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fin.noun,.plural.fins
a fish's fins are the flat
objects which stick out of its body and help it to swim and keep its balance;
a fin on something such as an airplane or rocket is a flat part which sticks
out and is intended to help control
its movement in the air; a membranous.appendage
extending from the body of a fish or other aquatic
animal, used for propelling,
steering or balancing the body in the water; any of a number of standing.ridges,
as on a radiator or engine cylinder, intended
to maximize heat transfer to
the surrounding air; a projecting.vane
used for cooling, as on a radiator or an engine cylinder; a tailfin; a
flipper
fin,
finned,
finning,
fins.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
equip with fins
intransitive
verb use.to
emerge
with the fins above water; see tailfins
foist,
foisted,
foisting,
foists.transitive
verbs
to pass
off as genuine, valuable
or worthy; to impose.something
or someone unwanted upon another
by coercion.or.trickery
(they tricked him into going to the party to meet some girls, but just
wanted him there to foist an unappealing.blind
date upon him); to insert.fraudulently.or.deceitfully
(deceitful dishonest politicians often foist additions to a bill
sure to be approved, but the additions themselves, having nothing do with
the bill would probably be rejected on their own)
freezing point.noun,.plural.freezing
points
the freezing point is 0
Celsius
and is the
temperature at which
water freezes; see also melting
point
flurry.noun,.plural.flurries
a brief,
light snowfall; a sudden burst or
commotion;
a stir (a flurry of interest in the
new product; a flurry of activity when the plane landed); a sudden gust
of wind
flurry,
flurried,
flurrying,
flurries.verbs
transitive verb use.to
agitate,
stir or confuse
intransitive verb use.to
move or come down in a flurry
frontier.noun,.plural.frontiers
frontiers of something,
especially knowledge, are the limits to which it extends; an uncharted
or new area yet to be fully explored and developed; a frontier is also
a border between countries
filet mignon.noun,.plural.filets
mignons
a small, round, tender very
choice cut of beef from the loin;
from French 'filet', 'fillet' + 'mignon' meaning 'dainty'
fillet.noun,.plural.fillets
a strip or compact piece
of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin;
a boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting; a narrow strip
of ribbon or similar material, often worn as a headband; in architecture,
a thin, flat molding used
as separation between or ornamentation
for larger moldings; a ridge between
the indentations of a fluted.column;
a narrow decorative line impressed onto the cover of a book; a loop-shaped
band of fibers, such as the lemniscus
fillet,
filleted,
filleting,
fillets.transitive
verbs
also filet;
to slice, bone or make into fillets; from Middle
English 'filet', from Old French.diminutive
'fil', meaning 'thread'
fill,
filled,
filling,
fills.verbs
transitive verb use.to
put into as much as can be held (fill a glass with water); to supply to
the fullest extent (fill a concert hall; fill up the car); to supply as
required (fill an order for grocery delivery); to place an individual (fill
a job vacancy); to pervade
(music filled the room; people who do no research were filled with feal
over the covid con); to make full (filled
the child's mind with good ideas (stories that filled our hearts with joy)
intransitive verb use.to
become full
fill.noun,.plural.fills
an amount needed to make
full, complete or satisfied (eat one's fill); material
for filling a container, a cavity or passage (having saved
the children, the tunnels were filled up with dirt or just blown up)
fill in.phrasal
verb
to provide with information
that is essential or newly acquired (I wasn't there, would you please fill
me in?); to act as a substitute;
a stand in (someone who fills in for another who can't be there)
fill out.phrasal
verb
to complete a form, for
example, by providing required information (carefully filled out the application);
to become or make more fleshy (he filled out after age 35)
fill the bill.idiom
to serve a particular purpose
(we don't have the proper part but this worked, fillng the bill nicely
until we can get to a garage)
french,
frenched,
frenching,
frenches.transitive
verbs
to cut green beans or potatoes,
for example, into thin strips before cooking; to trim fat or bone from
a chop, for example (french fries; french cut green beans)
French.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.characteristic
of France or its people or culture; of or relating to the French language
French.noun
the people of France; from
Middle
English and Old English
'frencisc', 'Frankish' and from 'Franca', 'Frank', which is from the German
'Frank'
Frenchify,
Frenchified,
Frenchifying,
Frenchifies.transitive
verbs
to make French in character
or quality
Frenchification.noun
fiend.noun,.plural.fiends
an evil
spirit; a demon; the Devil;
Satan; a diabolically.evil
or wicked person; Middle
English, from Old English
'feond'
fiendish.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.suggestive
of a fiend; diabolical; extremely.cruel
and wicked (the fiendish ways humans
have been purposely harmed by
world controllers, as reported by Janet
Ossebaard)
fiendishly.adverb
fiendishness.noun
finger.noun,.plural.fingers
your fingers are the four
long thin parts at the end of each hand other than the thumb
finger,
fingered,
fingering,
fingers.verbs
transitive verb use.to
touch with the fingers; handle; to touch
intransitive verb use.to
handle something with the fingers.
have the fingers crossed.or.keep
one's fingers crossed.idiom
to hope for a successful
or advantageous outcome
twist around one's little
finger.or.wrap
around one's little finger.idiom
to dominate.utterly
and effortlessly
fingerer.noun,.plural.fingerers
fingerless.adjective
fibrin.noun
an elastic, insoluble,
whitish protein produced by the
action of thrombin on fibrinogen
and forming an interlacing.fibrous.network
in the coagulation of blood
fibrinous.adjective
flout,
flouts,
flouted,
flouting.verbs
transitive verb use.to
show contempt for; scorn
(politicians flouting laws
protecting We
the People by using tyrannical.behavior;
to flaunt
intransitive verb use.to
be scornful
flout.noun,.plural.flouts
a contemptuous action or
remark;
an insult
flouter.noun,.plural.flouters
floutingly.adverb
fritter,
frittered,
frittering,
fritters.transitive
verbs
to reduce or squander
little by little (frittered his inheritance away); waste
fritter.noun,.plural.fritters
a small cake made of batter,
often containing fruit, vegetables or fish, sautéed
or deep-fried (apple fritters)
fritter away.phrasal
verb
to waste time, money or
effort on something small or unimportant
font.noun,.plural.fonts
in computers and printing,
a complete set of type of one size and face, such as Times
New Roman, Verdana, Arial,
etc.
farrow.noun,.plural.farrows
a litter
of pigs
farrow,
farrowed,
farrowing,
farrows.verbs
transitive verb use.to
give birth to a litter of pigs
intransitive verb use.to
produce a litter of pigs
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