F
- 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. - forklift noun (forklift, forklifts — also «forklift truck»)
1) A forklift is a small, strong vehicle with two long metal prongs at the front that slide under heavy loads to lift and move them. - forlorn adjective
1) Sad, lonely and uncared for, often left alone. 2) (old use) Hopeless, in a poor or wretched state. - form noun (a form, forms); verb (form, forms, formed, forming)
A form is a shape: a cloud in the form of a rabbit. - formal adjective (formal, more formal, most formal)
Formal means serious and following proper rules, used in important or official situations. - formality noun (formality, formalities)
Something that must be done because of rules or custom, often a small step that does not change the result: «just a formality». - formally adverb (formally)
In a polite, serious, correct way, suitable for important occasions. - 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. - 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». - formerly adverb (formerly)
1) Formerly means in the past, before now, but not any more. 2) (formal) Formerly is used to give the old name of a person, place or thing. - formic adjective (formic)
1) (science) To do with ants. 2) (chemistry) «Formic acid» is a stinging acid made by ants and stinging nettles; it causes the itchy… - formidable adjective (more formidable, most formidable)
Formidable means so strong or fierce that people feel afraid or find it hard to beat: a formidable enemy. - formula noun (formula, formulas or formulae)
A rule written with letters and symbols that tells you how to work something out: area = length × width. - formulate verb (formulate, formulates, formulated, formulating)
To formulate a plan, idea or rule is to think it out carefully and put it together in detail. - formulated verb (past of formulate: formulate, formulates, formulated, formulating); adjective (formulated)
Formulated means carefully thought out and put into words or a plan: «a well-formulated question». - formulation noun (a formulation, formulations; uncountable for the process)
A formulation is the way an idea, rule or question is put into words. - 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. - forsooth interjection (old use, no change)
1) (old use) Forsooth means in truth or indeed, said to add emphasis, often in a teasing or scornful way. - 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. - forthcoming adjective (forthcoming)
Happening or coming soon: «the forthcoming holiday». - forthwith adverb (forthwith) — formal
1) (formal) Forthwith means immediately, at once, without delay. - 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. - fortification noun (a fortification, fortifications; also uncountable)
A wall, tower, ditch or other structure built to defend a place from attack. - 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. - fortnight noun (a fortnight, fortnights) — mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ
1) A period of two weeks; fourteen days. - 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. - fortunately adverb
1) Fortunately means happily, because something lucky has happened: Fortunately, it did not rain. - 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. - forum noun (a forum, forums; also fora, formal)
A forum is a place, meeting or website where people discuss a topic and share views. - 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. - fossa noun (a fossa, fossas; anatomy plural fossae)
A fossa is a slim, cat-like meat-eating animal that lives only in Madagascar, the island's top predator. - fossil noun (a fossil, fossils)
A fossil is the remains or shape of a plant or animal from very long ago, kept in rock. - fossilisation noun (fossilisation; uncountable; US spelling fossilization)
1) Fossilisation is the very slow process, over thousands or millions of years, by which the remains or traces of a living thing are… - fossilise verb (fossilise, fossilises, fossilised, fossilising); US spelling fossilize
To slowly turn into a fossil, where a dead plant or animal is preserved in rock over millions of years. - fossilised adjective (fossilised); verb past form of fossilise (fossilise, fossilises, fossilised, fossilising); US spelling fossilized
Turned into a fossil: the remains or print of a plant or animal that has slowly turned to stone over millions of years. - 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. - fosterling noun (fosterlings)
1) (old use) A fosterling is a child or young animal brought up by someone who is not its own parent. - foul adjective (foul, fouler, foulest); noun (a foul, fouls); verb (foul, fouls, fouled, fouling)
Very dirty, smelly or unpleasant: «a foul smell». - 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. - founding noun (the founding); adjective (founding); also the -ing form of found (to start)
1) Starting or creating a city, school, company or group. 2) (adjective) Being one of the first members or starters: «a founding member». - foundling noun (foundlings)
1) A foundling is a baby or young child who has been left alone and then found by someone who takes care of it. - foundry noun (foundries)
1) A foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured into moulds to make things. - fount noun (founts)
1) (old use) A fount is a spring of water, or a fountain. - 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. - fourpence noun (no plural; old British money)
1) Fourpence is four pence, an old British sum of money (a small amount, worth about 4p now). - 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. - foxglove noun (foxglove, foxgloves)
1) A foxglove is a tall garden and wild plant with many bell-shaped purple, pink or white flowers hanging down one side of its stem. - foxy adjective (foxy, foxier, foxiest)
Foxy means sly and clever at tricking people, like the fox in fables. - fr abbreviation (Fr, Fr., fr — a fragment, not a word)
«Fr» or «Fr.» is short for «Father», the title of a Catholic, Orthodox or Anglican priest: «Fr. - fraction noun (fraction, fractions)
A fraction is a part of a whole, like one half or three quarters. - fractional adjective (fractional)
Fractional means in the form of a fraction, or to do with fractions: «a fractional number», «fractional parts». - fracture noun (a fracture, fractures); verb (fracture, fractures, fractured, fracturing)
A fracture is a break or crack, especially in a bone. - fragile adjective (fragile, more fragile, most fragile)
1) Fragile means easily broken or damaged. 2) Fragile can describe a person who is weak, ill or easily upset. 3) Something fragile, like… - fragment noun (a fragment, fragments); verb (fragment, fragments, fragmented, fragmenting)
A fragment is a small piece that has broken off something. - fragmentary adjective (more fragmentary, most fragmentary)
1) Fragmentary means broken into small pieces, or only partly known, not whole. - fragmentation noun (fragmentation; uncountable)
Fragmentation is the breaking of something into small pieces. - 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. - frail adjective (frail, frailer, frailest)
1) Frail means weak and easily hurt, often because of old age or illness. 2) Frail means easily broken, delicate. - fraise noun (fraise — French; fraise, fraises — rare English senses)
«Fraise» is the French word for strawberry; it is said like «frez» to an English ear. - framboise noun (framboise) — a French word
In French, «framboise» means «raspberry»; it sounds like «from-BWAHZ». - 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. - franchise noun (a franchise, franchises); verb (franchise, franchises, franchised, franchising)
Permission from a company to sell its products or run a shop using its name, as in «a burger franchise». - 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. - franklin proper noun (Franklin — a name); noun (a franklin, franklins — history, rare)
1) (a name) Franklin is a first name and a family name, as in Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the United States, and Franklin… - frankly adverb
Frankly means honestly and openly, saying what you really think. - frantic adjective (frantic; more frantic, most frantic)
Frantic means very worried, scared or upset, so that you cannot think calmly. - frantically adverb
1) Frantically means in a wild, hurried way, because of fear or worry. - fraud noun (fraud — uncountable for the crime; a fraud — a person or trick)
Fraud is the crime of tricking people to get money or things dishonestly. - fraudulent adjective
1) Fraudulent means dishonest and meant to trick people, usually to get money. 2) Fake or forged, pretending to be real. - fraught adjective (fraught with)
Full of something bad, such as danger, worry or trouble: a journey fraught with danger. - fray verb (fray, frays, frayed, fraying); noun (the fray)
If cloth or rope frays, its threads come loose at the edge and it starts to wear out. - frayed adjective (frayed); verb (past of «fray»: fray, frays, frayed, fraying)
Frayed cloth or rope has loose threads at the edge because it is old or worn. - frazzle noun (a frazzle); verb (frazzle, frazzles, frazzled, frazzling); adjective (frazzled)
To be worn to a frazzle is to be completely tired out. - freak noun (a freak, freaks); adjective (freak); verb (freak out, freaks out, freaked out, freaking out)
A freak event is very unusual and unexpected: a freak storm, a freak accident. - freaking adjective and adverb (freaking — slang intensifier, mainly US); verb form (freak, freaks, freaked, freaking; «freak out»)
a softer stand-in for the f-word, used to add strong feeling: «It's freaking cold!». - freaky adjective (freaky, freakier, freakiest)
Freaky means strange and a bit scary or weird: «a freaky noise». - freckle noun (a freckle, freckles); verb (freckle, freckled — rare)
1) A small light-brown spot on the skin, especially on the face and arms, that often gets darker or more in sunshine. - 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. - freeload verb (freeload, freeloads, freeloaded, freeloading) — (informal)
1) (informal, disapproving) To take food, money, a place to stay or other things from others without paying or helping. - freely adverb (freely)
Freely means without being stopped, held back or controlled. - freeway noun (a freeway, freeways)
1) A big, fast road with several lanes in each direction, where traffic can drive without stopping at traffic lights or crossings (mostly… - freeze verb (freeze, freezes, froze, frozen, freezing); noun (a freeze, freezes)
Of a liquid: to become solid ice because it is very cold.
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