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fodder.noun
a consumable, often inferior item or resource
that is in demand and usually abundant supply (the bulk of the population
is often considered fodder by those governing them); raw material, as for
artistic creation; feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay
or straw
fodder, foddered,
foddering,
fodders.transitive
verbs
to feed with fodder
Fourier analysis.noun
mathematics: the approximation of a function through
the application of a Fourier series to periodic data
Fourier series.noun
Mathematics.-.an
infinite series whose terms are constants multiplied by sine and cosine
functions and that can, if uniformly convergent, approximate a wide variety
of functions
fray.noun
a scuffle; a brawl; a heated dispute or contest
fray, frayed,
fraying,
frays.transitive
verbs
to alarm; frighten; to drive away
meaning 2.fray,
frayed,
fraying,
frays.verbs
transitive
verb use.to strain; chafe (repeated
noises that fray the nerves); to wear away (the edges of fabric, for example)
by rubbing
intransitive
verb use.to become worn away or tattered
along the edges
fray also.noun
fool.noun
word history denotes
a windbag or an airhead
one who is regarded as deficient
in judgment, sense, or understanding; one who acts unwisely on a given
occasion (I was a fool to have refused the job); one who has been tricked
or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe (they made a fool of me by pretending
I won the award);
fool, fooled,
fooling,
fools.verbs
transitive verb use.to
deceive or trick; dupe.(trying
to learn how to fool a trout with a little bit of floating fur and feather);
to confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly (we were sure
they would fail, but they fooled us)
intransitive verb use.to
speak or act facetiously
or in jest; joke (I was just fooling when I said you couldn't have any
of my candy); to feign; pretend (He said he had a toothache but it turned
out he was only fooling); to engage in idle or frivolous
activity; to toy, tinker, or mess
(shouldn't fool with matches);
fool.adjective
foolish; stupid (off on some fool errand or other)
phrasal
verbs.fool around; to engage in idle
or casual activity; putter (was fooling around with some figures in hopes
of balancing the budget); to engage in frivolous activity; make fun
furious.adjective
full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging;
suggestive of extreme anger in action or appearance; fierce; angry
furiously.adverb
fed up.adjective
unable or unwilling to put up with something any
longer (she was fed up with their complaints. I resigned from the company
because I was fed up)
folly.noun,.plural.follies
lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight;
an act or instance of foolishness (regretted the follies of his youth);
a costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome
familiar.adjective
often encountered or seen; common;
having fair knowledge; acquainted.(was
familiar with those roads); taking undue liberties; presumptuous.(students
should not try to be familiar in their behavior toward an instructor
familiarly.adverb
familiarity.noun,.plural.familiarities.(pronounce
'fam mil yare ity')
considerable.acquaintance
with; established friendship; intimacy; the quality or condition of being
familiar
familiarize,
familiarized,
familiarizing,
familiarizes.transitive
verbs
to make known, recognized, or familiar; to make
acquainted
with
familiarization,
familiarizer.nouns
froward.adjective
stubbornly.contrary
and disobedient; obstinate
frowardly.adverb
frowardness.noun
flagrant.adjective
conspicuously
bad, offensive, or reprehensible.(a
flagrant miscarriage of justice; flagrant cases of wrongdoing at the highest
levels of government); blatant
flagrancy or flagrance.noun
flagrantly.adverb
fluorosis.noun
an abnormal condition caused by excessive intake
of fluorine, as from fluoridated drinking water,
characterized
chiefly by mottling of the teeth
fluorotic.adjective
frequency.noun,.plural.frequencies
the property or condition of occurring at frequent.intervals;
all matter is sustained by the invisible frequency signature that supports
its specific.composition
Mathematics and Physics.-.the
number of times a specified phenomenon
occurs within a specified interval, as: the number of repetitions of a
complete sequence of values of a periodic function per unit variation of
an independent variable, and, the number of complete cycles of a periodic
process occurring per unit of time, and, the number of repetitions per
unit time of a complete waveform, as of an electric current
fanfare.noun
a spectacular public display; music; a loud flourish
of brass instruments, especially trumpets
frisky, friskier,
friskiest.adjectives
energetic, lively, and playful (a frisky kitten)
friskily.adverb
friskiness.noun
frolicsome.adjective
full of high spirited fun; frisky and playful
fume.noun
a state of resentment
or vexation; vapor,
gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong; strong or
acrid odor
fume, fumed,
fuming,
fumes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
subject to or treat with fumes; to give off in or as if in fumes
intransitive verb use.to
feel or show resentment or vexation; to emit fumes; to rise in fumes
foul play.noun
criminal violence or murder (examples - citizens
may have been victims of foul play when a government enacts laws
affecting them without a majority input; unfair or dishonest acts (example
- the corporate deal with the government has brought cries/accusations
of foul play {claims that there have been unfair or dishonest acts} from
its competitors)
flaunt, flaunted,
flaunting,
flaunts.verbs
transitive use.to
exhibit ostentatiously or
shamelessly (flaunts his knowledge; show
intransitive use.to
parade oneself ostentatiously; show oneself off; to wave grandly (pennants
flaunting in the wind)
flaunter.noun
flauntingly.adverb
fit, fitted,
fitted,
fitting,
fits.verbs
transitive verb use.to
be the proper size and shape for (these shoes fit me); to cause to be the
proper size and shape (the tailor fitted {or fit} the trousers by shortening
them); to measure for proper size (she fitted me for a new jacket); to
be appropriate to; suit.(music
that fits your mood); to be in conformity
or agreement with (observations that fit the theory nicely); to make suitable;
adapt.(fitted
the shelves for large books); to make ready; prepare (specialized training
fitted her for the job); to equip; outfit (fit out a ship); to provide
a place or time for (you can't fit any more toys in the box; the doctor
can fit you in today); to insert or adjust so as to be properly in place
(fit a handle on a door)
intransitive verb use.to
be the proper size and shape; to be suited; belong (doesn't fit in with
these people); to be in harmony;
agree (his good mood fit in with the joyful occasion)
fit, fitter,
fittest.adjectives
suited, adapted, or acceptable for a given circumstance
or purpose (not a fit time for flippancy);
appropriate; proper (do as you see fit); physically sound; healthy (keeps
fit with diet and exercise)
fit.noun
the state, quality, or way of being fitted; the
manner in which clothing fits (a jacket with a tight fit); the degree of
precision with which surfaces are adjusted or adapted to each other in
a machine or collection of parts
fit to be tied.idiom
frustrated
about something
fitly.adverb
fitter.noun
fitful.adjective
occurring
in or characterized by intermittent
bursts, as of activity; irregular;
periodic
fitfully.adverb
fitfulness.noun
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