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fake

adjective · fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

fall all over

verb · display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards

Example: This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him

fall apart

verb · become separated into pieces or fragments

Example: The figurine broke

fall asleep

verb · change from a waking to a sleeping state

Example: he always falls asleep during lectures

fall away

verb · diminish in size or intensity

fall back

verb · go back to bad behavior

Example: Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

fall for

verb · fall in love with; become infatuated with

Example: She fell for the man from Brazil

fall into

verb · be included in or classified as

Example: This falls under the rubric 'various'

fall into place

verb · become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Example: It dawned on him that she had betrayed him

false buckthorn

noun · deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

false dragonhead

noun · North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers

falsely

adverb · in an incorrect manner

Example: to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely

familiarize

verb · make familiar or conversant with

Example: you should acquaint yourself with your new computer

familiarly

adverb · in an intimately familiar manner

Example: Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group

family

noun · primary social group; parents and children

Example: he wanted to have a good job before starting a family

family apogonidae

noun · bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

family asparagaceae

noun · one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus

family hostaceae

noun · one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta

family saturniidae

noun · important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known

family sillaginidae

noun · small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia

famish

verb · die of food deprivation

Example: The political prisoners starved to death

famous

adjective · widely known and esteemed

Example: a famous actor

famously

adverb · extremely well

Example: he did splendidly in the exam

fanatical

adjective · marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

Example: rabid isolationist

fanatically

adverb · in a passionately fanatic manner

Example: he followed the teachings of his guru fanatically

fancifully

adverb · in a fanciful manner

Example: the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated

fancy

adjective · not plain; decorative or ornamented

Example: fancy handwriting

fanned

adjective · especially spread in a fan shape

Example: the peacock's fanned tail

fantasise

verb · portray in the mind

Example: he is fantasizing the ideal wife

far and away

adverb · by a considerable margin

Example: she was by far the smartest student

far and near

adverb · over great areas or distances; everywhere

Example: he traveled far and wide

far and wide

adverb · over great areas or distances; everywhere

Example: he traveled far and wide

far-famed

adjective · widely known and esteemed

Example: a famous actor

farcical

adjective · broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

Example: the wild farcical exuberance of a clown

farcically

adverb · in a farcical manner

Example: a farcically inept bungler

fascinated

adjective · having your attention fixated as though by a spell