F
- footprint noun (a footprint, footprints)
A footprint is a mark left by a foot or shoe on the ground, like in sand, snow or mud. - footstep noun (a footstep, footsteps)
A footstep is one step that someone takes when walking. - footstool noun (a footstool, footstools)
A low stool or small padded seat for resting your feet on when you sit in a chair. - for preposition; conjunction (old use: for he was tired)
For shows who or what something is meant for: a present for Mum. - foray noun
A quick raid into enemy land to take goods or loot. - forbear verb (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)
To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain. - forbid verb (forbid, forbids, forbade, forbidden, forbidding)
To say that someone must not do something; not to allow it. - forbidden adjective (forbidden); also the past participle of «forbid» (forbid, forbids, forbade, forbidden, forbidding)
Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law. - force noun (a force, forces; force — uncountable: strength); verb (force, forces, forced, forcing)
In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape. - forcible adjective (forcible, more forcible, most forcible)
1) Done by using force or violence, against someone's will. 2) Strong and convincing, as in «a forcible argument». - ford noun (a ford, fords); verb (ford, fords, forded, fording); Ford (a name)
A ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where you can walk, ride or drive across. - fore adjective (fore); noun (the fore); adverb (fore); interjection (Fore!)
«Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them. - forefather noun (plural forefathers)
1) A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor. - forefront noun
The very front part of something, the part that faces forward. - forego verb
To go without something, or to give it up. - foregoing adjective
Coming just before; what has been said or written earlier. - forehead noun (a forehead, foreheads)
1) Your forehead is the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair. - foreign adjective (foreign, more foreign)
Foreign means from or belonging to another country, not your own. - foreigner noun (a foreigner, foreigners)
1) A person from another country. - foremost adjective (also adverb: put your best foot foremost)
1) First in place, rank or order; the one at the front. - forepart noun
The front part of something. - foreskin noun
The loose skin at the tip of the male body part that is cut off in circumcision. - forest noun (a forest, forests)
A forest is a large area of land covered thickly with trees and plants. - forestall verb
To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening. - forethought noun (no plural)
1) Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance. - forever adverb (forever; UK also «for ever»)
For all time, with no end: «I'll love you forever». - forewarn verb (forewarn, forewarns, forewarned, forewarning)
1) To warn someone before something bad or difficult happens, so they can get ready. - forfeit verb (forfeit, forfeits, forfeited, forfeiting); noun (a forfeit, forfeits)
To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule or did not do something. - forge noun (forge, forges); verb (forge, forges, forged, forging)
A forge is a workshop with a very hot fire where a blacksmith heats and shapes metal. - forger noun
A person who makes things, especially a smith who shapes metal. - forgery noun (a forgery, forgeries; also uncountable)
A forgery is a copy of something such as a painting, a banknote, a document or a signature, made to trick people into thinking it is real. - forget verb (forget, forgets, forgot, forgotten, forgetting)
Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word. - forgetfulness noun (forgetfulness)
1) Often forgetting things; being forgetful. - forgive verb (forgive, forgives, forgave, forgiven, forgiving)
To stop being angry with someone who did something wrong to you, and not try to punish them. - forgiveness noun (forgiveness — uncountable)
Forgiveness is when you stop being angry with someone who hurt you and do not try to pay them back. - forgotten verb (past participle of forget: forget, forgot, forgotten); adjective (forgotten — not remembered)
Past participle of «forget»: not remembered; something you did not keep in your mind (I have forgotten my password). - fork noun (a fork, forks); verb (fork, forks, forked, forking)
A fork is a tool with a handle and two to four points (prongs) that you use to eat food. - form noun (a form, forms); verb (form, forms, formed, forming)
A form is a shape: a cloud in the form of a rabbit. - format noun (a format, formats); verb (format, formats, formatted, formatting)
A format is the way something is arranged, set out or organised, like the layout of a letter or the shape of a book. - formation noun (a formation, formations; formation — uncountable)
Formation is the way something is made or forms over time. - formative adjective
Having the power to shape or form something. - former adjective (former); noun (the former; a former — in technology)
Former means earlier, from before but not now: «the former head teacher», «a former champion». - formless adjective
Without a clear shape or form. - formula noun (formula, formulas or formulae)
A rule written with letters and symbols that tells you how to work something out: area = length × width. - formulaic adjective
Made up of set words or phrases that are used again and again. - forsake verb (forsake, forsakes, forsook, forsaken, forsaking)
1) To leave someone and stop helping or caring for them; to abandon. 2) To give up something you used to have or do. - fort noun (fort, forts)
A fort is a strong building or group of buildings with thick walls, built to protect soldiers and people from attack. - forth adverb (forth)
Forth means forward or onward, away from a starting place. - fortieth ordinal number, adjective (fortieth); noun (a fortieth, fortieths)
1) Coming as number 40 in a row or order. 2) (maths) One of forty equal parts of something, written 1/40. - fortified adjective (fortified); verb form of fortify (fortify, fortifies, fortified, fortifying)
A fortified place has strong walls, towers or other defences to protect it from attack, like a castle or a walled town. - fortify verb (fortify, fortifies, fortified, fortifying)
To fortify a place is to make it stronger against attack by building walls, towers or ditches. - fortress noun (fortress, fortresses)
A fortress is a large, strong building or town with thick walls, built to protect people from attack. - fortunate adjective
Fortunate means lucky; having something good happen to you by chance. - fortune noun (a fortune, fortunes; fortune — uncountable)
A very large amount of money: «That car cost a fortune». - forty number (forty, 40)
1) Forty is the number 40, four tens. - forward adverb, adjective (forward; also forwards in British English); verb (forward, forwards, forwarded — to send on)
Forward means toward the front, in the direction you are facing. - foster verb (foster, fosters, fostered, fostering); adjective (foster)
To look after a child for a time in your own home when the child's own family cannot care for them. - foul adjective (foul, fouler, foulest); noun (a foul, fouls); verb (foul, fouls, fouled, fouling)
Very dirty, smelly or unpleasant: «a foul smell». - foulness noun
Something disgusting or rotten, such as the stench or filth of rotting bodies. - found verb (past and past participle of find: found); verb (found, founds, founded, founding — to start)
Found is the past of "find": "I found my keys.". - foundation noun (a foundation, foundations; foundation — uncountable)
The strong base under a building, usually under the ground, that holds it up. - founder noun (founder, founders); verb (founder, founders, foundered, foundering)
A person who starts a school, company, club, charity or city. - fountain noun (fountain, fountains)
A fountain is a stream of water pushed up into the air, often as a decoration in a park or square. - four number (four, fours); noun (a four)
1) Four is the number 4, one more than three. 2) A four is the digit 4. 3) «On all fours» means on hands and knees. - fourfold adjective (fourfold); adverb (fourfold)
1) Four times as much or as many. 2) Having four parts or four kinds. - fourscore noun
Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty. - foursquare adjective
having four equal sides and four right angles, like a square - fourteen number / determiner and pronoun (fourteen); noun (a fourteen — rare)
1) The number 14: ten plus four, one more than thirteen. - fourteenth ordinal number, adjective, noun (fourteenth, 14th; a fourteenth, fourteenths)
1) Fourteenth is number 14 in order. 2) A fourteenth is one of 14 equal parts of something, written 1/14. - fourth adjective, noun (fourth, fourths); adverb
1) Fourth is number four in order: the one after the third. 2) A fourth is one of four equal parts, the same as a quarter. - fowl noun (a fowl, fowl or fowls)
A bird kept for its eggs or meat, such as a chicken, duck, goose or turkey. - fowler noun (fowlers)
1) (old use) A fowler is a person who catches birds, for food or sport. - fox noun (a fox, foxes; a vixen — female); verb (fox, foxes, foxed — to confuse)
A fox is a wild animal of the dog family with a pointed nose, pointed ears, reddish fur and a long bushy tail. - fragment noun (a fragment, fragments); verb (fragment, fragments, fragmented, fragmenting)
A fragment is a small piece that has broken off something. - fragrance noun (a fragrance, fragrances; also uncountable)
A fragrance is a pleasant, sweet smell, like flowers or fresh bread. - fragrant adjective (more fragrant, most fragrant)
1) Fragrant means having a sweet, pleasant smell. - frame noun (frame, frames); verb (frame, frames, framed, framing)
A frame is a border that goes around something, like around a picture, a mirror or a window. - framework noun (frameworks)
1) A framework is the frame or supporting structure that holds something together: the framework of a tent. - frank adjective (frank, franker, frankest); noun, proper name (Frank, a boy's or man's name)
Frank is a boy's or man's name, often short for Francis or Franklin. - frankincense noun (frankincense, uncountable)
A sweet-smelling gum (resin) from certain trees in Arabia and Africa, burned to make perfumed smoke. - free adjective (free, freer, freest); adverb (free, for free); verb (free, frees, freed, freeing)
Free means it costs no money: you pay nothing for it. - freedom noun (freedom, freedoms)
Freedom is being free: able to go where you like, say what you think, and choose what to do, without being locked up or controlled. - freely adverb (freely)
Freely means without being stopped, held back or controlled. - freemasonry noun
a secret society of men with its own rituals and signs, which began in the Middle Ages among stoneworkers - freewill adjective
given or done by your own choice, not because you were forced (usually written "free will") - french adjective (French); noun (French = the language; the French = the people of France)
French is the language of France; it is also spoken in Canada (Quebec), Belgium, Switzerland and many countries in Africa. - frequent adjective (frequent, more frequent, most frequent); verb (frequent, frequents, frequented — formal, «free-KWENT»)
1) Frequent means happening often. 2) To frequent a place is to go there often (formal). - frequently adverb (frequently, more frequently)
1) Frequently means often, many times. - fresh adjective (fresh, fresher, freshest); adverb (fresh from, freshly)
Of food: recently made, picked or caught, not old or spoiled: fresh bread, fresh fruit. - freshly adverb (freshly)
1) Very recently; only just: «freshly baked bread», «freshly cut grass». - fret verb (fret, frets, fretted, fretting); noun (a fret, frets)
To fret means to worry and be upset about something, often again and again. - fretful adjective
Easily upset, complaining and bad-tempered. - fretted verb (fret, frets, fretted, fretting)
1) To worry and be anxious about something. 2) (of a carving) Decorated with a pattern of small crossing lines or shapes, as in «fretted… - fricative adjective
describing a speech sound made by pushing air through a narrow gap, like f, s or th - friday noun (Friday, Fridays)
1) Friday is a day of the week. It comes after Thursday and before Saturday. 2) For most children it is the last day of the school week.… - friend noun (friend, friends); verb (friend — to add someone online; unfriend)
A friend is a person you like and who likes you, who you enjoy being with. - friendly adjective (friendly, friendlier, friendliest); noun (a friendly — a friendly match, UK)
Kind and pleasant to others; behaving like a friend. - friendship noun (a friendship, friendships; friendship — uncountable for the idea)
The relationship between friends: liking each other, trusting each other, and enjoying time together. - frighten verb (frighten, frightens, frightened, frightening)
1) To frighten means to make someone feel scared. 2) To frighten away or off means to scare an animal or person so they go away. - fringe noun (a fringe, fringes); adjective (fringe, as in fringe ideas)
A fringe is hair cut short and straight across the forehead; Americans call it bangs.
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