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- ferocious adjective (ferocious, more ferocious)
1) Ferocious means fierce, wild and dangerous: a ferocious dog. 2) A ferocious look is angry and frightening. - ferocity noun (ferocity)
1) Ferocity is fierce, wild anger or savage force. 2) In tales, it is the wild, dangerous power of a monster or beast. - ferret noun (a ferret, ferrets); verb (ferret, ferrets, ferreted, ferreting)
A small, long, thin furry animal related to the weasel, kept as a pet or once used to chase rabbits out of their holes. - ferrous adjective (ferrous) — (science)
1) (science) Containing iron: «ferrous metals». 2) (chemistry) Relating to iron in a certain chemical form. - ferry noun (ferry, ferries); verb (ferry, ferries, ferried, ferrying)
A ferry is a boat or ship that carries people, cars and goods across a river, lake or sea, again and again on a set route. - ferryboat noun (ferryboat, ferryboats)
A ferryboat is a boat that carries people, cars or goods across a river or sea and back again. - ferryman noun (ferryman, ferrymen)
A ferryman is a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries people across a river or lake. - fertile adjective (fertile; more fertile, most fertile)
Fertile land or soil is good for growing plants and crops. - fertilisation noun (fertilisation; uncountable); American spelling «fertilization»
1) Fertilisation is when a male cell and a female cell join to start a new living thing, such as pollen joining an egg cell in a flower to… - fertilise verb (fertilise, fertilises, fertilised, fertilising); US spelling fertilize
To fertilise soil is to add manure, compost or chemicals so that plants grow better. - fertiliser noun (a fertiliser, fertilisers; fertiliser) — US spelling fertilizer
1) A substance added to soil to help plants grow, such as manure, compost or chemical pellets. - fertility noun (fertility — uncountable); adjective fertile
Fertility is how well soil or land can grow plants and crops. - fertilizer noun (fertilizer, fertilizers); UK also fertiliser; verb fertilize/fertilise
Fertilizer is a substance added to soil to give plants the food (nutrients) they need to grow better. - fervently adverb (from fervent)
In a fervent way: with great feeling and deep belief. - festival noun (a festival, festivals)
1) A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or… - festive adjective
Festive means happy and cheerful, like a party or celebration. - festivity noun (festivity, festivities)
Festivities (usually plural) are the parties, music, food and fun events held to celebrate something. - festoon noun (festoons); verb (festoon, festoons, festooned, festooning)
A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points. - fetch verb (fetch, fetches, fetched, fetching)
To go to get something or someone and bring them back: fetch the ball, fetch your coat. - fete noun (a fete, fetes); also fête; verb (fete, feted — formal)
An outdoor event, often at a school or church, with stalls, games and food to raise money. - fetlock noun (fetlock, fetlocks)
The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows. - fetter noun (fetters); verb (fetter, fetters, fettered, fettering)
1) Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet. (old use) 2) To fetter someone is to chain them up so they cannot move freely. - fettered adjective (past form of fetter)
Chained up with fetters, unable to move freely. - feud noun (a feud, feuds); verb (feud, feuds, feuded, feuding)
A long, bitter quarrel between two people, families or groups, often lasting for many generations. - feudal adjective
1) Belonging to the feudal system: the way society was organised in medieval Europe, where kings gave land to lords in return for loyalty… - feudalism noun (feudalism; uncountable)
1) Feudalism was the system in medieval Europe in which the king gave land to lords in return for loyalty and soldiers, and peasants… - fever noun (a fever, fevers; fever, uncountable)
A fever is when your body temperature is higher than normal because you are ill. - feverish adjective (feverish, more feverish); adverb feverishly
Feverish means having a fever, with a high body temperature, feeling hot, shivery and unwell. - feverishly adverb (from feverish)
1) In a feverish way: with a high temperature, tossing and turning from illness. 2) In a restless, hurried or eager way. - few adjective, determiner, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest; a few)
1) Few means not many: few people came. 2) «A few» means a small number, some: I have a few sweets. 3) Fewer means a smaller number than… - fewer adjective, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest)
Fewer means a smaller number of things: «fewer apples». - fewest adjective, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest)
1) Fewest means the smallest number of things. The one with the fewest has fewer than all the others. 2) It is used with things you can… - fez noun (a fez, fezzes)
A round red felt hat with a flat top and a black tassel, with no brim, traditional in Turkey, North Africa and the Middle East. - fib noun (a fib, fibs); verb (fib, fibs, fibbed, fibbing)
1) (informal) A fib is a small lie, usually about something not very important. 2) (informal) To fib means to tell a small lie. - fibber noun (a fibber, fibbers — informal)
1) (informal) A person who tells fibs, small lies that are not very serious. - fibbing verb form (fib, fibs, fibbed, fibbing); noun fibber
1) (informal) Fibbing is telling small lies, usually about unimportant things. 2) A fibber is someone who tells fibs. - fiber noun (fiber, fibers) (spelt fibre in British English)
A fiber is a thin thread-like piece of something, such as cotton, wool or wood. - fibre noun (fibre / fiber, uncountable as food; a fibre, fibres = threads)
A fibre is a very thin thread, like those that make up wool, cotton, string, hair or paper. - fibreglass noun (fibreglass — uncountable); US fiberglass
Fibreglass is a light, strong material made of very thin glass threads, often set in plastic. - fibrin noun (fibrin, uncountable)
1) (science) Fibrin is a stringy protein in the blood that forms a net of threads to make a clot and stop bleeding when you cut yourself. - fibrosis noun (fibrosis, uncountable)
1) (medicine) A condition where too much tough, thick tissue (like scar tissue) grows in a part of the body, such as the lungs, making it… - fibrous adjective
1) Made of or containing fibres: long, thin threads. 2) (food) Tough and stringy, like celery or old beans; full of fibre. - fibula noun (a fibula, fibulae or fibulas)
The fibula is the thinner of the two long bones in the lower leg, on the outside, next to the larger shin bone (tibia). - fickle adjective (fickle, fickler, ficklest)
Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same. - fickleness noun (no plural)
The quality of being fickle: changing one's mind or feelings often and without warning. - fiction noun (fiction — uncountable)
1) Stories that are made up by a writer, not true facts. 2) Something that is not true: "His story about a dragon was pure fiction." - fictional adjective (fictional); noun fiction
1) Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character». 2) To do with fiction, stories that are imagined rather than true. - fictitious adjective (fictitious)
1) Invented or made up; not real or true. 2) Used as a false name or detail to trick people. - fiddle noun (a fiddle, fiddles); verb (fiddle, fiddles, fiddled, fiddling)
A fiddle is a violin, especially when it is used to play folk or country music. - fiddler noun (a fiddler, fiddlers)
A fiddler is a person who plays the fiddle, which is a violin, especially in folk, country or Irish music. - fiddlesticks exclamation (fiddlesticks!); noun (old: fiddlestick, fiddlesticks)
a gentle exclamation of annoyance, used instead of a swear word: «Oh, fiddlesticks!». - fidelity noun (fidelity, uncountable)
Fidelity is being faithful and loyal to a person, a promise or a belief, especially to a husband or wife. - fidget verb (fidget, fidgets, fidgeted, fidgeting); noun (a fidget — a person who fidgets; fidgets — restless movements); adjective use (fidget toy, fidget spinner)
To fidget means to keep moving your hands, feet or body in small restless ways, because you are bored, nervous or cannot sit still. - fidgety adjective (fidgety, fidgetier, fidgetiest); verb fidget; noun a fidget
Fidgety means unable to keep still, moving your hands, feet or body a lot because you are bored, nervous or restless. - field noun (field, fields); verb (field, fields, fielded — to catch the ball in cricket or baseball)
A field is a big open piece of land, often with grass or crops. - fielder noun (a fielder, fielders)
1) A fielder is a player in cricket, baseball or rounders whose team is not batting, who tries to catch or stop the ball. - fiend noun (fiend, fiends)
1) A fiend is a devil or wicked spirit in old stories. 2) (informal) A fiend is someone who is very keen on something: a chess fiend. - fiendish adjective (fiendish; more fiendish, most fiendish)
Fiendish means very cruel or wicked, like a fiend (a devil or evil spirit). - fierce adjective (fierce, fiercer, fiercest)
Angry, wild and likely to attack: «a fierce dog». - 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… - fife noun (a fife, fifes); noun, proper (Fife)
A fife is a small, high-sounding flute without keys, played mainly in military marching bands, often with drums. - fifo noun and abbreviation (FIFO, also fifo)
«First in, first out»: a rule where the first thing to come in is the first thing to go out, like a queue. - 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. - fighter noun (a fighter, fighters)
A fighter is a person who fights, for example in boxing or martial arts, or in a war. - 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. - figuratively adverb
In a figurative way, not with the plain word-for-word meaning. - figure noun (figure, figures); verb (figure, figures, figured, figuring)
A figure is a number written as a sign, like 7 or 25. - filament noun (a filament, filaments)
1) A filament is a very thin thread or wire. 2) In an old-style light bulb, the filament is the thin wire that glows when electricity… - filbert noun (filbert, filberts)
A filbert is a hazelnut, the smooth nut of the hazel tree. (old use) - filch verb (filch, filches, filched, filching)
To filch is to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way. - 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. - filial adjective
Filial means of a son or daughter, or owed by a child to a parent: filial duty. - 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. - filipino adjective (Filipino); noun (a Filipino, Filipinos; a Filipina for a woman; the Filipino language)
Filipino means from or belonging to the Philippines, a country of more than seven thousand islands in South-East Asia. - fill verb (fill, fills, filled, filling); noun (your fill)
To fill is to put in as much as something can hold. - fille noun (French: une fille, des filles); not an English word
«Fille» means «girl» or «daughter»: «une petite fille» = a little girl, «ma fille» = my daughter. - 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. - filly noun (filly, fillies)
A filly is a young female horse, usually under four years old. Its brother is a colt. - film noun (film, films); verb (film, films, filmed, filming)
A film is a movie, a story shown with moving pictures. - filmmaker noun (a filmmaker, filmmakers); also film-maker
1) A filmmaker is a person who makes films, especially a director or producer who has the main ideas. - filmy adjective (filmier, filmiest)
Filmy means thin, light and see-through, like a very fine cloth or film. - fils word (French); noun (a fils, plural fils — money)
«Fils» is the French word for son; it sounds like «feess» to an English ear and is not an English word. - filter noun (a filter, filters); verb (filter, filters, filtered, filtering)
A filter is a material or device with tiny holes that lets liquid or air pass but catches solid bits. - 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… - 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… - filtration noun (filtration — uncountable)
Filtration is the process of separating solid bits from a liquid or gas by passing it through a filter, such as paper, sand or cloth. - 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… - finale noun (a finale, finales)
The finale is the last part of a show, concert, piece of music or event, usually the most exciting part. - finally adverb (finally)
Finally means at last, after a long time or a lot of waiting. - finance noun (finance, finances); verb (finance, finances, financed, financing)
The management of money, especially by governments, banks and businesses. - finances noun, plural of finance (finances); verb, third person of finance (finances)
The money that a person, family, business or country has and how it is managed.
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