English words: F

906 words under F; 501–600 on this page.

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• flowing verb form (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Flowing means moving along smoothly, as water does in a river.
• flu noun (flu, the flu — uncountable; short for influenza)
  An illness caused by a virus that gives you a high temperature, aches, a cough, a sore throat and makes you feel very tired.
• fluctuate verb (fluctuate, fluctuates, fluctuated, fluctuating)…
  To keep changing, going up and down, especially in amount, level or price.
• fluency noun (uncountable)
  Being able to speak, read or write a language easily, quickly and well.
• fluent adjective (fluent; more fluent); adverb fluently; noun…
  Able to speak, read or write a language easily and well, as in «fluent in French».
• fluently adverb
  Speaking, reading or writing a language easily, smoothly and well.
• fluff noun (fluff, uncountable); verb…
  Fluff is small soft bits of wool, dust, hair or feathers, like the bits in your pocket or under the bed.
• fluffy adjective (fluffy, fluffier, fluffiest)
  Soft, light and covered with fur, feathers or fine hairs, like a kitten or a chick.
• fluid noun (a fluid, fluids); adjective (fluid)
  A fluid is a substance that can flow, such as a liquid or a gas.
• fluke noun (a fluke, flukes)
  A fluke is a lucky chance, something good that happened by accident, not because of skill.
• fluorescent adjective (fluorescent)
  Very bright and seeming to glow, especially colours like bright yellow, orange or green.
• fluoride noun (fluoride, uncountable)
  Fluoride is a natural mineral that helps make teeth strong and protects them from holes (decay).
• flush verb (flush, flushes, flushed, flushing); noun…
  To flush a toilet is to clean it by making water rush through it.
• flustered adjective (flustered, more flustered); verb fluster
  Flustered means nervous, confused and a bit embarrassed, especially because you are rushed or things are going wrong.
• flute noun (a flute, flutes)
  A flute is a musical instrument shaped like a thin tube, played by blowing across a hole near one end and pressing keys or covering holes.
• flutter verb (flutter, flutters, fluttered, fluttering); noun…
  To move wings quickly and lightly, or to fly with quick small movements, like a butterfly.
• fluttering verb form (fluttering, from flutter); adjective…
  Fluttering means moving quickly and lightly up and down or to and fro, like a butterfly's wings, a flag or falling leaves.
• fly verb (fly, flies, flew, flown, flying); noun (a fly, flies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fly is to move through the air with wings, like a bird, an insect or a plane.
• flyer noun (a flyer, flyers; also spelled flier)
  A flyer is a small printed sheet of paper advertising an event, shop or service, handed out or put through letterboxes.
• flyover noun (a flyover, flyovers)
  A flyover is a bridge that carries one road over another road or railway.
• flytrap noun (a flytrap, flytraps); usually «Venus flytrap»
  A flytrap, or Venus flytrap, is a plant whose leaves snap shut like jaws to catch flies and other insects, which it then digests.
• foal noun (a foal, foals); verb (foal, foals, foaled, foaling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A foal is a baby horse, donkey or zebra.
• foam noun (foam — uncountable; foams for kinds); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A mass of many tiny bubbles on top of a liquid or made by mixing air into something, like the foam on the sea, on a bath or on a milkshake.
• foamy adjective (foamy, foamier, foamiest)
  Foamy means covered with foam or full of tiny bubbles.
• focus verb…
  To focus means to give all your attention to one thing.
• fodder noun (fodder; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fodder is food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals like cows, horses and sheep.
• foe noun (plural foes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A foe is an enemy, someone who wants to harm or beat you.
• fog noun (fog, fogs); verb (fog, fogs, fogged, fogging — fog up)
  A thick cloud of tiny water drops near the ground that makes it hard to see.
• foggy adjective (foggy, foggier, foggiest)
  Foggy means full of fog, a thick cloud near the ground that makes it hard to see.
• foil noun (foil — uncountable; a foil — a fencing sword); verb…
  Metal, usually aluminium, made into a very thin sheet, used to wrap and cook food.
• fold verb (fold, folds, folded, folding); noun (a fold, folds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fold is to bend paper or cloth so one part lies over another.
• foliage noun (foliage — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The leaves of a plant or many trees, all together.
• folk noun (folk, folks — plural meaning people); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Folk means people, especially ordinary people: «country folk», «old folk».
• folklore noun (no plural)
  Folklore is the old stories, songs and beliefs of a people, passed down by word of mouth.
• folks noun, plural (folks); singular folk (folk, folks)
  Folks means people, especially ordinary people: «Folks round here are friendly».
• follicle noun (a follicle, follicles) — (science)
  A tiny hole or sac in the skin from which a hair grows.
• follow verb (follow, follows, followed, following)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To follow is to go or come after someone or something.
• followers noun, plural of follower (a follower, followers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea.
• followeth verb, old form of «follows» (he, she, it)
  «followeth» means «follows», a form of «follow»: To follow is to go or come after someone or something.
• folly noun (folly, follies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Foolishness; a very silly or unwise act or idea.
• fond adjective (fond, fonder, fondest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be fond of someone or something means to like them a lot: "I'm fond of my grandma".
• fondle verb (fondles, fondled, fondling)
  To fondle someone is to touch or stroke them gently and lovingly.
• fondly adverb
  In a kind, loving way: She smiled fondly at the baby.
• fondness noun (fondness)
  A gentle, warm liking or love for someone or something.
• font noun (a font, fonts)
  A set of letters and numbers in one design and size, such as Arial or Times New Roman.
• fontanelle noun (a fontanelle, fontanelles; US spelling fontanel)
  A fontanelle is a soft spot on a baby's head where the bones of the skull have not yet joined together.
• food noun (food, foods — usually uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  What people, animals and plants take in to stay alive, grow and have energy.
• foodstuff noun (a foodstuff, foodstuffs) — (formal)
  Any substance used as food: bread, rice, meat, milk and so on.
• fool noun (a fool, fools); verb (fool, fools, fooled, fooling)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fool is a person who acts in a silly way or without good sense.
• foolish adjective (foolish, more foolish, most foolish); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Foolish means silly or not sensible; showing poor judgement.
• foolishly adverb (foolish is the adjective; more foolishly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a silly or unwise way, without thinking about what might go wrong.
• foolishness noun (foolishness; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Foolishness is silly or unwise behaviour or thinking, without good sense.
• foot noun (foot, feet); verb (foot the bill — pay)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A foot is the part of your leg you stand on.
• footage noun (uncountable)
  Film or video recordings of an event.
• football noun (football, footballs)
  Football is a game where two teams try to kick a ball into the other team's goal; in the USA and Australia this game is called soccer.
• footballer noun (a footballer, footballers)
  A footballer is a person who plays football, especially as a job.
• footbridge noun (a footbridge, footbridges)
  A narrow bridge only for people walking, not for cars.
• footloose adjective (often «footloose and fancy-free»)
  Footloose means free to go where you like and do what you want, with no responsibilities to tie you down.
• footman noun (a footman, footmen)
  A male servant in a grand house who wears a uniform, opens doors, serves food at table and carries messages.
• footmark noun (plural footmarks)
  A mark left on the ground by a foot; a footprint.
• footnote noun (plural footnotes)
  A note printed at the bottom of a page, giving extra information, a source or a correction.
• footpath noun (footpath, footpaths)
  A footpath is a path made for people to walk on, not cars, often across fields, through parks or woods.
• footprint noun (a footprint, footprints)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A footprint is a mark left by a foot or shoe on the ground, like in sand, snow or mud.
• footrest noun (a footrest, footrests)
  Something you rest your feet on while sitting, like a small stool or a bar on a chair.
• footsore adjective
  Having sore or aching feet after a long walk.
• footstep noun (a footstep, footsteps)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A footstep is one step that someone takes when walking.
• footstool noun (a footstool, footstools)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A low stool or small padded seat for resting your feet on when you sit in a chair.
• footwear noun (footwear; no plural)
  Footwear means things you wear on your feet, like shoes, boots, trainers and sandals.
• footwork noun (footwork, uncountable)
  The way a person moves their feet, especially in sports and dancing, as in «good footwork».
• fop noun (plural fops)
  A man who cares too much about his clothes and looks, and who is vain and silly about them.
• for preposition; conjunction (old use: for he was tired)everyday · Jewish tradition
  For shows who or what something is meant for: a present for Mum.
• forage verb (forage, forages, foraged, foraging); noun…
  To search for food, especially as animals do in the wild.
• forager noun (a forager, foragers)
  A forager is an animal that searches for food, such as a bee looking for nectar or a squirrel looking for nuts.
• foraging verb…
  Foraging means searching for food, especially wild food, like animals looking for something to eat.
• foray nounJewish tradition
  A quick raid into enemy land to take goods or loot.
• forbear verb (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain.
• forbid verb (forbid, forbids, forbade, forbidden, forbidding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say that someone must not do something; not to allow it.
• forbidden adjective (forbidden); also the past participle of «forbid»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law.
• forbidding adjective (forbidding; more forbidding); verb form…
  Forbidding means looking unfriendly, frightening or dangerous: a forbidding castle.
• force noun (a force, forces; force — uncountable: strength); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape.
• forceful adjective
  Strong and confident in what you say or do, making people listen.
• forcefully adverb
  Forcefully means with a lot of strength or power.
• forcible adjective (forcible, more forcible, most forcible)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Done by using force or violence, against someone's will.
• forcibly adverb
  Forcibly means by using force, so that someone or something is made to do it against their will.
• ford noun (a ford, fords); verb (ford, fords, forded, fording)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them.
• forearm noun (a forearm, forearms); verb…
  The forearm is the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
• foreboding noun (plural forebodings)
  A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.
• forecast noun (a forecast, forecasts); verb…
  A statement of what will probably happen in the future, especially about the weather.
• forecaster noun (a forecaster, forecasters)
  A person who says what will probably happen, especially a weather forecaster who predicts the weather.
• forecourt noun (a forecourt, forecourts)
  A forecourt is an open area in front of a building, such as a petrol station, hotel, shop or church.
• forefather noun (plural forefathers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.
• forefinger noun (a forefinger, forefingers)
  Your forefinger is the finger next to your thumb, the one you usually point with; it is also called the index finger or first finger.
• forefoot noun (a forefoot, forefeet)
  One of the front feet of an animal with four legs.
• forefront nounJewish tradition
  The very front part of something, the part that faces forward.
• forego verbJewish tradition
  To go without something, or to give it up.
• foregoing adjectiveJewish tradition
  Coming just before; what has been said or written earlier.
• forehead noun (a forehead, foreheads)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your forehead is the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair.
• foreign adjective (foreign, more foreign)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Foreign means from or belonging to another country, not your own.
• foreigner noun (a foreigner, foreigners)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person from another country.

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