📖 F — The English dictionary · page 7

fashion — Everyday, meaning 1: Fashion is the style of clothes, hair and things that is popular at a particular time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fashion is a popular way of doing something for a while.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In a ... fashion» means in a certain way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To fashion something is to make or shape it with your hands.↗ Example: Big jumpers are in fashion this winter.↗ · Grandma says flared trousers have gone out of fashion and come back.↗ · She wants to be a fashion designer.↗ · Line up in an orderly fashion.↗ · He fashioned a boat out of a log.↗ · I can swim, after a fashion.↗ · Fashions change, but kindness never goes out of fashion.↗ · So in this fashion the old woman was brought to court.↗ · And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.↗ (Torah EXO.26.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And did not One fashion us in the womb?↗ (Writings JOB.31.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.↗ (Prophets 1KI.5.32, JPS 1917)↗ · We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; (Writings PSA.144.12, JPS 1917)↗

fashionable — Everyday, meaning 1: Popular and in style at a certain time, especially clothes, hair or ideas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Liked or used by rich or stylish people: «a fashionable restaurant».↗ Example: Big jumpers are fashionable this winter.↗ · She always wears fashionable clothes.↗ · Long ago, white wigs were fashionable.↗ · That haircut isn't fashionable any more.↗ · They ate at a fashionable café in town.↗ · It became fashionable to ride scooters.↗ · But the old goblin danced about the room with his young bride, and exchanged boots with her, which is more fashionable than exchanging rings.↗

fashioned — Everyday, meaning 1: «Old-fashioned» means belonging to an earlier time and no longer common or modern.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fashioned (verb) means made or shaped by hand, often from simple materials.↗ Example: Grandma has an old-fashioned telephone with a dial.↗ · That hat looks really old-fashioned.↗ · He fashioned a boat from a piece of bark.↗ · The children fashioned a shelter out of branches.↗ · We played good old-fashioned games like hopscotch.↗ · The ring was fashioned from silver.↗ · Some people think writing letters is old-fashioned.↗ · Cursed be the fire in which it was forged and the man who fashioned it!’↗ · And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'↗ (Torah EXO.32.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?↗ (Prophets ISA.44.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!↗ (Writings JOB.10.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.↗ (Writings PSA.119.73, JPS 1917)↗

fast — Everyday, meaning 1: Fast means moving or doing something quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A clock or watch that is fast shows a time later than the real time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fast also means firmly, tightly: «stuck fast», «fast asleep» (very deeply asleep).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To fast is to not eat for a time, often for religious reasons; a fast is that time.↗ Example: How fast does the car go?↗ · Tom runs faster than Ben.↗ · The fast train goes 120 km an hour.↗ · Who is the fastest?↗ · The cheetah is the fastest land animal.↗ · My watch is 5 minutes fast.↗ · The baby is fast asleep.↗ · Some people fast during Ramadan.↗ · His chest heaved hard and fast.↗ · For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.↗ (Torah GEN.20.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'↗ (Torah GEN.21.18, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not?↗ (Prophets ISA.58.3, JPS 1917)↗ · They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.↗ (Prophets JER.8.5, JPS 1917)↗ · For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven.↗ (Writings PSA.119.89, JPS 1917)↗

fasten — Everyday, meaning 1: To close, join or fix something so it stays shut or in place: fasten a seatbelt, a button, a gate.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To attach one thing to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fix your eyes or attention on something.↗ Example: Fasten your seatbelt before we drive off.↗ · I can't fasten this button.↗ · Fasten the gate so the dog can't get out.↗ · He fastened the poster to the wall with tape.↗ · Make sure your helmet is fastened.↗ · Her eyes fastened on the cake.↗ · Can you help me fasten my shoes?↗ · You can sit on my back, and fasten yourself on with your sash.↗ · And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.↗ (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917)↗ · They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.↗ (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house.↗ (Prophets ISA.22.23, JPS 1917)↗

fastened — Everyday, meaning 1: Fastened means closed or joined firmly, like a seatbelt or a button that is done up.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fastened means fixed firmly to something, like a picture fastened to a wall.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Fastened on» can mean fixed your attention or eyes on something.↗ Example: Make sure your seatbelt is fastened.↗ · She fastened her coat and went out.↗ · He fastened his helmet before riding.↗ · The gate was fastened with a chain.↗ · The poster was fastened to the wall with tape.↗ · Keep your seatbelt fastened while seated.↗ · I fastened the buttons on my cardigan.↗ · His eyes were fastened on the cake.↗ · On each stake he fastened a duck to roast.↗ · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.↗ [15] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?↗ (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.↗ (Writings 1CH.10.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.↗ (Prophets 1SA.31.10, JPS 1917)↗

fastening — Everyday, meaning 1: A thing used to close or join something, such as a button, zip, buckle, clip or Velcro.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The act of fixing or closing something.↗ Example: This coat has a zip fastening.↗ · Velcro is an easy fastening for small children.↗ · The bag's fastening broke.↗ · Choose a fastening for your pencil case.↗ · She was fastening her sandals.↗ · Buttons and poppers are common fastenings.↗ · So, fastening the sword to his belt, he carried it to the king.↗

faster — Everyday, meaning 1: Faster means with more speed, moving or working more quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Faster also means taking less time to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A clock that is faster shows a later time than the real time.↗ Example: Tom runs 2 km an hour faster than Ben.↗ · Who is faster, the car or the train?↗ · She types 3 times faster than her brother.↗ · How many minutes faster did he finish?↗ · A cheetah runs faster than any other land animal.↗ · The ball rolled faster down the steep hill.↗ · Please do not drive faster than the speed limit.↗ · My heart beats faster when I run.↗ · He swims faster than I could ever run!↗

fasting — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Going without food, often for religious reasons.↗

fat — Everyday, meaning 1: Fat is a natural oily substance found in foods like butter, oil, cheese and meat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fat is also the soft layer under the skin of people and animals that stores energy and keeps them warm.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fat (adjective) means having a big, round body or a lot of fat.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Fat can mean thick or wide: a fat book.↗ Example: Butter and oil contain a lot of fat.↗ · Seals have a thick layer of fat to keep warm.↗ · Our cat is getting fat because he eats too much.↗ · It's unkind to call someone fat.↗ · She read a big, fat book about dragons.↗ · We buy low-fat milk.↗ · The body needs a little fat to stay healthy.↗ · A fat raindrop landed on my nose.↗ · They were very fat and round.↗ · And the fat of the sin-offering shall he make smoke upon the altar.↗ (Torah LEV.16.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.↗ (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)↗ · As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.↗ (Torah GEN.49.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.↗ (Writings PSA.119.70, JPS 1917)↗ · He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.↗ (Writings PSA.147.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.↗ (Prophets 1SA.15.22, JPS 1917)↗

fatal — Everyday, meaning 1: Causing death: «a fatal accident».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Causing failure or very bad results: «a fatal mistake».↗ Example: The crash was fatal.↗ · Some mushrooms are fatal if eaten.↗ · Leaving the door open was a fatal mistake — the hamster escaped.↗ · The disease can be fatal without treatment.↗ · The hero's fatal flaw was pride.↗ · The computer showed a fatal error and shut down.↗ · His hand closed on the fatal draught.↗

fatality — Everyday, meaning 1: A fatality is a death caused by an accident, war, disaster or violence.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Fatality is the quality of causing death: «the fatality of the disease».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fatality can also mean a strange, unlucky chance that seems to be meant to happen.↗ Example: Luckily, there were no fatalities in the fire.↗ · Wearing seat belts reduces road fatalities.↗ · The storm caused three fatalities.↗ · Fatalities from the disease have fallen thanks to vaccines.↗ · The report gave the number of fatalities.↗ · The crossing was made safer after a fatality last year.↗ · But here a strange fatality occurred.↗

fatally — Everyday, meaning 1: Fatally means in a way that causes death or complete ruin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fatally can mean so badly that it cannot be put right.↗ Example: He was fatally wounded in the battle.↗ · The fight ended fatally for his enemy.↗ · Her mistake was fatally wrong.↗

fate — Everyday, meaning 1: Fate is a power that some people believe decides what will happen in the future.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them in the end, often something bad.↗ Example: They believed it was fate that brought them together.↗ · Nobody knows the fate of the lost explorers.↗ · The judge would decide his fate.↗ · Don't tempt fate by saying we'll win easily!↗ · By a twist of fate, they met again years later.↗ · The fate of the old tree was decided by the council.↗ · The merchants now mourned their fate.↗

father — Everyday, meaning 1: A father is a man who has a child; a dad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Father is a title for some priests.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The father of something is the person who started it.↗ Example: Her father is 40 years old.↗ · His father gave him $10.↗ · The father is 3 times as old as his son.↗ · Father bought 2 pizzas.↗ · My father takes me to swimming.↗ · We made cards for Father's Day.↗ · The penguin father keeps the egg warm.↗ · His grandfather is his father's father.↗ · Which was taller, Father or Mother?↗ · This is Esau the father of the Edomites.↗ (Torah GEN.36.43, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made their father drink wine that night.↗ (Torah GEN.19.33, JPS 1917)↗ · And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.↗ (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917)↗ · But he told not his father.↗ (Prophets 1SA.14.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Have we not all one father?↗ (Prophets MAL.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.↗ (Writings 1CH.8.10, JPS 1917)↗

fatherland — Everyday, meaning 1: A fatherland is the country where a person was born and feels they belong; a homeland.↗ (formal, old-fashioned).↗ Example: You have no love of fatherland in you.↗ · She saved her fatherland from danger.↗ · He sang a song for his fatherland.↗

fatherless — Everyday, meaning 1: Fatherless means without a father, because he has died, left or is not known.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In old writing, «the fatherless» means children without fathers, often named with widows as people to care for.↗ Example: In the story, the fatherless boy was raised by his grandmother.↗ · The charity helps fatherless children with school costs.↗ · (Bible) The psalm says God defends the fatherless.↗ · Being fatherless did not stop her becoming a great scientist.↗ · Many famous people grew up fatherless.↗ · The village looked after the fatherless family.↗ · Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.↗ (Torah EXO.22.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.↗ (Torah DEU.27.19, JPS 1917)↗ · He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.↗ (Torah DEU.10.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.↗ (Writings PSA.109.9, JPS 1917)↗ · They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.↗ (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917)↗ · We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.↗ (Writings LAM.5.3, JPS 1917)↗