📖 F — The English dictionary · page 47

fume — Everyday, meaning 1: Fumes are smoke, gas or strong smells that are unpleasant or harmful to breathe, like car exhaust or paint fumes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To fume is to be very angry, often quietly or while waiting.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fume is to give off smoke or gas.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, UK) «I'm fuming» means I'm really angry.↗ Example: The car's exhaust fumes made me cough.↗ · Open the window; the paint fumes are strong.↗ · The firefighters wore masks against the toxic fumes.↗ · Dad fumed when the train was late again.↗ · I was fuming when my brother broke my model!↗ · The chemical began to fume when it touched the water.↗ · I'm running on fumes after that long day.↗

fumes — Everyday, meaning 1: Gas or smoke that smells strong and can be harmful to breathe, like from cars, paint or chemicals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, fume) To be very angry, often quietly.↗ Example: Exhaust fumes from the cars made the air smelly.↗ · Open the window — the paint fumes are strong.↗ · Never mix bleach with other cleaners; it makes dangerous fumes.↗ · The firefighters wore masks against the smoke and fumes.↗ · He was fuming when his little brother broke his model.↗ · Walking on quiet streets means fewer traffic fumes.↗ · Glue fumes can make you dizzy, so use it in an airy room.↗ · She stood there fuming about the unfair penalty.↗ · The tree that had been killed by the fumes of gas, the steam of kitchens, and the bad air of the city, was put upon the wagon and driven away.↗

fun — Everyday, meaning 1: Enjoyment and pleasure; a good time: «We had fun at the party».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Enjoyable: «a fun game».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Make fun of: to laugh at someone in an unkind way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke and not seriously.↗ Example: We had lots of fun at the park.↗ · Have fun at the sleepover!↗ · Swimming is fun.↗ · Here's a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts.↗ · It's not kind to make fun of people.↗ · We played the game just for fun.↗ · It's no fun playing alone.↗ · The fair was great fun.↗ · It was only said in fun.↗

function — Everyday, meaning 1: The job or purpose of something or someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To work or operate properly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A formal party or event.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) A rule that turns each input number into exactly one output number, like a function machine.↗ Example: The function of the lungs is to take in air.↗ · The lift is not functioning today.↗ · Put 4 into the function machine "× 3": the output is 12.↗ · The school held a function to raise money.↗ · This table also functions as a desk.↗ · What is the function of a full stop?↗ · The computer stopped functioning.↗ · The true fabulist, therefore, discharges a most important function.↗ · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers ; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between [p. 7] the two others, a supreme arbitrator.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

functional — Everyday, meaning 1: Working properly and able to do its job: a functional lift goes up and down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Made to be useful and practical rather than pretty: a functional kitchen has what you need and no decorations.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) To do with functions, rules that turn each input number into one output number.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) Having a job or role inside a system: the heart is a functional part of the body.↗ Example: The old printer is slow, but it is still functional.↗ · Our design must be functional as well as good-looking.↗ · The school canteen has plain, functional tables.↗ · After the storm, only one lift was functional.↗ · Wellies are functional rather than fashionable.↗ · The robot we built in class is now fully functional!↗ · A function machine turns each input into one output.↗ · Each part of a flower has a functional role.↗

functionally — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is about how something works or what it does, not how it looks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: For practical purposes; in effect: «functionally the same».↗ Example: The two kettles look different but are functionally the same.↗ · Functionally, the old bike still works well.↗ · The broken phone is functionally useless.↗ · The room was designed functionally, with lots of storage.↗ · A calculator and a phone app are functionally equivalent for adding numbers.↗ · Functionally speaking, the bridge is safe, though it looks old.↗

fund — Everyday, meaning 1: An amount of money saved or collected for a special purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (plural, funds) Money that is available to spend.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A large supply of something: «a fund of stories».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To give the money that pays for something.↗ Example: We are raising funds for a new playground.↗ · The class put the money from the bake sale into the trip fund.↗ · The charity is short of funds this winter.↗ · Grandpa has a fund of funny stories.↗ · The council will fund the new swimming pool.↗ · Our school fund paid for the visiting author.↗

fundamental — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: basic and most important; the foundation that other things are built on.↗ Example: The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש have as their basis the balance.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The three fundamental letters א"מ"ש have as their basis the balance.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · They consist of a decade out of nothing [5] and of twenty-two fundamental letters.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

fundamentally — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: in the most basic way; at the root.↗ Example: The edition which I now offer is fundamentally that of the ancient Hebrew codices translated into English, and collated with the Latin versions of Pistorius, Postellus, and Rittangelius.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

fundamentals — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: the basic parts or principles from which everything else comes.↗ Example: Three of them, however, are the first elements, fundamentals or mothers, seven double and twelve simple consonants.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

funded — Everyday, meaning 1: Paid for by money from a person, group or government.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Given enough money to work: «well-funded», «underfunded».↗ Example: The new park was funded by the town council.↗ · Our trip was partly funded by the parents' association.↗ · Public libraries are funded by taxes.↗ · The project was fully funded, so building could start.↗ · The hospital is underfunded and needs more nurses.↗ · The research was funded by a big charity.↗

funding — Everyday, meaning 1: Money given by a government, organisation or person for a special purpose, such as a school, project or research.↗ Example: The school got funding for new computers.↗ · The project needs more funding.↗ · Funding for the library was cut.↗ · Scientists applied for funding to study whales.↗ · The charity provides funding for sports clubs.↗ · The funding was split equally between three classes.↗

fundraise — Everyday, meaning 1: To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause, often by holding events.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ask people or organisations to give money to support a project.↗ Example: Our class is going to fundraise for the animal shelter.↗ · We fundraised £250 with a cake sale.↗ · The PTA fundraises every year for new books.↗ · My cousin is fundraising by running a half marathon.↗ · They need to fundraise $500 to pay for the school trip.↗ · Kids in Canada often fundraise by selling chocolate bars.↗ · If we have raised £180 of a £300 target, we still need to fundraise £120.↗ · The scouts fundraised by washing cars on Saturday.↗

funds — Everyday, meaning 1: Funds are money that is available to spend, especially for a purpose.↗ e.g. "the school is raising funds for a new playground".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fund is an amount of money saved or collected for a special purpose.↗ e.g. "a holiday fund".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To fund something means to pay for it.↗ e.g. "the council funds the library".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fund of something is a large supply.↗ e.g. "a fund of stories".↗ Example: Our class raised funds for the animal rescue centre.↗ · The club is short of funds this year.↗ · The trip is funded by the parents' association.↗ · We started a fund to buy new books.↗ · The class had 200 dollars of funds and spent 75, so 125 dollars of funds were left.↗ · The charity relies on public funds.↗ · Grandpa has a fund of funny stories.↗ · If you wish me to remain in your service, furnish me with the necessary funds, else I must withdraw."↗

funeral — Everyday, meaning 1: A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and friends say goodbye and remember the person, and the body is buried or cremated.↗ Example: We went to Grandpa's funeral.↗ · People wore black to the funeral.↗ · At the funeral we shared stories about her.↗ · It's OK to feel sad at a funeral.↗ · We held a little funeral for our goldfish.↗ · The cars drove slowly in the funeral procession.↗ · He came to his mother's funeral.↗

funereal — Everyday, meaning 1: Funereal means connected with a funeral, or slow, sad and dark like one.↗ Example: They held funereal rites for the hero.↗ · The mourners walked in funereal silence.↗ · The room had a funereal gloom.↗

funfair — Everyday, meaning 1: An outdoor show with rides, games, stalls and sweets that people pay to enjoy, often travelling from town to town.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Australia) The usual word for what Americans call a carnival or a fair.↗ Example: The funfair comes to our park every summer.↗ · I won a goldfish at the funfair!↗ · We rode the dodgems and the big wheel at the funfair.↗ · Each ride at the funfair costs £2, so four rides cost £8.↗ · Stay together at the funfair so nobody gets lost.↗ · The funfair lights glowed across the dark field.↗ · In America they usually call it a carnival or a county fair.↗ · Mum bought candyfloss at the funfair.↗

fungus — Everyday, meaning 1: A fungus is a living thing such as a mushroom, toadstool, mould or yeast that is neither a plant nor an animal; it feeds on dead or living things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fungus is a growth of mould on food, walls or skin.↗ Example: A mushroom is a kind of fungus.↗ · Fungi help break down dead leaves on the forest floor.↗ · There's green fungus on that old bread.↗ · Yeast is a tiny fungus used to make bread.↗ · Never pick and eat wild fungi.↗ · Athlete's foot is caused by a fungus.↗ · Fungus grew on the damp wall.↗ · But Iktomi's ears were like the fungus on a tree.↗

funnel — Everyday, meaning 1: A funnel is a tube that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A funnel is also a chimney on a ship or steam train.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A funnel cloud is the spinning, cone-shaped cloud of a tornado.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To funnel means to move things or people through a narrow space.↗ Example: Use a funnel to pour the water into the bottle.↗ · We put filter paper in the funnel to separate sand from water.↗ · The ship had three red funnels.↗ · A funnel cloud came down from the storm.↗ · The crowd was funnelled through one gate.↗ · Mum used a funnel to fill the salt shaker.↗ · The steam train puffed smoke from its funnel.↗ · And hop! hop! without hesitating, the rats took the leap, swam straight to the funnel, plunged in head foremost and disappeared.↗

funnily — Everyday, meaning 1: In a funny or strange way: «He walked funnily after the long ride.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mainly in «funnily enough»: used to say something is surprising or a strange coincidence.↗ Example: Funnily enough, my teacher has the same birthday as me.↗ · The clown walked funnily in his huge shoes.↗ · Funnily enough, I was just thinking about you.↗ · My leg felt funnily heavy after sitting on it.↗ · Funnily enough, the dog ate the carrot but not the meat.↗ · She spoke funnily because she had a cold.↗

funny — Everyday, meaning 1: Funny means making you laugh or smile: a funny joke.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Funny can mean strange or unusual: a funny smell, that's funny.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Feeling funny can mean feeling a bit unwell.↗ Example: The clown was really funny.↗ · Tell me a funny joke!↗ · That's funny; I left my keys right here.↗ · There's a funny smell in the kitchen; is something burning?↗ · I feel a bit funny; I think I ate too much.↗ · Very funny!↗ Now give me back my hat.↗ · He hit his funny bone and his arm tingled.↗ · It's not funny to laugh at someone who fell.↗ · "Oh how funny!" said Ida, and she laughed.↗

fur — Everyday, meaning 1: Fur is the soft thick hair that covers the bodies of many animals, like cats, dogs, rabbits and bears.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fur is a coat or piece of clothing made from animal fur.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fake fur is soft material made to look like animal fur.↗ Example: The cat has white fur.↗ · A coat has a fur collar.↗ · Three of the puppies have brown fur.↗ · A polar bear's thick fur keeps it warm on the ice.↗ · Our dog sheds fur all over the couch in spring.↗ · The rabbit's fur felt soft under my hand.↗ · My hat is lined with fake fur.↗ · Mammals have fur or hair, birds have feathers.↗ · A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur.↗