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English Word Dictionary

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forager

noun · someone who hunts for food and provisions

Example: in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living

foray into

verb · enter someone else's territory and take spoils

Example: The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly

forbidding

adjective · threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Example: a baleful look

forbiddingly

adverb · in an unpleasant or menacing manner

Example: it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor

forcefully

adverb · with full force

Example: we are seeing this film too late to feel its original impact forcefully

forceless

adjective · lacking force; feeble

Example: a forceless argument

forcibly

adverb · in a forcible manner

Example: keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly

forebode

verb · make a prediction about; tell in advance

Example: Call the outcome of an election

forefend

verb · prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Example: Let's avoid a confrontation

forego

verb · lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Example: you've forfeited your right to name your successor

foremost

adjective · preceding all others in spatial position

Example: the foremost compartment of the ship

forensic

adjective · used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law

Example: forensic photograph

foreshorten

verb · reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Example: The manuscript must be shortened

forest red gum

noun · tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria

forestall

verb · keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Example: My sense of tact forbids an honest answer

forever

adverb · without interruption

Example: the world is constantly changing

forever and a day

adverb · for a very long or seemingly endless time

Example: she took forever to write the paper

forevermore

adverb · at any future time; in the future

Example: lead a blameless life evermore

forfeited

adjective · surrendered as a penalty

forgather

verb · collect in one place

Example: We assembled in the church basement

forget

verb · be unable to remember

Example: I'm drawing a blank

forgetfully

adverb · in a forgetful manner

Example: she is getting old and acts forgetfully

forgivably

adverb · in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree

Example: he was excusably late

forgive

verb · stop blaming or grant forgiveness

Example: I forgave him his infidelity

forgivingly

adverb · with forgiveness; in a forgiving manner

Example: `Never mind,' she said forgivingly

forgotten

adjective · not noticed inadvertently

Example: her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night

fork over

verb · to surrender someone or something to another

Example: the guard delivered the criminal to the police

fork-like

adjective · resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

Example: the biramous appendages of an arthropod

forlornly

adverb · in a forlorn manner

Example: a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard

formalistic

adjective · concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)

Example: highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'

formally

adverb · in a formal manner

Example: he was dressed rather formally

formidably

adverb · in a formidable manner

Example: the constant risk that attends the exchanges of human beings formidably armed

formless

adjective · having no physical form

Example: belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings

formosan

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

Example: the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh

forrard

adverb · at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

Example: he faced forward

forsake

verb · leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

Example: The mother deserted her children

fort up

verb · gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

forth

adverb · out into view

Example: came forth from the crowd

forthwith

adverb · without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

Example: he answered immediately

forties

noun · the time of life between 40 and 50

fortieth

adjective · the ordinal number of forty in counting order

forty-two

adjective · being two more than forty

forwards

adverb · in a forward direction

Example: go ahead

fothergilla

noun · small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States

founding

noun · the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Example: she looked forward to her initiation as an adult

four

adjective · being one more than three

four times

adverb · by a factor of four

Example: the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years

four-lined leaf bug

noun · yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America

four-wheeled

adjective · of or relating to vehicles with four wheels

Example: a four-wheel drive

fourteen

adjective · being one more than thirteen