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|Fall ||phr||"Fall In Hand to" - to set oneself a course of action; set upon a person. |
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|Fall ||phr||"Fall In Love" -develop a strong attraction for, great love for, esp. a romantic or sexual love. |
|Fall ||phr||"Fall In Love" -develop a strong attraction for, great love for, esp. a romantic or sexual love. |
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|Fall ||phr||"Fall Into" - to come upon by chance. 2. be divide into parts, components as an article, subject, etc.. 3. be in a coma, fall into a deep sleep, fall into a trance. 4. fall into, acquire, take on bad ways or habits. |
|Fall ||phr||"Fall Into" - to come upon by chance. 2. be divide into parts, components as an article, subject, etc.. 3. be in a coma, fall into a deep sleep, fall into a trance. 4. fall into, acquire, take on bad ways or habits. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Into Step With" - begin to walk instep with somebody. 2. (fig.) |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Into Step With" - begin to walk instep with somebody. 2. (fig.) start to accept or follow rules, procedures laid down by others. |
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|Fall ||phr||"Fall Into the Right Hands" - fall into a favorable position or in the hands or care of a reliable person. |
|Fall ||phr||"Fall Into the Right Hands" - fall into a favorable position or in the hands or care of a reliable person. |
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|Fall ||phr||"Fall in With" - adopt, comply with s.t. already existing, join. 2. meet by chance. 4. encounter, meet, join (sometimes after a long break). 4. or agree with, accede to, support a proposal of, suggestion, coincide with. |
|Fall ||phr||"Fall in With" - adopt, comply with s.t. already existing, join. 2. meet by chance. 4. encounter, meet, join (sometimes after a long break). 4. or agree with, accede to, support a proposal of, suggestion, coincide with. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Off" - of a request, demand, income: lessen, decrease, drop off, |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Off" - of a request, demand, income: lessen, decrease, drop off, diminish, become fewer or lessen. 2. of standards, service; quality: worsen, deteriorate. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On" - to come upon by chance; catch a sight of, see. 2. occur on, take place on. 3. |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On" - to come upon by chance; catch a sight of, see. 2. occur on, take place on. 3. be borne by, be incurred by. 4.attack fiercely; seize greedily |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On Deaf Ears" - not be heard or taken notice of; (because others are not there or don't wish to listen. |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On Deaf Ears" - not be heard or taken notice of; (because others are not there or don't wish to listen. |
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|Fall ||phr||"Fall On One's Feet" - make a quick recovery often with some good luck) after a period of difficulty. |
|Fall ||phr||"Fall On One's Feet" - make a quick recovery often with some good luck) after a period of difficulty. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On One's Knees" - kneel down, genuflect for mercy, clemency or favour. |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall On (to) One's Knees" - kneel down, genuflect for mercy, clemency or favour. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Out" - a quarrel, dispute, disagreement. 2. of the hair coming away from the scalp; teeth coming away from the gums, etc. 3. drop out of a military formation. 5. come to |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Out" - a quarrel, dispute, disagreement. 2. of the hair coming away from the scalp; teeth coming away from the gums, etc. 3. drop out of a military formation. 5. come to pass, result, take place, occur. |
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− | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Out Of" - gradually discontinue something. |
+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Out Of" - gradually discontinue something. 2. fall from a height. |
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+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Out of Love with" - no longer be strongly attracted (or have love for)to a partner. |
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+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall Over" - fall over and hit the ground (after slipping, tripping, fainting). |
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+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall To" - begin or start an activity of some kind; as, begin to eat; work, etc. |
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+ | |Fall ||phr||"Fall to Ground" - collapse, crumble, break down, as an argument, theory. |
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Revision as of 11:20, 24 February 2016
Old English | sp | English |
Fade | vb | OE. fadian. - to dispose, sort, arrange, regulate. 2. orderly, tidy, discreet. |
Fain | n | Gladness, joy, pleasure. |
Fain | vb | To be delighted, glad, rejoice. 2. to desire, wish. 3. to pretend kindness. 4. to make glad, congratulate. 5. to rejoice in, enjoy, to take gladly, show preference for |
Fain | adj. | Glad, rejoiced, well-pleased; hence necessitated, obliged; disposed willing, eager. 2. well-pleased, flattered, as 'fine words to make fair maidens fain.' 3. glad under the circumstances; glad or content to take a certain course in default of opportunity for anything better; the lesser of two evils. 4. necessitated, obliged. 5. disposed, inclined or willing, eager. 6. apt, wont, wish. 7. well disposed, favourably. |
Fain | phr | "Fain and Fain" - gladly and willingly, done with pleasure. |
Fain | phr | "Full Fain" - extremely glad and willing in dealing with others. |
Fain | phr | "Glad and Fain" - happy and willing in dealngs with others. |
Fain | phr | "I Would Have Fained Otherwise" - i would have been pleased, content anyway. |
Fainhood | n | Gladness, joy. |
Faining | adj | Gladsome, affectionate, also longing, wishful. |
Fainlessly | adv | Without attempted evasion. |
Fainly | adv | Gladly, eagerly. |
Fain-ness | n | Quality or state of being fain. 2. eagerness, gladless, joy. |
Fair | n | Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective) as in between the fair and the foul? 2.(obsolete) a woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. 3.(obsolete) fairness, beauty. 4. a fair woman; a sweetheart. 5.(obsolete) good fortune; good luck. |
Fair | adj | Things in general: clean, unspoiled, unstained, beautiful, agreeable, delightful, considerable, free from blemish, elegant. 2. of animals: beautiful, handsome, as the roebuck, the swan, the partridge. 3. of sounds: agreeable, delightful. 4. desirable, reputable. of an estate: considerable, handsome in amount. 5. external manifestations, words, promises: attractive, or pleasing at first sight or hearing; specious, plausible, flattery. 6. of light complexion, free from blemish, disfigurement. 7. of fruit, flesh : sound, free from disease or specks. 8. of water: clean, pure, clear not cloudy. 9. handwriting: legible, cursed. 10. of a surface: free from roughness, or irregularities, smooth. 11. of character, conduct, reputation: free from moral stain, unblemished. |
Fair | phr | "Fair Enough" |
Fair | phr | "Fair to Middling"- slightly above the average. |
Fair | phr | "Full Fed and Fair" |
Fair | phr | "Have the Fair of" - get the better of. |
Fair | phr | "Make Fair Weather" - |
Fair | phr | "To Make It Fair with" - to deal complaisantly. |
Fair | phr | "To Stand Fair" - to be beautiful. |
Fair-born | adj | Born of pleasant appaearance. 2. born innocent and pure. |
Faird | n | Ferd, fyrd, fare:to go. 2. motion, rush, impetus, hence impetuosity, violent onset. |
Fair day | n | Success in battle, life, work. |
Fair Deal | n | A set of proposals by US president Truman outlining action in economic development and social welfare. |
Fair-Dealer | n | One who supports the proposal and program of Truman |
Fair-dealing | adj | Honourable, honest. |
Fair-doing | adj | Trustworthy. |
Fairdom | n | The state, condition or property of being fair: beautiful, pleasing appearance, pure, clean and fresh; unblemished, innocent, etc. |
Fair-eyed | adj | Having pleasing and attractive eyes. |
Fair-faxed | adj | Having fair or blond hair |
Fair go | n | A reasonably oe equitable opportunity to attempt something. (informal Aust & NZ). 2. to desist in something thought to be outrageous. |
Fair go | intj | Used in protest to implore or demand that someone acts in a fairer and more reasonable or equitable way. |
Fair-haired | adj | Having fair or light-coloured hair. |
Fair-haired son | n | Favoured or favorite, blue-eyed boy. |
Fair-headed | adj | Beautiful, attractive, appealing |
Fairhood | n | Fairness, beauty. |
Fair-in-sight | n | The flower 'The Bluebell" |
Fairish | adj | Moderately good, passable, tolerably well (in health). 2. merry in drink. 3. considerable in amount. 4. in a fair manner, to a fair degree. |
Fair-like | adj | In good condition, well-looking, healthy |
Fairly | adv | Of appearance: beautifully, handsomely. 2. in a bad sense: speciously. 3. of writing: elegantly, neatly, courteously, respectfully. 4. candidly, impartially, without undue advantage on either side. 5. becomingly, fitly, properly, suitably, proportionately. 6. proper by lawful means, legitimately, opposed to foully. 7. gently, peacefully, quickly, sublety. 8. clearly, distinctly, plainly. |
Fairlock | adj | Fairness, beauty. |
Fair Maid of Kent | n | Crowfoot: Ranunculus acaniflorus. |
Fair-minded | adj | Unbiased, impartial. |
Fair-mindedness | adj | The state or quality of being unbiased and impartial. |
Fairness | n | Condition or quality of being fair. 2. beauty, abstractly something that is fair. 3. of women: lightness of colour of skin, complexion. 3. equitableness, fair-dealing, honesty, uprightness, impartiality. 4. of gentlemen : courtesy. |
Fairness | phr | "With Fairness" - by gentle means. |
Fair play | n | Good behaviour and attitude in life generally. |
Fairship | n | Fairness, fair-dealing, honesty |
Fairship-ness | n | Beauty, the personality of a fair-lady. |
Fairsome | adj | Beautiful, |
Fair-speaking | adj | Eloquent, fair-spoken, gifted with fair speech, fair-tongued. 2. courteous, pleasant. 3. of words: bland; pleasant |
Fair-sunned | adj | Well-sunned. |
Fair-told | adj | Favorably told, favourably affecting one. |
Fair-tongued | adj | Pleasant in speech and conversation. |
Fairway | n | The area between the tee and the green. 2. any tract of land free from obstacles. 3. a navigable channel in a harbor, the usual course taken by large vessels. 4. a navigable channel in a river or harbor deep enough to take the draft of a large vessel. |
Fair weather | phr | "To Make Fair Weather" - to flatter, give flattering reputation. |
Fair-weathered | adj | Suitable for use only during fair weather. |
Fair-weather friend | n | One who is friendly, helpful, available only when it's advantageous or convenient to be so. |
Fair-world | n | A good time, state of prosperity. |
Faken | n | Fraud, guile, wickedness, crime. |
Faken | adj | Deceitful, fraudulent. |
Faken-deed | n | A wicked deed, a sin. |
Fakenfulness | n | Deceitfulness, deceit. |
Fakenless | adj | Without deceit, simple, innocent. |
Faldage | n | An old privilege by which the lord of the manor could set up folds in any field within the manor, in which his tenants were obliged to put their sheep, the object being to manure the land. |
Faldfee | n | Some kind of manorial dues, as "fald and fee". |
Faldstol | n | An armless chair used by bishops and other prelates. 2. a movable, folding-stool or desk at which worshippers kneel |
Fall | n | Disemboguement of a river; the place where this occurs: the mouth. 2. something that falls, as a trapdoor; pitfall. 3. the act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity; descent, drop. 4. a reduction in quantity, pitch, etc; dip, drop, lowering reduction. 5.(chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere, from the falling of leaves during this season); autumn. The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. 6. a loss of greatness or status; downfall (of Rome). 7.(sports) a crucial event or circumstance. 8.(cricket, of a wicket) the action of a batsman being out. 8.(curling) a defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction. 8.(wrestling) an instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat. 9.(informal, US) blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed. 10. the part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. 10. blame; punishment: the rap. |
Fall | vb. | To move downwards. 2. to move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. 2. to come down, to drop or descend. 3. to come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. 4 to be brought to the ground. 5. to be moved downwards. 6. 9obsolete) to let fall; to drop. 7. (obsolete) to sink; to depress, as in "to fall the voice" 8. .(UK, US, dialect, archaic) to fell; to cut down, as in "to fall a tree" 9. to happen, to change negatively. 1O. to become, as to fall ill. 11. to occur on a certain day of the week, date, or similar; said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date. 12. to collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. 13. euphemistic: to die, especially in battle or by disease. 14. to become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc). 15.(followed by a determining word or phrase) to become. 16. to be affected by or befallen with a calamity. 17. to change into the state described by words following. 18. to become prostrated literally or figuratively. 19. to be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance. 20.(obsolete) to diminish; to lessen or lower. 21.(obsolete) to bring forth. to fall lambs. 22. (obsolete) to issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals. 23. to descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin. 24. to become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before. to fall into error; to fall into difficulties 25. to assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face. 26. to happen; to come to pass; to chance or light. 27. to begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry, after meeting, they fell to blows. 28. to be dropped or uttered carelessly, words fell carelessly from his lips. |
Fall | phr | "Fair Fall or Foul Fall" - may good or evil befall you. |
Fall | phr | "Fall About One's Ears" - fall utterly, crash about someone's ears, lose his whole world; ones achievements. |
Fall | phr | "Fall About Laughing" - laugh about uncontrollably,as a listener, audience etc. |
Fall | phr | "Fall After" - of a dream, to come true. |
Fall | phr | "Fall At " - at hand; to be near at hand. 2. to be going to happen. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Away (to)" - one who falls away from religion; apostasy. 2. to abandon one's principles; desert, revolt. 3. of surfaces: to incline abruptly, as a field. 4. became few or thin, diminish. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Back" - retreat, withdraw of troops, army |
Fall | phr | "Fall Back Upon" - have recourse to in difficulty. 2. call upon for support or comfort in hard times. 3, last resort everything else fails. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Behind" - beaten, be overtaken or overwhelmed to one's competitors. 2. lag behind, drop behind, move back behind others. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Behind With" - fall behind with payments, installments etc. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Below" - of water,earnings, production, etc. dropped lower than permitted or desired level. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Between Two Stools" - fail to be either of two satisfactory choices, as in a scheme, plan, proposal, show. |
Fall | phr | "Fall by the Wayside" - fail to continue an endeavour or undertaking. 2. fail to go forward in life. 2.act with dishonesty and misdeed. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Down" - of a person, building, collapse: fall to the ground. 2.. perform poorly, fail to deliver (a payment). 3. of an argument, proposal : fail, not succeed. |
Fall | phr | "Fall For" - be captivated or deceived by. 2. yield to the allure, charm or merits of. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Forth" - to fall out, (to drop out; to happen, occur, to quarrel, fight. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Hook, Line and Sinker" - allow on to be persuaded by an argument, propaganda,a scam. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Forth" - |
Fall | phr | "Fall From" - |
Fall | phr. | "Fall In" - realize, understand. 2. to come upon by chance; light upon. 3. take one's place in a formation. 4. collapse inwards; give way, as a roof; walkway, wall. |
Fall | phr | "Fall In Alongside Of" - become part of a group. 2. join a group or party of people that is already walking on marching along. |
Fall | phr | "Fall In Hand to" - to set oneself a course of action; set upon a person. |
Fall | phr | "Fall In Line" - take in place in the ranks. 2. conform, accept or collaborate with others or majority (usually meekly or tamely). |
Fall | phr | "Fall In Love" -develop a strong attraction for, great love for, esp. a romantic or sexual love. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Into" - to come upon by chance. 2. be divide into parts, components as an article, subject, etc.. 3. be in a coma, fall into a deep sleep, fall into a trance. 4. fall into, acquire, take on bad ways or habits. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Into Step With" - begin to walk instep with somebody. 2. (fig.) start to accept or follow rules, procedures laid down by others. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Into the Right Hands" - fall into a favorable position or in the hands or care of a reliable person. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Into the Wrong Hands" - fall into the possession of malignant forces. 2. of documents, secrets that become known to the enemy or an opposing side. |
Fall | phr | "Fall in With" - adopt, comply with s.t. already existing, join. 2. meet by chance. 4. encounter, meet, join (sometimes after a long break). 4. or agree with, accede to, support a proposal of, suggestion, coincide with. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Off" - of a request, demand, income: lessen, decrease, drop off, diminish, become fewer or lessen. 2. of standards, service; quality: worsen, deteriorate. |
Fall | phr | "Fall On" - to come upon by chance; catch a sight of, see. 2. occur on, take place on. 3. be borne by, be incurred by. 4.attack fiercely; seize greedily |
Fall | phr | "Fall On Deaf Ears" - not be heard or taken notice of; (because others are not there or don't wish to listen. |
Fall | phr | "Fall On One's Feet" - make a quick recovery often with some good luck) after a period of difficulty. |
Fall | phr | "Fall On (to) One's Knees" - kneel down, genuflect for mercy, clemency or favour. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Out" - a quarrel, dispute, disagreement. 2. of the hair coming away from the scalp; teeth coming away from the gums, etc. 3. drop out of a military formation. 5. come to pass, result, take place, occur. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Out Of" - gradually discontinue something. 2. fall from a height. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Out of Love with" - no longer be strongly attracted (or have love for)to a partner. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Outside" - not be something which one can deal with, understand; stand outside a matter. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Out With" - be or become unfriendly with, usually after an argument or quarrel. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Over" - fall over and hit the ground (after slipping, tripping, fainting). |
Fall | phr | "Fall Over Backward to do Something" - go to great effort to please. 2. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Overboard" - fall from the deck of a ship or vessel. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Over Oneself to do Something" - to be unusually enthusiastic; strive eagerly to bring about, competitive. 2. be awkward, clumsy, stumble through haste. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Short" - be or become deficient or inadequate. 2. of |
Fall | phr | "Fall Short Of" - fail to reach or obtain. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Through" - come to nothing; fail to happen, or occur. |
Fall | phr | "Fall To" - begin or start an activity of some kind; as, begin to eat; work, etc. |
Fall | phr | "Fall to Ground" - collapse, crumble, break down, as an argument, theory. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Under" - be classified, be placed within a certain category some matter, question. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Under the Spell of Somebody" - be charmed, captivated,entranced by somebody or something. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Upon" -attack fiercely. 2. catch sight of, see. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Upon Hard Times" - suffer, hardship, misfortune. |
Fall | phr | "Fall Upon Somebody to do Something"- become one's responsibility to do something |
Fall | phr | "Fall Upon Someone's Ears" - be heard, become audible |
Fall | phr | "Fall What Can" - what will fall, happen, befall |
Fall | phr | "Fall With" - |
Fall | phr | "Fall Within" - be something which someone can understand, be able to deal with, handle, discuss comfortably. |
Fall | phr | "It Falls to Somebody's Lot to do Something" - it becomes someone's undertaking or responsibility to arrange, design, work out, welcome. |
Fall | phr | "It Falls Out That" - happen, come about, occur, as, 'how did it fall out that John and Mary arrive at the station the same time'. |
Fall | phr | "Ride for a Fall" |
Fallenness | n | The state of being fallen; esp. degeneracy, (degeneration) consequent upon "The Fall" |
Fallen-stars | n | The plant "Tremella nostoc" |
Fallen woman | n | One who has surrendered her chastity. |
Faller | n | One who falls or fails in various senses. 2. a faller of timber |
Falling | n | |
Falling-in-Love | n | The state or condition of being enamoured or being in love. |
Falling | phr | "The Falling of the Leaf" - autumn, fall. 2. depression of the soul. |
Falling | phr | "Falling in Love"- |
Falling-sickness | n | Epilepsy. |
Falling star | n | A meteor; a shooting star. |
Falling-weather | n | Applied to the weather in which rain, snow or hail falls or may be expected to fall. |
Fall-less | adj | Having no Fall or Autumn. 2. fruit that stays on the vine. 3. aa boxer who cannot be knocked down. |
Fallness | n | The state or condition of falling. |
Fall-out | n | Consequences, blowback; harm, disadvantage. 2. radioactive refuse. |
Fallow | n | Ground plough and harrowed, but left uncropped for a year or more. 2 Fallowness: the condition of being fallow, idleness |
Fallow | vb | Fade, wither, grow pale, blanch. 2. to plough |
Fallow | adj | Pale brownish or reddish yellow in colour |
Fallow-deer | n | Cervus damo or Dama vulgaris. |
Fallowed | adj | Of land, ploughed but left unseeded. |
Fallow-finch | n. | The plant wheatear (saxicola oeananthe) |
Fallowing | n | The action or operation of ploughing and breaking up land; an instance of this. 2. method or system by which land is ploughed. |
Fallowness | n | The condition of being fallow. 2. idleness |
Fall-through | vb | To fail to happen or occur, like unfurling of a sail. 2. to drop or fall freely under the influence of gravity, as leaves falling from a tree. |
Fallway | n | A well or opening, through the successive walls of a warehouse, factory, deck of a ship, providing access for material, goods or people. 2. a hydraulic canal for a water-powered mill. |
False | adj | Origin: before 1000; 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 4. tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive. 5. not genuine; counterfeit. 6. dishonestly; faithlessly; treacherously: 'did he speak false against me? 7. play someone false, to betray someone; be treacherous or faithless. 8.not in accordance with the truth or facts. 9. irregular or invalid: a false start. 10. un-truthful or lying: a false tale. 11. not genuine, real, or natural; artificial; fake: false eyelashes. 12. being or intended to be misleading or deceptive. 13. based on mistaken or irrelevant ideas or facts: false pride. 14. ( prenominal ) (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified: false hellebore. 15. serving to supplement or replace, often temporarily: a false keel 16. music a. (of a note, interval, etc) out of tune. b. (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitone. c. (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfect. |
False | phr | "Play Someone false" - to betray someone; be treacherous or faithless. |
False dawn | n | A transient light which precedes the true dawn by about an hour (a phenomena common in The East, also fig. |
Falsedom | n | Treachery, untruthness, falsehood. |
False-hearted | adj | Disloyal, perfidious. |
False-heartedness | n | Disloyalty, and perfidious behaviour |
Falsehood | n | The property of being false. 2. a false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie. 2. mendacity, decietfulness. 2. the trait of a person who is mendacious and decietful. 4. a untruthful, a fabrication. |
Falseness | n | The cahracteristic of being false. |
Falseship | n | The quality of being false. 2. untruthfulness, dishonesty, decency. |
False-tongued | adj | To deliberately give a false interpretation of something, mispresentive, untruthful. |
False teeth | n | |
Falsework | n | |
Fan | n | An instrument for winnowing grain. 2. a basket for separating corn from chaff by throwing it into the air. 3. instrument for blowing a fire. 4. delta of a river. |
Fan | vb | To winnow corn or corn. 2. to flap like a bird in flight; flutter. 3. of the wind: blow to move or drive the air about; also, to stir water in this way. 4. to wave to create movement of air. |
Fand | vb | To put to proof by test (a person or thing). 2. to make a trial of one's strength or skill. 3. to taste or try food. 4. to prove, try, try to find out, experiment with. 5. to examine, scam. 6. to test, tempt, prove God. 6. to endeavor to lead into evil (tempt). 7. in a good or neutral sense: to try to induce someone to do something. 8. to have experience of dealing with a person or matter. 9. to have carnal knowledge with. 10. to enquire, seek. look for, enquire into a matter. 11. to search a place for, explore. 12 to ask. 13. to attempt, ask. 14. to busy oneself, to go, precede. 15. to attempt to undertake deed or action. 16. to take care of. |
Fanding | n | The action of trying. 2. a testing or putting to proof; a trial. 3. a trying to do or find out something. 4. an attempt, experiment. 5. temptation. 6. tempting by providence. |
Fane | n | Pennant, banner, flag. 2. weathercock |
Fang | n | A catch, grip, a tight grasp, capture. 2. the act or fact of catching or seizing. that which is caught or taken; plunder, spoils, booty. 3. an instrument for catching or holding, a noose, trap, snare. |
Fang | n | A tooth, a human tooth, a canine tooth. 2. a canine tooth, tusk, applied general to animals, spec. to teeth of dogs, wolves, etc. 3. the venom tooth of a snake. 4. mandible of an insect. 5. a claw. talon. 6. a tapering pointed part of anything which is embedded in something else. 6. a tang, spike, tang of a tooth. 7. root of a tooth, or one of the prongs that divide it. |
Fang | vb | To grasp, seize, hold on to, take hold of, lay hold of something or someone. 2. to fang up: to pluck up the heart or courage; to take up, get, procure, as in to fang cristendom: to take up christian belief; receive Christian baptism; to fang mankind: to become human in nature, to welcome, receive a guest, promise, resolve, undertake; To fang to- to take one's way, sponsor in. 4. to fang with in the embrace; with or under the protection or safety of. 5. to lose the fang- to miss one's aim; fail in an attempt. 6. of a thief: "taken in fang" (plunder). |
Fang | phr | "To Fang One's Way" - to undertake a battle. 2. to take or engage a person or a thing for a purpose; promise, resolve. 3. to take one's way, go proceed. 4. go set about, proceed, begin, start. |
Fang | phr | "to Strike one's Fangs into" - to bite, savage, menace. |
Fanging | n | The action of verb: grasping, seizing, catching, lay hold of. 2. the action of earning wages. 3. the action of standing sponsor. |
Fangless | adj | Toothless, without fangs. 2. of a tooth having no roots. |
Fangy | adj | Having a number of fangs or teeth. 2. that divided into fangs. 3. resembling fangs. |
Fanner | n | One who winnows grain with a fan. 2. one who fans himself or others. 3. |
Fanning | n | The action of winnowing. 2. the sifting of tea. 3. the fanning or moving of of air with a fan. |
Fanning-out | vb | Spreding out. |
Far | vb | To put off, remove (only in the expression of a wish). |
Far-away | adj | Distant, remote, extreme. 2. a long time ago. |
Far-awayness | n | The state or quality of being remote (ness), distance, longly removed sate. 2. what is faraway: distant parts. 3. the dim distance. 4. film taken at a distance, as distinct from "close-up". |
Far-back | n | Remote in space; inaccessibility. 2. the most remote districts or back settlements. |
Far-being | n | The state of being at a distance. |
Far-between | adj | Occurring at long intervals; infrequent. |
Far-born | adj | Born along ago. |
Far-come | adj | hat which has come from a distance. |
Fard | n | Ferd, fyrd, fare -to go. 2. motion, rush, impetus, hence impetuousity, ardour, violent onset. |
Far-day | n | The latter part of the day; the high day. |
Fardel | n | OE. forth part. |
Far-down | n | An Irish-American belonging to a family which emigrated from the North of Ireland. 2. a poor person, needy, indigent. |
Far-down | adj | Situated or existing below. |
Fare | n | A going, journeying, course, passage, voyage. 2. expedition for a journey; the rigging out of a ship; apparel, belongings. 3. a road, track. 4. track or trace of a rabbit or hare. 5. a number of person prepared for a journey. 6. a troop, multitude; a swarm of flies. 7. a passage or excursion for which a price is paid; cost of conveyance (now of persons only), but formerly, also of money for goods transported. 8. passengers collectively, convoy of passengers that engage a vehicle plying for hire. 9. mode of proceeding, bearing, demeanour, appearance, aspect. 10. doings, proceedings, actions, fighting. 11. display, pomp, commotion, uproar, fuss. 12. condition, state or state of things, welfare of things, prosperity, success. 13. food, in regard to it's quality; supply or provision (abundance or scarcity) |
Fare | n | A farrow, a litter of pigs. |
Fare | vb | To go, travel. 2. to get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events. 3. to eat, dine. 4. to happen well, or ill. [quotations ▼] We shall see how it will fare with him |
Fare | vb | To have a litter. |
Fare | phr | "To Fare On" - to rush on, attack, assault. |
Fare | phr | "To Let Fare" - to let go |
Fare | phr | "To Make Fare" - a thing to make use of, employ, possess, live upon (food), make plentiful of food. |
Far East | n | "The Far East" - the extreme far-eastern regions of The Old World, esp. China and Japan. |
Far-eastern | adj | Pertaining or belonging to the extreme east; The Orient. |
Fare forth | vb | To go about, to go forth, depart, start. 2. to go on, advance, with respect to space and time. 3. to go by, pass way. |
Fare-free | adj | Fee paid on the quitting of a tenancy. |
Far-end | n | The extremities; the last stages of life, strength, resources. |
Farer | n | Voyager, tripper, distant traveler, seafarer, wayfarer, far-farer, far-goer. |
Far-eyed | adj | Far-sighted, far-seeing. |
Farer | n | Voyager, tripper, distant traveler, seafarer, wayfarer, far-farer. |
Fare up | vb | To get. |
Farewell | n | A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, esp. a permanent departure; the parting compliment, a goodbye, adieu. 2. an act of departure, leave-taking, a last look at, or reference to something. |
Farewell | vb | To bid farewell, say goodbye. |
Farewell | intj | Goodbye, as in "she said farewell". |
Farewell | adj | Parting, valedictory, final. |
Farewell | phr | "Bid Farewell" - the payment on quitting tenancy. 2. an after-taste, tang. 3. applied to a point where one bids farewell or parts from anothure person. |
Farewell | phr | "Farewell Fieldfare" - said to one of whom the speaker wishes to see no more, in allusion to the fieldfare departure northward at the end of winter. |
Farewell | phr | "Go Farewell" - to go away; be dismissed. |
Farewell | phr | "Fare you Well"- goodluck, best wishes, good fortune to you, |
Fareworthy | adj | Having the right to go as one pleases. 2. free to go. 3. capable to leave (a place). 4. able to depart 9at one's wall). 5. somewhat unrestrained. |
Farfarer | n | Far-goer, distant voyager or traveler. |
Far-fetched | adj | Brought from far; foreign. 2. of pedigree: traced from remote origin. 3. devious, circuitous. 4. of an argument, notion, simile, etc. studiously, sort out, strained, not easily or naturally introduced. |
Far-fetchedness | n | The state of being far-fetched, remote, not easily introduced, etc. |
Far-forth | adv | To a great distance or extent for. |
Far-forth day | n | Late in the day, high day. 2. in reference to distance in state, space, time, as some day (time) far into the future; thus far forth, so far forth that. |
Far-forthly | adv | To a great or definite extent; also entirely excellent. |
Far-goer | n | One who travels far or long distances. |
Far-gone | adj | Advanced to a great extent or age. |
Far-hand | n | The condition or standing of one that seeks employment away from home. |
Faring | n | Journeying, travelling, an instance of this. 2. condition or state ; esp. a passing condition of the body. 3. entertaintment; also, plural (farings)- made dishes. |
Faring | adj | That has a specified condition or state, as well faring, better faring, best faring. |
Faringly | adv | Like one in a specified condition; in a well, ill, conditioned manner |
Farish | adj | Somewhat far; |
Farish | phr | "Farish on" - late (far into) in time, as, "getting farish in years". |
Farish | phr | "Getting Farish in Years" - getting advanced in years, elderly. |
Farland | adj | Coming from a distance; foreign. |
Farly | adv | To a great extent or distance. |
Farm | n | May be related to farm : a tract of land leased. 2. food, provision, hence a banquet, feast. |
Farm | vb | To cleanse, empty, purge. |
Farmer | n | One who cleanses, empties, purges. |
Farness | n | State or fact or being far; remoteness. 2. also occasionally of sight: far-reachingness. 3. amount of distance. 4. distant part, distance. |
Far-off | adj | Long ago, long-time ago as, " far-off years, when he had his share in life's true wealth, bright youth and health". 2. far, distant, remote ( in space, in time, in relationship). 3. of thoughts, looks, (fig)- distant, from a former time (in eyes). |
Far-off | phr | "In the Far-off" - in the past; in the future. |
Far-offness | n | The state or fact of being far off; distant. |
Far out | adj | Remote, distant. 2. of music, fashion, trends, latest, most progressive, kind, avant-garde, excellent, splendid, far-fetched. |
Far-reaching | adj | That reaches for (extensive lit & fig.) 2. exerting an influence or producing an effect which extends in space or time. |
Far-reaching-ness | n | The state or quality of being far-reaching in various senses. |
Farrow | n | A young pig. 2. a litter of pigs. 3. of a sow "with farrow": with young. 4. an instance of farrow or farrowing - producing a litter. |
Farrow | vb | Of a sow: to bring forth young. 2. to produce a litter. |
Farrowing | n | The giving of birth to a litter (of pigs). |
Far-seeing | adj | Far-sighted, far-eyed. |
Far-side | n | "The Far-side" - the right-handed side. |
Far-sight | n | The ability to see far (lit & fig.) |
Far-sighted | adj | Furnished with the capacity for distant vision. 2. (fig.) - forecasting, prudent, shrewd. 3. able to see an object at a distant, more clearly than one at close hand. |
Far-sightedly | adv | In a far-sighted manner |
Far-sightedness | n | The state of being far-sighted. |
Farther | adv | More far. |
Farther | adj | Of or pertaining to being distant. 2. of or greater distance in degree or of extension in time. |
Farther-deal | n | An advantage. |
Fartherer | n | As in a "fartherer of the truth" |
Farthermore | adv | Furthermore. |
Farthermost | adj | Most remote or distant; furthermore. |
Farthing | n | A coin worth one fourth or quarter of a penny. 2. name of various measures of land, as "a quarter of a hide." - a virgate ( aa rendering of the OE.gierdland); a quarter of an acre. |
Farthing-deal | n | One fourth part of anything; a quarter. 2. a quarter of an acre: a rood. |
Farthing-land | n | A measure of land mentioned in the Domesday Book, supposed to have consisted of a few acres. |
Farthing-less | adj | Without a farthing; destitute, poor, very needy, impoverished. |
Farthing-worth | n | As much as is bought or sold for a farthing; a very small amount. |
Far-went | adj | That has wended or travelled far. |
Fas | n | A border, fringe. 2. something worthless. |
Fash | n | A fringe; anything with a fringe. 2. resembling a fringe. 3. the tops of carrots, turnip, or mangolds. 4. rough edge or ridge left on nails, bullets etc. |
Fash | adj | Hairy. |
Fast | n | The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food
2.The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food. |
Fast | vb | To abstain from food, or eat very little, especially for religious or medical reasons. |
Fast | adj | Old English fæst - fast, fixed, firm, secure; constant, steadfast; stiff, heavy, dense; obstinate, bound, costive; enclosed, closed, watertight; strong, fortified. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). 2.(dated) firmly or securely fixed in place; stable, as "make it (the loose rope) fast! 3. firm against attack; fortified by nature or art. 4. of people: steadfast, with unwavering feeling, as a "fast friend".) 5. moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; occurring or happening within a short time: quick, rapid, speedy, swift. 6. computing, of a piece of hardware : able to transfer data in a short period of time. 7. deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). 8 .of dyes or colours) not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent; colour-fast. 9. obsolete tenacious; retentive. 10. colloquial: having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits, as "she's fast – she slept with him on their first date; easy, slutty. 11. ahead of the correct time or schedule (as a clock). 12. of photographic film more sensitive to light than average. |
Fast | adv | In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved, firmly, tightly, securely. 2. of sleeping : deeply or soundly. 3. immediately following in place or time; close, very near. 4. quickly, with great speed; within a short time. 5. ahead of the correct time or schedule. 5. quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly. |
Fast | vb | To abstain from food, or eat very little, especially for religious or medical reasons. |
Fast | phr | "Fast or Loose" - ignore one's obligations, which are acknowledge to another. 2. to be slippery, inconsistent, inconstancy. |
Fast | phr | "Pull a Fast One" - take an unfair advantage. |
Fast | phr | "To Live Fast" - to expend quickly one's vital energy. 2. to have lived a dissipated life. |
Fast day | n | A day of fasting. |
Fasten | n | Fasting, an act of fastening. |
Fasten | vb | To make fast, firm or stable. 2. to establish, settle, confirm. 3. to become firm. 4. to set firm or solid. 5. to strengthen, harden. 6. to sure, confirm, agree, ratify (an agreement). 7. to fortify. 8. to make fast (in fetters); to render unable to move. 9. to make fast to something else, attach, tie or bond of any kind 10. |
Fasten | phr | "Fasten the Feet" - to get or obtain some foothold. 2. to become firm. 3. to set firm or solid. 3. to strengthen, harden. |
Fasten | phr | "Fasten Upon" - use with material objects: stick to, adhere to, attach to. |
Fasten | phr | Fasten Together" - to sew, connect, join. |
Fastener | n | One who fastens. 2. that which serves to fasten anything. 3. a warrant for arrest. |
Fastens | n | Sometimes spelt fasteens: the eve of or day before Lent- the fast of Lent: Shrove Tuesday. |
Faster | n | One who abstains from food. |
Fast fingers | n | A crafty thief. 2. adroitly and highly efficent in the practice of pickpocketing and theft. |
Fastfolk | n | An engaged couple. 2. fiancee and fiancee. |
Fast-food | n | A type of meal that is often standardised, prepared and served quickly. 2. a type of food that is quickly made, but of little nutritional value; junk food. 3. anything standardised, quickly available and inexpensive, but often of low value. |
Fast-gong | n | Fast-gong tide; fastingong: Shrove Tide. |
Fastingly | adv | In a fasting manner, abstemiously, sparing. |
Fastish | adj | Somewhat fast. |
Fastland | n | The mainland, as distinguish from islands. 2. the continent (Europe); a continent. |
Fast lane | n | On a multilaned road, the lane intended or reserved for vehicles moving at a faster speed. 2. (fig. by extension) any situation or activity where the pace is rapid. |
Fast lane | phr | " In the Fast Lane" - in a lifestyle, employment, position or other set of circumstances where the rapid pace is exciting, frantic or risky. |
Fast life | n | A life full of excitement. |
Fastly | adv | In a fixed or steady manner. 2. firmly, unwaveringly. 3. without intermission or cessation. 4. closely, security. 5. quickly, rapidly, speedily; hence readily. |
Fast-mass | n | Shrove-tide. |
Fastness | n | Quality or state of being firmly fixed, fixedness, stability, firm attachment.
2. fidelity, loyalty, firm adherence. 3. close alliance. 4. quality or state of being compact or close; density, solidity. 5. of style: conciseness, pithiness. 6. capacity for gripping tightly or retaining; tenacity, retentivenss. 7. security from invasion, safety, strength. 8. difficulty of access. 9. rapidity, swiftness. 10 of persons: quality of being fast in manner, talk or living mode. 11. that which fastens or keeps fast. 12. support, help. 13. a stronghold, fortress. |
Fastrede | adj | Firm with purpose; steadfast. |
Fast-rooted | adj | Fixed firmly. |
Fast-rootedness | n | The condition or state of being firmly fixed. |
Fastship | n | Quality of gripping tightly, parsimony. |
Fast-talk | n | To use clever talk in order to persuade someone to do something rash. |
Fast worker | n | One quick to purse women in amatory context |
Fat | n | A vessel, a container, a vessel of silver or other metal; esp. one holding holy water. 2. a vessel of a large size for liquids, a tub; a brewer vat, a wine cask. 3. cask or barrel containing dry things. 4. a measure of capacity. |
Fat | vb | To bedaub with fat or grease. 2. to cover thickly. 3. grow or become fat. 4. to make fat, fatten, feed up (animals). 5. to enrich the soil, fertilize with nutritious and stimulating elements. |
Fat | adj | |
Fatberg | n | A large accumulation of fat and other discarded toiletries whick block sewers. |
Fat-cat | n | Originally a phrase in US used to desribe a rich political donors. 2. any affluent person who is percieved to have profited fro the labor of others. 3. a high-ranking public servant. |
Fat-guts | n | A man with a fat belly or stomach, often resulting from the frequent comsumption of alcohol. |
Fat-head | n | Stolt, imbecile, dolt |
Father | n | |
Father | phr | "Father of the Waters"- The Mississippi |
Father | n | "Ghostly Father" -the title given to a confessor or spiritual director. |
Father | phr | "God The Father" - the first part of the Trinity. |
Father | n | "The Holy Father" - The Pope; His Holy Fatherhood. |
Fatherhood | n | The state or condition of being a father. |
Fathering | n | |
Fatherkin | n | Descent from or by the father's side; spearside. |
Fatherland | n | The land of one's birth; one's country. |
Fatherland | phr | "In Fatherland" - at home, living in one's country of birth; land of one's fathers; the mother country. |
Fatherlandish | adj | Pertaining to or of one's country. |
Fatherlandless | adj | Unpatriotic. 2. stateless, born at sea, without a nationality. |
Fatherless | adj | Having no father. 2. of a book etc, without a known author, anonymous. |
Fatherlessness | n | State or condition of being fatherless. |
Father-like | adj | Resembling one's father. 2. having the bearing and aspect of one's father. 3. such is as proper to a father; such as a father would do. |
Father-like | adv | In a fatherly manner, fatherly. |
Fatherliness | n | Quality of being a fatherly. 2. fatherly in characteristics, function or feeling. |
Fatherly | adv | Paternal, of or pertaining to ancestors, ancestral, venerable. 2. resembling a father; hence venerable in character or demeanour. 3. in a fatherly manner, as a father with a father care and affection. |
Fathers | n | "The Fathers" : the fathers of the ameriacan constitution, the "founding fathers." |
Fathership | n | The paternal state or relation. 2. of a father: paternity, fatherhood. |
Father-to-be | n | A male partner of a pregnant woman (mother-to-be), especially when for the first time. |
Fathom | n | The embracing arms = bosom (OE. only). 2. fig. grasp, power. 3. object of the embrace - the wife of thy bosom. 4. stretching of the arms in a straight line to the full extent. 5. breadth of one's comprehension, grasp of intellect or ability. 6. a measure of length. 7. length by outstretched arms, including the hands to the tip of the longest finger; hence a definite measure of six feet. |
Fathom | vb | To encircle with extended arms. |
Fathom | phr | "Fathom's deep" - deep in many respect. 2. excessively deep. |
Fathom | phr | "Fathom's down" - |
Fathom | phr | "Fathom Together" - to embrace a person; to embrace mutually. |
Fathoming | n | Mental reaching, the extent and capacity of reasoning. 2. the depth of thoughts, penetrative searching, delving. |
Fathom-less | adj | That cannot be measured with a fathom line; a measureless depth. 2. an abyss (metaphorical). 3. that cannot be penetrated or wholly understood; incomprehensible. |
Fathomlessly | adv | In a fathomless manner. |
Fathom-lessness | n | State or condition of being fathomless. |
Fatless | adj | Without fat or greasy matter. |
Fatling | n | A calf, lamb or other young animal fatted for slaughter. 2. small and fat |
Fatly | adv | Grossly greasy; plentiful. 2. to a great extent, largely, clumsily. |
Fatness | n | Quality of being fat, or overweight. 2 plumpness, corpulence. 3. breadth or thickness. 4. of a, or belonging to a tree: oiliness, juiceness. 5. of soil: unctuousness, fertility, luxuriance 5. that which makes fertile; of a fertilizing property or virtue. |
Fatten | vb | To make plump. 2. fatten for market or slaughter. 3. to grow fat, become fat, become thicker. 4. to enrish the soil 5. fig. & transfig. to pamper. |
Fatten | adj | What has been made fat. |
Fattening | n | The process of making fat or becoming fat. 2. the action of thickening. |
Fattily | adv | A morbid disposition of fat. |
Fattiness | n | The quality or condition of being fat or fatty. |
Fattish | adj | Somewhat fatty or fat. 2. somewhat greasy or unctuous. |
Fattishness | n | The quality of being fattish. |
Fatty | adj | Resembling fat; the nature of fat, unctuous, oligenous, greasy. 2. besmeared with fat, greasy. 3. of animals and their limbs: full. 4. of fat, plump, well-fed. 5. of a leaf: full of sap, juicy. 6. marked by a morbid disposition of fat. 7. tending to producing fat. 8. a fat person (a nickname). |
Fat-ware | n | Cattle fatted for market. |
Fat-witted | adj | Slow and dully, mental unalert, thick-headed, anyone's fool, stupid, ready to be used or exploit. |
Fatwood | n | A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar. |
Faw | adj | OE. fay; in modern English would normally be fough or fow. 2. coloured, stained, streaky, particoloured, variegated. 2. of an object that reflects light. 3. bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling. |
Fawn | vb | To fawn upon. 2. to wag the tail. 3. to caress, pat the head of a dog. 4. to effect with a servile fondness. 5. to court favour or notice by abject demeanour. 6. to fawn upon a person, his looks, etc. 7. to cringe to (a person); curry favour, flatter, cajole, wheedle. |
Fawner | n | One who fawns, cringes, a toading, a sycophant. |
Fawnguest | n | A fawning parasite, a sycophant, toady. 2. one who swindles another under the guise of friendship. |
Fawning | n | Said of animals: cringing, servile, flattery or homage. 2. an instance of this. |
Fawningly | adv | In a fawning manner. 2. caressingly, joyfully. 3. cringing, flattering, servilely. |
Fawingness | n | A fawning disposition or demeanour. 2. cringing behavoiur, servility. |
Fawn | n | A young deer. 2. a pale-brown colour tinted with yellow like that of a fawn. 3. fawn colour. 4. a whelp. |
Fawn | vb | To exhibit affection or attempt to please. 2. to seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with 'on' or 'upon'). 3. of a dog: to wag it's tail, to show devotion. |
Fawn | adj | Of a fawn colour, pale-brown. |
Fawnish | adj | Of a colour, some what resembling pale-brownish. |
Fawnsome | adj | Of a animal: disposed to fawning, showing fondness. |
Fawny | adj | Fond. 2. somewahet fawnish-brown |
Faw-thistle | n | Labrum veneris: lit. coloured thistle or teasel. |
Fax | n | The hair of the head. 2. the face (derisively) |
Faxed | adj | Having hair; hairy. |
Faxed-star | n | A comet, from it flowing tail's resemblance to hair flowing in the breeze. |
Fay | vb | To fit, adapt, or join. 2. to put together, add, compose. 3. fix or fasten in position. 4. to fit, furnish with. 5. to suit, to match with. 6. of a coat: to fit or fay in. 5. to suit, match with. 6. do, suit, go on favourably, succeed. 7. shipbuilding: to fit (a piece of timber) closely or accurately to another. 8. of timber: to fit close, so as to leave no intervening space. |
Fay | phr | "To Fay Upon Long" - to postpone. 2. to fix at a distant point (in time). |