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- fiercely adverb (fiercely)
1) In an angry, wild or violent way. 2) Very strongly or with great feeling: «fiercely loyal», «fiercely proud». - fierceness noun (uncountable)
Fierceness is being wild, angry and ready to attack, like a fierce animal. - fiery adjective (fiery, fierier, fieriest)
1) Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace». 2) Bright red or orange like fire: «a fiery sunset», «fiery red hair». 3) Quick to get… - fifteen number (fifteen, 15); noun (a fifteen, a team of fifteen in rugby union)
1) Fifteen is the number 15: ten and five more, one more than fourteen. 2) A fifteen is a rugby union team, which has fifteen players. - fifteenth adjective, noun (fifteenth, 15th; a fifteenth, fifteenths)
1) Fifteenth means number 15 in order. 2) A fifteenth is one of 15 equal parts, written 1/15. - fifth adjective, noun (fifth, 5th; a fifth, fifths)
1) Fifth means number 5 in order. 2) A fifth is one of 5 equal parts, written 1/5. 3) Fifth grade (in the USA) is the school year for… - fiftieth ordinal number, adjective (fiftieth); noun (a fiftieth, fiftieths)
1) Coming as number 50 in a row or order. 2) (maths) One of fifty equal parts of something, written 1/50. - fifty number (fifty, 50)
1) Fifty is the number 50, five tens. 2) Fifty is half of a hundred. 3) «Fifty-fifty» means half and half, or an equal chance. - fig noun (fig, figs); abbreviation (fig. = figure)
A soft, sweet fruit with many tiny seeds inside, shaped like a small pear. - fight verb (fight, fights, fought, fighting); noun (a fight, fights)
To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons. - figurative adjective (figurative)
Used with a meaning different from the usual, word-for-word one, to make a picture in the mind: «a heart of gold» is figurative. - figure noun (figure, figures); verb (figure, figures, figured, figuring)
A figure is a number written as a sign, like 7 or 25. - file noun (file, files); verb (file, files, filed, filing)
A file is a set of information kept together on a computer, like a picture or a document. - filing noun (filing, uncountable; a filing, filings); verb form (filing, from file)
Filing is putting papers or computer documents in order in files or folders. - fill verb (fill, fills, filled, filling); noun (your fill)
To fill is to put in as much as something can hold. - fillet noun
A thin band or strip, often used to bind or decorate something. - filling noun (a filling, fillings); verb form (-ing form of fill: fill, fills, filled, filling); adjective (filling)
A filling is the food inside a pie, sandwich, cake or pastry. - filth noun (filth — uncountable)
1) Filth is very bad, disgusting dirt. 2) (informal) Filth is rude, offensive words, pictures or talk. 3) (UK slang, rude, offensive) «The… - filthiness noun
The state of being very dirty, or morally foul. - filthy adjective (filthy, filthier, filthiest); adverb (filthy rich — informal)
1) Very dirty: filthy boots. 2) (informal) Rude, nasty or about rude things: a filthy joke; a filthy mood. 3) (informal) Very unpleasant… - fin noun (a fin, fins)
A thin, flat part sticking out of a fish's or sea animal's body that helps it swim, steer and balance. - final adjective (final); noun (a final, finals)
1) Final means last, coming at the end. 2) The final is the last game or race that decides the winner. 3) Finals are the last exams of a… - finally adverb (finally)
Finally means at last, after a long time or a lot of waiting. - find verb (find, finds, found, finding); noun (a find)
To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin. - fine adjective (fine, finer, finest); adverb (fine — informal); noun (a fine, fines); verb (fine, fines, fined, fining)
Well or healthy, all right: "I'm fine, thanks.". - finger noun (finger, fingers); verb (finger, fingers, fingered — touch with fingers)
One of the five long parts at the end of your hand (often the thumb is counted separately). - finish verb (finish, finishes, finished, finishing); noun (a finish, finishes)
To finish means to come to the end of something, to complete it. - finished verb (finish, finishes, finished, finishing); adjective (finished)
1) Finished means done, at the end, complete. 2) Finished is the past of finish. 3) «I'm finished» can mean I have nothing more to do or… - finite adjective (finite)
Finite means having an end or a limit; not going on forever. - fir noun (a fir, firs; also fir tree)
1) A tall evergreen tree with flat needles and upright cones; many are used as Christmas trees. 2) The wood of this tree. - fire noun (fire, fires); verb (fire, fires, fired, firing)
The flames, heat and light made when something burns. - firebrand noun (firebrands)
A firebrand is a piece of burning wood, used as a torch. - firewood noun (firewood — no plural)
1) Wood cut into pieces to burn in a fire, a stove or a fireplace. - firm adjective (firm, firmer, firmest); noun (a firm, firms); adverb (firmly)
Solid and not soft; hard to press in or move: a firm mattress, firm ground. - firmament noun (firmaments)
(old use) The firmament is the sky, especially the sky full of stars and heavenly things. - firmly adverb (firmly, more firmly)
Firmly means strongly and steadily, so that something does not move or come loose. - firmness noun (firmnesses)
1) Firmness is being hard or solid, not soft. 2) Firmness is being steady and strong in what you decide, not giving way to others. - first adverb, adjective, determiner; noun (the first; a first — top university grade, UK); pronoun
First means before anything or anyone else: first in line. - firstborn noun (firstborn, firstborns); adjective (firstborn)
The first child born to a family; the eldest child. - fish noun (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb (fish, fishes, fished, fishing)
A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins. - fisher noun (fisher, fishers)
A person who catches fish, as a job or for fun; a fisherman or fisherwoman. - fist noun (a fist, fists)
1) A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm. - fit verb (fit, fits, fit or fitted, fitting); adjective (fit, fitter, fittest); noun (a fit)
To fit means to be the right size and shape to go in a place or on a body. - fitly adverb (fitly — formal, old-fashioned)
1) (formal, old) In a suitable or proper way; rightly. - fitted adjective (fitted); verb form (fitted, past of fit)
Fitted clothes are made to match the shape of the body closely. - fitter adjective (fitter, comparative of fit); noun (a fitter, fitters)
Fitter means more fit: healthier and stronger, especially from exercise. - fitting adjective (fitting, more fitting); noun (a fitting, fittings); verb form (fit → fitting)
Right or suitable for a certain time or situation: «a fitting end». - fittingly adverb
1) In a way that suits what is right or proper. 2) In a suitable and proper way, as is fitting. - five number (five, fives); noun (a five)
1) Five is the number 5, one more than four. 2) A five is the digit 5, or a five-dollar or five-pound note. 3) «High five» means slapping… - fix verb (fix, fixes, fixed, fixing); noun (a fix, fixes)
To fix something means to repair it so that it works again. - fixed adjective; past form of fix (fix, fixes, fixed, fixing)
1) Fixed means repaired, made to work again. 2) Fixed means attached firmly so it cannot move. 3) Fixed means set and not changing, like a… - fl abbreviation (fl, fl., FL)
fl oz: «fluid ounce», a unit of liquid volume used in the USA and UK. - flag noun (flag, flags); verb (flag, flags, flagged, flagging)
A flag is a piece of cloth with colours and pictures that stands for a country, a team or a group. - flagon noun (flagons)
A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink. - flake noun (a flake, flakes); verb (flake, flakes, flaked, flaking); verb (flake out — informal)
A small, thin, flat piece of something, like a snowflake or a flake of paint. - flame noun (a flame, flames); verb (flame, flames, flamed, flaming)
A flame is the hot, bright, burning gas you see in a fire: the flame of a candle. - flaming adjective (flaming; before nouns in the swearing sense); adverb (flaming — slang intensifier); verb form (flame, flames, flamed, flaming)
a softer stand-in for «bloody» to show annoyance: «that flaming dog». - flank noun (a flank, flanks); verb (flank, flanks, flanked, flanking)
The side of an animal's or person's body between the ribs and the hip. - flash noun (a flash, flashes); verb (flash, flashes, flashed, flashing); adjective (flash = showy, informal)
1) A flash is a quick bright light. 2) To flash is to shine for a very short moment, or to shine on and off. 3) In a flash means very… - flat adjective (flat, flatter, flattest); noun (a flat, flats); adverb (flat)
Flat means smooth and level, with no bumps or hills. - flattened verb form (past of «flatten»: flatten, flattens, flattened, flattening); adjective (flattened)
Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or squashing. - flatter verb (flatter, flatters, flattered, flattering); adjective (flatter — comparative of flat)
To praise someone too much, often not sincerely, to please them or get something. - flattery noun (flattery — uncountable)
1) Flattery is praise that is too much or not sincere, often given to please someone or to get something from them. - flax noun (no plural)
1) Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth. 2) Flax can also mean the thread spun from it. - flay verb (flays, flayed, flaying)
1) To flay an animal is to strip the skin off it. 2) (old use, cruel) To flay a person is to punish them by stripping off their skin. - flea noun (a flea, fleas)
A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood. - flee verb (flee, flees, fled, fleeing)
1) To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly. - fleece noun (a fleece, fleeces); verb (fleece, fleeces, fleeced, fleecing — informal)
The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece. - flesh noun (flesh — uncountable); verb (flesh out, fleshes out, fleshed out)
Flesh is the soft part of the body of a person or animal, between the skin and bones, mostly muscle and fat. - flight noun (flight, flights)
A flight is a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin». - flint noun (flint; a flint, flints)
A very hard grey or black stone that makes sparks when struck against steel, and breaks into sharp edges. - flinty adjective
Hard like flint stone. - flit verb (flit, flits, flitted, flitting); noun (a flit — UK, Scotland)
To flit is to move or fly quickly and lightly from one place to another, like a butterfly or a bird. - float verb (float, floats, floated, floating); noun (a float, floats)
To stay on top of water or another liquid without sinking. - flock noun (flock, flocks); verb (flock, flocks, flocked, flocking)
A flock is a group of birds or sheep together. - flood noun (a flood, floods); verb (flood, floods, flooded, flooding)
A flood is a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry. - floor noun (floor, floors); verb (floor, floored — to knock down or to surprise)
A floor is the flat part of a room that you walk on. - flour noun (flour); verb (flour, floured)
Flour is a white or brown powder made by grinding grain like wheat; it is used to make bread, cakes and pasta. - flourish verb (flourish, flourishes, flourished, flourishing); noun (a flourish, flourishes)
To flourish is to grow well and be healthy and strong, like plants in good soil. - flow verb (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); noun (flow — uncountable; a flow)
Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction. - flower noun (flower, flowers); verb (flower, flowers, flowered)
A flower is the coloured part of a plant that blooms, like a rose or a tulip. - flowing verb form (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); adjective (flowing)
Flowing means moving along smoothly, as water does in a river. - fly verb (fly, flies, flew, flown, flying); noun (a fly, flies)
To fly is to move through the air with wings, like a bird, an insect or a plane. - foal noun (a foal, foals); verb (foal, foals, foaled, foaling)
1) A foal is a baby horse, donkey or zebra. 2) When a mare foals, she gives birth to a foal. - foam noun (foam — uncountable; foams for kinds); verb (foam, foams, foamed, foaming)
A mass of many tiny bubbles on top of a liquid or made by mixing air into something, like the foam on the sea, on a bath or on a milkshake. - fodder noun (fodder; uncountable)
Fodder is food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals like cows, horses and sheep. - foe noun (plural foes)
1) A foe is an enemy, someone who wants to harm or beat you. - fold verb (fold, folds, folded, folding); noun (a fold, folds)
To fold is to bend paper or cloth so one part lies over another. - foliage noun (foliage — uncountable)
1) The leaves of a plant or many trees, all together. - folk noun (folk, folks — plural meaning people); adjective (folk music, folk tale)
Folk means people, especially ordinary people: «country folk», «old folk». - follow verb (follow, follows, followed, following)
To follow is to go or come after someone or something. - followers noun, plural of follower (a follower, followers)
Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea. - folly noun (folly, follies)
Foolishness; a very silly or unwise act or idea. - fond adjective (fond, fonder, fondest)
To be fond of someone or something means to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma". - food noun (food, foods — usually uncountable)
What people, animals and plants take in to stay alive, grow and have energy. - fool noun (a fool, fools); verb (fool, fools, fooled, fooling); adjective (foolish)
A fool is a person who acts in a silly way or without good sense. - foolish adjective (foolish, more foolish, most foolish); adverb foolishly
Foolish means silly or not sensible; showing poor judgement. - foolishly adverb (foolish is the adjective; more foolishly)
1) In a silly or unwise way, without thinking about what might go wrong. - foolishness noun (foolishness; uncountable)
Foolishness is silly or unwise behaviour or thinking, without good sense. - foot noun (foot, feet); verb (foot the bill — pay)
1) A foot is the part of your leg you stand on. 2) A foot is a unit of length, about as long as a ruler; a foot is 12 inches. 3) The foot…
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