Everyday, meaning 1: Jumping and skipping about happily and playfully.↗ Example: The dog came frisking up to her.↗ · The dog ran frisking about the garden.↗ · The lambs were frisking in the sunshine.↗

frisky — Everyday, meaning 1: Lively, full of play and energy, and not keeping still.↗ Example: The frisky kid jumped onto the roof.↗ · A frisky fish wriggled in the net.↗ · The frisky puppy would not sit still.↗

fritter — Everyday, meaning 1: A fritter is a piece of fruit, vegetable or meat dipped in batter and fried, like an apple fritter or corn fritter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To fritter away time or money is to waste it little by little on unimportant things.↗ Example: We had sweetcorn fritters for lunch.↗ · The apple fritter was warm and sugary.↗ · Don't fritter away your pocket money on sweets.↗ · He frittered away the whole afternoon on his phone.↗ · In New Zealand, whitebait fritters are a treat.↗ · She saved instead of frittering her money away.↗

frivolous — Everyday, meaning 1: Silly and not serious; caring more about fun or trifles than about what matters.↗ Example: He is a frivolous young fellow.↗ · Don't be so frivolous when we have work to do.↗ · A frivolous joke at a sad time is unkind.↗

frizzle — Everyday, meaning 1: To cook in hot fat so that it sizzles and goes crisp.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To curl hair into tight small curls.↗ Example: The sausages frizzled in the pan.↗ · The kitchen was full of frizzling smells.↗ · The pheasants were frizzling on the spit.↗

frock — Everyday, meaning 1: A dress worn by a girl or woman.↗ Example: She wore a blue frock to the party.↗ · Her frock was torn by the thorns.↗ · The princess had a new frock.↗

frog — Everyday, meaning 1: A frog is a small green or brown animal with long back legs that jumps and lives near water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «A frog in your throat» means a croaky voice.↗ Example: The grasshopper jumped 19 inches.↗ · The frog jumped 10 inches farther than the grasshopper.↗ · How far did the frog jump?↗ · There are 8 frogs in the pond.↗ · A tadpole grows into a frog.↗ · Frogs lay their eggs in water.↗ · The frog caught a fly with its long tongue.↗ · We played leapfrog in the playground.↗ · The Frog puffed up still more.↗ · And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.↗ (Torah EXO.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.'↗ (Torah EXO.8.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.↗ (Torah EXO.8.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.↗ (Writings PSA.105.30, JPS 1917)↗ · He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.↗ (Writings PSA.78.45, JPS 1917)↗

frogfish — Everyday, meaning 1: A frogfish is a small, lumpy sea fish that lives in warm oceans, often on coral reefs; it is a kind of anglerfish.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It walks on the sea floor using fins like legs and uses a lure on its head to catch prey.↗ Example: The frogfish looked just like a sponge on the reef.↗ · A frogfish walks along the sea floor on its fins.↗ · The frogfish wiggled its lure to attract a small fish.↗ · Frogfish can change colour to hide.↗ · The hairy frogfish is covered in skin spines that look like hair.↗ · Divers struggled to spot the frogfish.↗

froghopper — Everyday, meaning 1: A small jumping insect whose young live inside a blob of froth on plants, called cuckoo spit; also called a spittlebug.↗ Example: A froghopper can jump much higher than its own body length.↗ · The foam on the lavender is made by a froghopper nymph.↗ · Froghoppers look a bit like tiny frogs.↗ · Cuckoo spit has nothing to do with cuckoos — it's froghoppers.↗ · We found a froghopper hiding in the bubbles.↗

frolic — Everyday, meaning 1: To play and run about in a happy, lively way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) Lively, happy play or a fun time.↗ Example: The lambs frolicked in the spring sunshine.↗ · Puppies were frolicking on the sand.↗ · The otters frolicked in the river.↗ · After school we had a frolic in the snow.↗ · Children frolicked in the paddling pool.↗ · The kittens frolicked with a ball of wool.↗ · Amid the black level land they meet to frolic under the stars.↗