F
- fa noun (fa, fah — a music note); also an abbreviation (FA)
The fourth note of the musical scale in the sol-fa system: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. - fab adjective (informal: fab); noun (prefab, fab lab — separate words)
Fab is short for «fabulous»: great, wonderful, brilliant. - fable noun (a fable, fables)
A short story, often with animals that talk, that teaches a lesson called a moral, like Aesop's «The Tortoise and the Hare». - fabric noun (a fabric, fabrics; fabric — uncountable)
Fabric is cloth, material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, curtains and bags. - fabricated adjective (fabricated); past tense and past participle of fabricate
1) Made up to trick people; false: «a fabricated story». 2) Made or built, often in a factory from parts: «fabricated steel». - fabrication noun (fabrication, fabrications)
1) A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true. 2) The making or building of something, especially from many parts in a factory. - fabulist noun (fabulists)
1) A fabulist is a writer who makes up fables, short stories that teach a lesson, often with animals as characters. - fabulous adjective (more fabulous, most fabulous)
Fabulous means belonging to fables or legends, not real: a fabulous creature like a dragon. - face noun (face, faces); verb (face, faces, faced, facing)
Your face is the front of your head with eyes, nose and mouth. - facetious adjective (facetious); adverb facetiously
Joking at the wrong time, about something serious, so it seems silly or rude, as in «a facetious remark». - facetiously adverb (facetiously)
1) In a joking way, especially about a serious matter, when it is not the right time for jokes. 2) Not meant seriously. - facial adjective (facial); noun (a facial, facials)
Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair». - facile adjective
Too simple; said or done without careful thought, so it ignores the real problem. - facilitate verb (facilitate, facilitates, facilitated, facilitating)
To facilitate something means to make it easier or help it happen. - facilitation noun (uncountable)
Making something easier to do or helping it happen. - facility noun (a facility, facilities)
A facility is a building, room or piece of equipment made for a special purpose, like a sports facility. - facsimile noun (facsimiles)
1) A facsimile is an exact copy of a page, picture or book, made to look just like the original. - fact noun (fact, facts)
A fact is something that is known to be true and can be checked. - factor noun (a factor, factors); verb (factor, factors, factored, factoring — factor in)
In maths, a factor is a whole number that divides exactly into another number with no remainder: 3 is a factor of 12. - factory noun (factory, factories)
A factory is a big building where people and machines make things, like cars, toys, food or clothes. - factual adjective (factual)
1) Based on facts; true and real, not made up. 2) Giving facts and information, not stories or opinions. - faculty noun (faculty, faculties)
A natural ability of the body or mind, such as sight, hearing or memory. - fad noun (a fad, fads)
A fad is something, like a toy, game, fashion or food, that becomes very popular suddenly and is then quickly forgotten. - faddy adjective (faddy, faddier, faddiest)
Fussy about food, liking only a few things and refusing many others. - fade verb (fade, fades, faded, fading); noun (a fade — in film or music)
To slowly lose colour or brightness: the sun faded the curtains. - fae noun (the fae, fae — fantasy); preposition (fae — Scots)
The fae are fairies or fairy folk in stories and legends, especially in Celtic tales; fae can also describe things belonging to them. - faeces noun (faeces, plural in form, uncountable in use); American spelling feces
1) Faeces is the scientific word for poo, the solid waste that people and animals push out of their bodies through the bottom. - faery noun (a faery, faeries); adjective (faery)
An old or poetic spelling of «fairy»: a small magical creature in stories. - fag noun (a fag, fags)
1) (UK, slang) A fag is a cigarette. 2) (UK, informal) A fag is a boring or tiring job: what a fag! 3) (UK, old) At some old boarding… - faggot noun (faggots)
1) A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning. - fahrenheit noun and adjective (Fahrenheit — usually written with a capital F; symbol °F)
Fahrenheit is a scale for measuring temperature, on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. - fail verb (fail, fails, failed, failing); noun (fail, fails — informal: a failure)
To fail means not to do what you tried or wanted to do. - failing noun (failings)
1) A failing is a fault or weakness in a person's character or behaviour. - failure noun (a failure, failures; failure, uncountable)
Failure is not succeeding at something you tried to do. - fain adverb (old use, mostly in 'would fain')
1) Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to. - faint adjective (faint, fainter, faintest); verb (faint, faints, fainted, fainting); noun (a faint)
Not strong or clear; hard to see, hear or smell (a faint sound, a faint line). - faintly adverb (faintly)
1) Weakly, quietly or not clearly, so it is hard to see, hear or smell. 2) Slightly; a little: «faintly surprised». - faintness noun (faintness; uncountable)
Faintness is a weak, dizzy feeling as if you might faint (pass out). - fair noun (a fair, fairs); adjective (fair, fairer, fairest); adverb (fair — play fair)
Fair means equal and right for everyone, following the rules. - fairground noun (a fairground, fairgrounds)
A fairground is an open area where a fair is held, with rides, games, stalls and food. - fairly adverb (fairly)
1) Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules. 2) Fairly can also mean quite or rather, but not very. - fairness noun (fairness — uncountable)
Fairness means treating people equally and justly, following the rules, and not cheating or favouring anyone. - fairy noun (fairy, fairies); adjective (fairy)
A fairy is a tiny magic person with wings in stories. - fairyland noun (fairyland, fairylands)
1) The magical, imaginary land where fairies live in stories. 2) A place so beautiful, sparkling or magical that it seems unreal. - faith noun (faith, mostly uncountable; a faith, faiths)
Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof. - faithful adjective (faithful, more faithful); noun (the faithful — plural)
Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise. - faithfully adverb (faithfully)
Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true. - faithfulness noun (faithfulness, uncountable)
Being loyal and true to someone, keeping your promises. - faithless adjective (more faithless, most faithless)
1) Faithless means not loyal, breaking a promise or failing to keep a friend true. - faithlessness noun (no plural)
1) Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise. - fake adjective; noun (a fake, fakes); verb (fake, fakes, faked, faking)
Fake means not real, made to look like something else, often to trick people. - falcon noun (a falcon, falcons)
A falcon is a fast bird of prey with long pointed wings and a hooked beak that catches other birds and small animals. - falconer noun (a falconer, falconers)
1) A person who keeps, trains and flies falcons, hawks or other birds of prey, especially to hunt or for displays. - fall verb (fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); noun (a fall, falls; fall — the season in the USA and Canada)
1) To fall means to drop down toward the ground. 2) To fall is to go down in amount, like prices or temperatures. 3) Fall (in the USA and… - fallacy noun (a fallacy, fallacies)
A fallacy is a false idea that many people believe. - fallen verb (past participle of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); adjective (fallen leaves, a fallen tree)
Fallen is the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup has fallen. - fallible adjective (fallible, more fallible); noun fallibility; opposite infallible
1) Fallible means able to make mistakes or be wrong. 2) Fallible things, like memory or tests, are not always reliable. - fallow adjective (fallow); noun (fallow, uncountable)
Fallow land is a field that is ploughed but left without crops for a season so the soil can rest and get healthy again. - false adjective (false)
1) False means not true or not correct. 2) False means not real; made to look like something else, like false teeth. 3) False means not… - falsehood noun (a falsehood, falsehoods; falsehood — uncountable)
1) (formal) A lie; something said that is not true. 2) The state of being untrue: the truth or falsehood of a claim. - falsely adverb (falsely)
1) Falsely means in a way that is not true or not correct. 2) Falsely can mean in a pretend, not sincere way, like a falsely cheerful voice. - falsification noun (falsification, falsifications)
Falsification is changing facts, documents, evidence or results in a dishonest way so that they show something untrue. - falsifying verb form (falsify, falsifies, falsified, falsifying)
Changing something such as a document, record or result so that it is false and tricks people: falsifying the test scores. - falter verb (falter, falters, faltered, faltering)
To falter is to stop or go weak for a moment, for example when the voice shakes or the feet slow down. - falteringly adverb (falteringly)
1) Falteringly means in an unsteady, shaky way, especially when speaking. - fame noun (fame, uncountable)
1) Fame is being known about and talked about by very many people. - familiar adjective (familiar, more familiar, most familiar)
Familiar means well known to you because you have seen or heard it often. - familiarity noun (familiarity, familiarities)
Familiarity is knowing something well because you have seen, heard or done it many times: «familiarity with the rules». - family noun (family, families); adjective (family-friendly, family car)
A family is a group of people who are related, like parents and their children. - famine noun (a famine, famines; famine — uncountable)
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. - famished adjective (famished)
1) (informal) Famished means very, very hungry. 2) (literary) Famished can mean starving from lack of food over a long time. - famous adjective (famous, more famous, most famous)
1) Famous means known by very many people. 2) Famous for something means known because of it: Paris is famous for the Eiffel Tower. - famously adverb (famously)
1) In a way that is well known; as many people know. 2) (informal, old-fashioned) Very well: «get on famously» means get along very well. - fan noun (a fan, fans); verb (fan, fans, fanned, fanning)
A fan is a person who likes a sport, team, singer, book or hobby very much. - fancied verb past form of fancy (fancy, fancies, fancied, fancying); adjective (fancied)
If you fancied something, you wanted or liked the idea of it (mainly UK): «I fancied a cup of tea». - fancier adjective (comparative of fancy: fancy, fancier, fanciest); noun (a fancier, fanciers)
Fancier means more decorated, elaborate or posh than something else. - fanciful adjective (fanciful, more fanciful, most fanciful)
1) Fanciful means full of imagination, with ideas that are not based on fact or proof. 2) Fanciful can mean odd, unreal or made up. - fancy adjective (fancy, fancier, fanciest); verb (fancy, fancies, fancied, fancying); noun (a fancy, fancies)
Fancy means decorated, special or expensive, not plain. - fanfare noun (a fanfare, fanfares; also uncountable)
1) A fanfare is a short, loud, exciting tune played on trumpets or other brass instruments to announce someone important or the start of… - fang noun (a fang, fangs)
1) A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially of a dog, wolf, snake or vampire. 2) The poison tooth of a snake or a spider's biting part. - fanned verb form (fan, fans, fanned, fanning) — past tense and past participle of «fan»
Moved air towards something or someone with a fan or with your hand, to cool it down. - fantail noun (a fantail, fantails)
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… - fantasia noun (a fantasia, fantasias)
A fantasia is a piece of music written freely, following the composer's imagination rather than a strict pattern. - fantastic adjective (fantastic; more fantastic, most fantastic)
Fantastic means extremely good, wonderful: «a fantastic party». - fantastical adjective (fantastical; more fantastical)
Fantastical means strange, wonderful or unreal, like something from a dream or a fairy tale. - fantasy noun (fantasy, fantasies); adjective use (fantasy football, fantasy story)
Fantasy is a kind of story or film with magic, dragons, wizards or imaginary worlds. - far adverb, adjective (far, farther or further, farthest or furthest)
1) Far means a long way away. 2) «How far» asks what the distance is. 3) Far means very much, as in far bigger. 4) «So far» means up to now. - faraway adjective (faraway); also far away (adverb phrase)
1) Faraway means a long distance away. 2) A faraway look means someone is dreaming and not paying attention. - farce noun (a farce, farces; also uncountable)
A farce is a funny play or film full of silly situations, mix-ups, chases and people hiding in cupboards. - fare noun (a fare, fares); verb (fare, fares, fared, faring)
A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat. - farewell noun (a farewell, farewells); exclamation (farewell!); adjective (farewell, as in «a farewell party»)
1) (old-fashioned or formal) Goodbye, as in «Farewell, my friend!» 2) (noun) The act of saying goodbye, especially when someone leaves for… - farm noun (farm, farms); verb (farm, farms, farmed, farming)
A farm is land with buildings where people grow crops and keep animals. - farmer noun (farmer, farmers)
1) A farmer is a person who owns or works on a farm, growing crops or raising animals. - farmhouse noun (farmhouses)
1) A farmhouse is the main house on a farm, where the farmer and family live. - farmland noun (farmland, uncountable)
1) Farmland is land used for farming: growing crops or keeping animals. - farmyard noun (a farmyard, farmyards); adjective (farmyard animals)
1) A farmyard is the area round the farm buildings, often with animals and machines in it. - farrier noun (a farrier, farriers)
A farrier is a person whose job is to look after horses' hooves and fit horseshoes on them. - fart noun (a fart, farts — rude); verb (fart, farts, farted, farting — rude)
1) (rude, informal) To let gas out from the bottom; to pass wind. 2) (rude, informal) The gas, often with a noise or a smell, that comes… - farther adverb, adjective (far, farther, farthest)
1) Farther means more far, a longer way away. 2) Farther can also mean more forward or onward: walk farther. - farthest adjective (far, farther, farthest); adverb (farthest)
1) At the greatest distance; the most far away. 2) (adverb) To the greatest distance: «who can throw farthest?».
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