F
- farthing noun (farthings)
1) A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny. It is no longer used. (old use) - farthingale noun (farthingales)
1) A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt to make it stand out, worn by ladies long ago. (old use) - fascinated adjective (fascinated); verb (fascinate, fascinates, fascinated, fascinating)
Extremely interested in something, so that you want to keep watching or learning about it. - fascinating adjective; verb form (fascinate, fascinates, fascinated, fascinating)
Extremely interesting, so that you want to keep looking, listening or learning. - fascination noun (fascinations, plural)
Fascination is a strong interest that holds your attention so you cannot look away. - fashion noun (fashion, a fashion, fashions); verb (fashion, fashions, fashioned, fashioning)
Fashion is the style of clothes, hair and things that is popular at a particular time. - fashionable adjective (fashionable)
Popular and in style at a certain time, especially clothes, hair or ideas. - fashioned adjective, mostly in «old-fashioned» (old-fashioned); also the past form of «fashion» (fashion, fashions, fashioned, fashioning)
«Old-fashioned» means belonging to an earlier time and no longer common or modern. - fast adjective (fast, faster, fastest); adverb (fast); verb (fast, fasts, fasted, fasting); noun (a fast)
1) Fast means moving or doing something quickly. 2) A clock or watch that is fast shows a time later than the real time. 3) Fast also… - fasten verb (fasten, fastens, fastened, fastening)
To close, join or fix something so it stays shut or in place: fasten a seatbelt, a button, a gate. - fastened verb (past tense and past participle of «fasten»: fasten, fastens, fastened, fastening); adjective (fastened = closed, done up)
Fastened means closed or joined firmly, like a seatbelt or a button that is done up. - fastening noun (a fastening, fastenings); also the -ing form of fasten
1) A thing used to close or join something, such as a button, zip, buckle, clip or Velcro. 2) The act of fixing or closing something. - faster adjective, adverb (fast, faster, fastest)
Faster means with more speed, moving or working more quickly. - fat noun (fat, fats); adjective (fat, fatter, fattest)
Fat is a natural oily substance found in foods like butter, oil, cheese and meat. - fatal adjective (fatal)
1) Causing death: «a fatal accident». 2) Causing failure or very bad results: «a fatal mistake». - fatality noun (a fatality, fatalities)
A fatality is a death caused by an accident, war, disaster or violence. - fatally adverb (fatally)
1) Fatally means in a way that causes death or complete ruin. 2) Fatally can mean so badly that it cannot be put right. - fate noun (fate, fates)
Fate is a power that some people believe decides what will happen in the future. - father noun (father, fathers); verb (father — to become the father of)
1) A father is a man who has a child; a dad. 2) A father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather. 3) Father… - fatherland noun (fatherlands)
1) A fatherland is the country where a person was born and feels they belong; a homeland. (formal, old-fashioned) - fatherless adjective (fatherless)
Fatherless means without a father, because he has died, left or is not known. - fatherly adjective (fatherly; more fatherly)
1) Fatherly means kind, caring and protective, like a good father. - fathom verb (fathom, fathoms, fathomed, fathoming); noun (fathom, fathoms; old use)
To fathom something is to understand it fully after thinking hard. - fatigue noun (fatigue — usually uncountable; fatigues — plural, special sense); verb (fatigue, fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing — formal)
Fatigue is great tiredness of the body or mind, after hard work, illness or lack of sleep. - fatigued adjective; verb, past form of fatigue (fatigue, fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing)
Fatigued means very tired, worn out in body or mind (formal). - fatso noun (a fatso, fatsos or fatsoes)
1) (rude, slang) Fatso is an insulting name for a fat person. - fatten verb (fatten, fattens, fattened, fattening); adjective fattening
To make an animal or person fatter, especially farm animals before they are sold for meat, as in «fatten the pigs». - fattening adjective (fattening food); verb, present participle of fatten (fatten, fattens, fattened, fattening)
Likely to make you put on weight, usually because it has lots of fat or sugar. - fatty adjective (fatty, fattier, fattiest); noun (a fatty, fatties — rude)
Fatty means containing a lot of fat: «fatty food», «fatty meat». - fault noun (a fault, faults); verb (fault, faults, faulted, faulting)
If something is your fault, you are the one who caused a mistake or a bad thing. - faultless adjective (faultless)
Faultless means with no mistakes or flaws at all; perfect. - faulty adjective (faulty, faultier, faultiest)
Faulty means not working properly because something is wrong with it. - fauna noun (fauna) — (science, formal)
All the animals living in one place or at one time. - faux adjective (faux)
Faux means fake or made to look like the real thing, used mostly for materials such as fur, leather or marble. - favor noun (favor, favors); verb (favor, favors, favored, favoring) (American spelling; British spelling is «favour»)
A favor is a kind act done for someone: «Will you do me a favor?». - favorable adjective (favorable, more favorable) (American spelling; British spelling is «favourable»)
1) Favorable means good or helpful for you: favorable weather. 2) Favorable means showing approval: a favorable opinion. - favorably adverb (favorably) (American spelling; British spelling is «favourably»)
In a way that shows approval or liking: he looked favorably on the plan. - favored adjective (favored); past form of verb favor (American spelling; British spelling is «favoured»)
Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others. - favorite adjective (favorite; British favourite); noun (a favorite, favorites)
1) Your favorite is the one you like best. 2) A favorite is a person or team that most people think will win. 3) A favorite can be someone… - favoritism noun (favoritism; uncountable; UK spelling favouritism)
1) Favoritism is unfairly treating one person or group better than others, because you like them more, not because they deserve it. - favour noun (favour, favours; US favor); verb (favour, favours, favoured, favouring)
A favour is a kind thing you do to help someone. - favourable adjective (favourable, more favourable, most favourable) — UK spelling; US: favorable
Good for you or helpful; giving an advantage: favourable weather for sailing. - favourite adjective (favourite); noun (a favourite, favourites)
Your favourite is the thing or person you like best of all. - favouritism noun (favouritism, US favoritism, uncountable)
1) Favouritism is unfairly treating one person or group better than others, for example a teacher always choosing the same pupil or a… - fawn noun (a fawn, fawns); adjective (fawn — a colour); verb (fawn, fawns, fawned, fawning)
A fawn is a young deer, usually less than a year old, often with white spots. - fay noun (a fay, fays — old or poetic); a name (Fay, Faye)
A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems. - fe symbol (Fe — chemistry); fragment
Fe is the chemical symbol for iron, a metal element; it comes from «ferrum», the Latin word for iron. - fear noun (fear, fears); verb (fear, fears, feared, fearing); adjectives fearful, fearless
Fear is the feeling you have when you think something bad or dangerous might happen. - fearful adjective (fearful, more fearful, most fearful)
Fearful means afraid or worried that something bad will happen. - fearfully adverb
1) In a frightened or worried way. 2) (old-fashioned, UK) Very or extremely: «fearfully clever». 3) In a way that is frightening to see. - fearless adjective (fearless, more fearless, most fearless)
1) Not afraid of anything; very brave. 2) Ready to face danger or say difficult things without hesitating. - fearlessly adverb (fearlessly)
In a brave way, without fear. - fearsome adjective (fearsome; more fearsome, most fearsome)
Fearsome means very frightening to look at or meet, because it is big, strong or dangerous. - feast noun (a feast, feasts); verb (feast, feasts, feasted, feasting)
A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a celebration. - feat noun (feat, feats)
1) A feat is a great deed that needs skill, strength or courage: a feat of strength. 2) A feat can be a clever act done with ease. - feather noun (feather, feathers); verb (feather a nest — to make it soft)
A feather is one of the light, soft parts that cover a bird's body. - featherless adjective (featherless)
1) Featherless means having no feathers. - feathery adjective (feathery, featherier, featheriest)
1) Feathery means covered with feathers. 2) Feathery means light, soft or delicate, like a feather: «feathery clouds», «feathery leaves». - feature noun (a feature, features); verb (feature, features, featured, featuring)
A feature is an important or interesting part or quality of something. - feb abbreviation (Feb, Feb.) — short for February
1) The short form of February, the second month of the year. - febrile adjective (febrile)
Febrile means having a fever, a high body temperature. - february proper noun (February, Februaries)
February is the second month of the year, after January and before March. - feck exclamation; verb (feck, fecks, fecked, fecking — Irish slang); adjective use (fecking)
an exclamation of anger or surprise, a softer stand-in for the f-word. - fed verb (feed, feeds, fed, feeding — "fed" is the past simple and past participle); adjective (fed up)
The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal. - federal adjective (federal); noun federation
1) A federal country is made of several states or provinces that run some things themselves but share one national government; the USA… - federated adjective (federated); verb past form of federate (federate, federates, federated, federating)
1) Federated describes states, groups or organisations that have joined together under one central government or body while still keeping… - federation noun (a federation, federations)
1) A federation is a country made of states or provinces that each run some of their own matters, but share one central government, like… - fee noun (fee, fees)
A fee is an amount of money you pay for a service or to be allowed to do something. - feeble adjective (feeble, feebler, feeblest)
1) Very weak, without strength or energy. 2) Not good enough or not convincing: «a feeble excuse», «a feeble joke». - feebly adverb (feebly)
1) Weakly, without strength or energy. 2) In a poor, unconvincing way: he laughed feebly at the joke. - feed verb (feed, feeds, fed, feeding); noun (feed — food for animals; a feed — a meal; a feed — a stream of online posts)
To give food to a person or animal: "Feed the cat.". - feedback noun (feedback, uncountable)
Feedback is information or comments about how well you have done something, so you can do it better next time. - feeder noun (a feeder, feeders); adjective (feeder)
A feeder is a container that holds food for birds or animals. - feeding noun (feeding, feedings); verb form (feeding, from feed: feed, feeds, fed, feeding)
Feeding is the act of giving food to a person or an animal. - feel verb (feel, feels, felt, feeling); noun (a feel — the way something feels)
To notice something with your body, for example by touching it: "Feel how soft this is.". - feeler noun (a feeler, feelers)
1) A feeler is a long, thin part on the head of an insect, snail or other small animal, used to touch, smell and sense the world… - feeling noun (feeling, feelings); verb (-ing form of feel); adjective (feeling — showing emotions)
An emotion such as happy, sad, angry or scared. - feelings noun, plural of feeling (a feeling, feelings)
Feelings are what happens inside you that make you happy, sad, angry, scared, excited and so on; emotions. - feign verb (feign, feigns, feigned, feigning)
1) To pretend to feel something or to be ill, tired or asleep when you are not. 2) To feign can also mean to pretend not to know something. - feigned verb, past form of feign (feign, feigns, feigned, feigning); adjective (feigned)
1) Pretended; shown on the outside but not truly felt. 2) Past form of feign: having pretended to feel or be something. - feigning -ing form of the verb feign (feign, feigns, feigned, feigning)
1) Pretending to have a feeling, illness or state that is not real: «feigning sleep», «feigning surprise». - feldspar noun (feldspar, feldspars)
1) (science) A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in many rocks, such as granite. - felicity noun (felicity) (old use)
Felicity is great happiness, joy and good fortune. - felid noun (a felid, felids); adjective feline
A felid is any member of the cat family, Felidae: from pet cats to lions, tigers, lynxes and cheetahs. - feline adjective (feline); noun (a feline, felines)
To do with cats or the cat family, which includes house cats, lions, tigers, leopards and cheetahs. - fell verb form (past of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); verb (fell, fells, felled, felling); noun (a fell, fells — UK)
Dropped down or came down: I fell off my bike. - fella noun (fella, fellas)
1) (informal, slang) A man or a boy; a spelling of «fellow» that shows how people say it. 2) (informal) A boyfriend: «her fella». - fellow noun (a fellow, fellows); adjective (fellow — before a noun)
1) (informal, a bit old-fashioned) A man or boy: He's a nice fellow. 2) (adjective) Someone in the same group or situation as you: my… - fellowship noun (fellowship, fellowships)
A friendly feeling of sharing and belonging among people with the same interests. - felt verb (past and past participle of feel: feel, feels, felt, feeling); noun (felt — uncountable)
Felt is the past of «feel»: you felt happy, you felt the soft fur. - female adjective (female); noun (a female, females)
Female means of the sex that can have babies or lay eggs; women and girls are female. - feminine adjective (feminine, more feminine); noun (the feminine — grammar)
Feminine means typical of or thought to be suitable for women or girls. - femur noun (a femur, femurs or femora)
1) The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee. It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body. - fen noun (a fen, fens; the Fens — a region in England)
A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat. - fence noun (fence, fences); verb (fence, fences, fenced, fencing)
A fence is a wall of wood, metal or wire around a garden or field. - fend verb (fend, fends, fended, fending); phrasal verbs fend for, fend off
To fend for yourself is to look after yourself without help. - ferment verb (ferment, ferments, fermented, fermenting); noun (ferment, uncountable)
To ferment means to change chemically because of yeast or bacteria, which break down sugar and make gas, acid or alcohol. - fermentation noun (fermentation — uncountable); verb ferment; adjective fermented
Fermentation is a natural change in which tiny living things like yeast or bacteria break down sugars, often making gas, acid or alcohol. - fermenting verb form of ferment (ferment, ferments, fermented, fermenting); adjective (fermenting); noun fermentation
1) Fermenting is when tiny living things such as yeast or bacteria slowly change sugar into gas, acids or alcohol, as when bread dough… - fern noun (a fern, ferns)
A fern is a green plant with no flowers and long feathery leaves called fronds.
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