📖 F — The English dictionary · page 5

familiarity — Everyday, meaning 1: Familiarity is knowing something well because you have seen, heard or done it many times: «familiarity with the rules».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Familiarity is a friendly, relaxed way of behaving with someone, as if you know them well.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Too much familiarity is behaving too casually or rudely with someone you do not know well.↗ Example: Her familiarity with the town helped us find the café.↗ · Practice gives you familiarity with the times tables.↗ · There was a comforting familiarity about Grandma's kitchen.↗ · The new teacher was surprised by the pupils' familiarity with her first name.↗ · Familiarity with the rules makes the game more fun.↗ · «Familiarity breeds contempt,» said Dad when we got bored with the toy.↗ · The young man agreed to this proposal, but he took care not to get on terms of familiarity with the new comer until he had tried him with the apple.↗

family — Everyday, meaning 1: A family is a group of people who are related, like parents and their children.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A family can mean all your relatives: aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, a family is a group of animals or plants that are alike: «the cat family».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) «Family» or «fam» (slang) can mean close friends: «you're like family», «wassup fam».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) Family words in talk: «mum/mom/ma», «dad/pop», «nan/nana/gran», «grandad/pop», «sis», «bro», «the folks», «the kids».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (euphemism) «In the family way» (old) means pregnant; «family reasons» may hide a sad private matter.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Forms and exams say «household», «relatives», «next of kin», «dependants» and «members of the household».↗ Example: There are 4 people in Jo's family.↗ · Each family gets 3 tickets.↗ · 5 families came to the picnic.↗ · The family ate 12 pies.↗ · My family has a dog and two cats.↗ · We drew our family tree in class.↗ · Lions and tigers belong to the cat family.↗ · nan + 2 cousins coming, set table for all of us (we're 3), how many forks↗ · Wassup fam, pizza tonight?↗ · He missed school for family reasons.↗ · Each household of four persons is allocated 3 tickets.↗ Compute the number of tickets allocated to 5 such households.↗ · Leave my family out of it, mate.↗ · There the whole family settled down.↗ · These are the families of Reuben.↗ (Torah EXO.6.14, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the families of Simeon.↗ (Torah EXO.6.15, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the sons of Joseph after their families.↗ (Torah NUM.26.37, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the families of the Zorathites.↗ (Writings 1CH.4.2, JPS 1917)↗ · All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.↗ (Writings 1CH.6.45, JPS 1917)↗ · All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.↗ (Prophets ZEC.12.14, JPS 1917)↗

famine — Everyday, meaning 1: A time when a large number of people in a place do not have enough food, often for months, and many may become ill or die.↗ Example: The potato famine in Ireland forced many people to leave.↗ · Drought led to famine in the region.↗ · Charities sent food during the famine.↗ · People ate grass in the worst days of the famine.↗ · War can cause famine when farmers cannot plant crops.↗ · The story is about a family that survived a famine.↗ · A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.↗ · And the famine was sore in the land.↗ (Torah GEN.43.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham.↗ (Torah GEN.26.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.41.57, JPS 1917)↗ · And the famine was sore in Samaria.↗ (Prophets 1KI.18.2, JPS 1917)↗ · To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.↗ (Writings PSA.33.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.↗ (Writings LAM.5.10, JPS 1917)↗

famish — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To make or let someone go hungry, or to starve.↗ Example: The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.↗ (Writings PRO.10.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD will be terrible unto them; for He will famish all the gods of the earth; then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, every one from its place.↗ (Prophets ZEP.2.11, JPS 1917)↗

famished — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Famished means very, very hungry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literary) Famished can mean starving from lack of food over a long time.↗ Example: I'm famished!↗ What's for tea?↗ · After the long hike, we were all famished.↗ · The famished puppy gobbled its food in seconds.↗ · He came home from rugby practice absolutely famished.↗ · The famished travellers shared their last bread.↗ · Don't go swimming famished; have a snack first.↗ · This gave them new life; for the poor people were almost famished.↗ · And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.55, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore My people are gone into captivity, for want of knowledge; and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.↗ (Prophets ISA.5.13, JPS 1917)↗

famous — Everyday, meaning 1: Famous means known by very many people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Famous for something means known because of it.↗ e.g. Paris is famous for the Eiffel Tower.↗ Example: She wants to be a famous singer.↗ · Australia is famous for kangaroos.↗ · The Statue of Liberty is famous all over the world.↗ · A famous author visited our school.↗ · Albert Einstein is a famous scientist.↗ · My grandma's apple pie is famous in our street.↗ · Big Ben is a famous clock in London.↗ · Being famous does not make you a good person.↗ · This was the famous Sindbad himself.↗ · Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous men in their fathers' houses.↗ (Writings 1CH.12.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And the women said unto Naomi: 'Blessed be the LORD, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel.↗ (Writings RUT.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.↗ (Writings 1CH.5.24, JPS 1917)↗

famously — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is well known; as many people know.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, old-fashioned) Very well: «get on famously» means get along very well.↗ Example: Isaac Newton famously wondered why the apple fell.↗ · The two cousins got on famously at the party.↗ · Australia is famously home to kangaroos.↗ · The ship famously hit an iceberg.↗ · She famously said, "Never give up!"↗ · Cats are famously independent.↗ · He took the thick cord, and tied her up with it famously.↗

fan — Everyday, meaning 1: A fan is a person who likes a sport, team, singer, book or hobby very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fan is a machine with spinning blades that moves air to cool you down.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fan is a flat folding object you wave in front of your face to cool yourself.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To fan means to move air towards something, or to spread out in a fan shape: fan out.↗ Example: I am a big fan of that football team.↗ · Turn on the fan, it is hot.↗ · The fans cheered when we scored.↗ · She waved a paper fan.↗ · The ceiling fan spins slowly.↗ · Keep your fingers away from the fan.↗ · The search team fanned out across the field.↗ · The author got lots of fan mail.↗ · The old man now stood up and opened his fan and began to dance.↗ · The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.↗ (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways.↗ (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.↗ (Prophets JER.51.2, JPS 1917)↗

fancied — Everyday, meaning 1: If you fancied something, you wanted or liked the idea of it (mainly UK): «I fancied a cup of tea».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, UK) If you fancied someone, you found them attractive and had a crush on them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old or formal) Fancied can mean imagined or believed, sometimes wrongly: «He fancied he heard a noise».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In sport and racing, a fancied team or horse is one people think will win.↗ Example: I fancied pizza for dinner, so we ordered one.↗ · She fancied a walk on the beach.↗ · In Year 6 he fancied a girl in his class.↗ · The fancied team lost in the first round.↗ · He fancied he saw a ghost on the stairs.↗ · She fancied herself as a great singer.↗ · Did you fancy any of the cakes?↗ · Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pit-a-pat.↗

fancier — Everyday, meaning 1: Fancier means more decorated, elaborate or posh than something else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fancier is a person who keeps or breeds a certain kind of animal or plant as a hobby, like a pigeon fancier or a dog fancier.↗ Example: This cake is fancier than the one we made.↗ · We went to a fancier restaurant for Gran's birthday.↗ · My great-uncle was a pigeon fancier with fifty birds.↗ · Her party dress is fancier than mine.↗ · A dog fancier showed his poodles at the show.↗ · Do you want the fancier pencil case or the plain one?↗

fanciful — Everyday, meaning 1: Fanciful means full of imagination, with ideas that are not based on fact or proof.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fanciful can mean odd, unreal or made up.↗ Example: You have a fanciful idea about dragons.↗ · The cat said I was fanciful.↗ · The story has a fanciful picture of a flying castle.↗ · That is a fanciful guess; we need proof.↗

fancy — Everyday, meaning 1: Fancy means decorated, special or expensive, not plain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In British, Australian and Irish English, to fancy something is to want it or like the idea of it: «Do you fancy a biscuit?».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fancy someone is to have a crush on them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fancy is a liking or an idea in your head; «take a fancy to» means start to like.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Fancy is an exclamation of surprise meaning "just imagine!".↗ Example: She wore a fancy dress with sparkles to the wedding.↗ · Do you fancy a game of football?↗ · We went to a fancy-dress party as pirates.↗ · The cake had fancy icing on top.↗ · Nothing fancy, just a sandwich, please.↗ · The cat took a fancy to my new jumper.↗ · Fancy meeting you here!↗ · Fancy my being afraid of a lion!↗

fanfare — Everyday, meaning 1: A fanfare is a short, loud, exciting tune played on trumpets or other brass instruments to announce someone important or the start of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fanfare (uncountable) is a lot of excitement, publicity and showy celebration around something.↗ Example: A fanfare of trumpets announced the queen.↗ · The film opened with a loud fanfare.↗ · The new park opened with great fanfare.↗ · He retired quietly, without any fanfare.↗ · Our school band played a fanfare at sports day.↗ · The game was launched with a lot of fanfare online.↗

fang — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially of a dog, wolf, snake or vampire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The poison tooth of a snake or a spider's biting part.↗ Example: The wolf bared its fangs and growled.↗ · Some snakes have hollow fangs for venom.↗ · The vampire in the story had long white fangs.↗ · The dog showed its fangs, so we walked away.↗ · A spider bites with its fangs.↗ · The cat's fangs are sharp for catching mice.↗ · Their mouths were black and twisted, and in each of these mouths there was a hedge of curved yellow fangs.↗

fanned — Everyday, meaning 1: Moved air towards something or someone with a fan or with your hand, to cool it down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Made a fire burn more strongly by blowing air on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (fanned out) Spread out from one point in the shape of an open fan.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Made a feeling stronger, as in «fanned the flames» of anger.↗ Example: Alice fanned herself with the White Rabbit's fan and began to shrink.↗ · Grandma fanned her face in the heat.↗ · He fanned the campfire until it blazed.↗ · The search party fanned out across the field.↗ · The peacock fanned its beautiful tail.↗ · Angry words only fanned the quarrel.↗ · The cards were fanned out on the table.↗ · When he came back he fanned the embers of his fire again and warmed himself.↗

fantail — Everyday, meaning 1: A small bird with a tail that spreads out like a fan; in New Zealand the fantail (pīwakawaka) is a common, friendly bird that follows walkers to catch insects.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A kind of fancy pigeon or goldfish with a fan-shaped tail.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tail or end shaped like a fan.↗ Example: A fantail flitted along the bush track beside us.↗ · The fantail spread its tail like a little fan.↗ · In New Zealand the fantail is called pīwakawaka.↗ · Grandad keeps white fantail pigeons.↗ · Our fantail goldfish has a long, flowing tail.↗ · The fantail snapped up insects that our feet disturbed.↗