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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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81 words · showing 1–60

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  • face/ˈfeɪ̯s/nounA14 meaningsThe front of a person's head, from the chin to the hair.
  • fact-checkverbB2To test whether a claim is actually true before printing it.
  • fade/feɪd/verbB14 meaningsTo lose colour or brightness.
  • fail/feɪl/verbA26 meaningsTo try to do something and not succeed.
  • faint/feɪnt/adjectiveB14 meaningsOnly just possible to see, hear or smell.
  • fancy/ˈfæn.si/
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Decorated, elaborate and expensive-looking rather than plain.
  • fare/ˈfɛə/nounB22 meaningsThe price paid to travel on public transport.
  • fast/fɑːst/adjectiveA15 meaningsMoving, or able to move, at great speed.
  • fawn/fɔːn/verbC12 meaningsTo flatter somebody with excessive attention.
  • feast/ˈfiːst/nounB13 meaningsA large special meal for a lot of people, held to celebrate something.
  • feed/fiːd/verbA24 meaningsTo give food to a person or animal.
  • fend/ˈfɛnd/verbB22 meaningsTo ward something off.
  • ferry/ˈfɛɹi/nounB1+2 meaningsA boat carrying people and vehicles across the same water repeatedly.
  • fetch/fɛt͡ʃ/verbB14 meaningsTo go to where something is and bring it back.
  • fiddle/ˈfɪd(ə)l/verbB23 meaningsTo touch or handle something restlessly with the fingers.
  • file/faɪl/nounB15 meaningsA document, photo or piece of data saved on a computer.
  • fill/fɪl/verbA14 meaningsTo put enough into something that no space is left.
  • finance/fɪˈnæns/nounB22 meaningsThe management of money.
  • find/ˈfɑjnd/verbA15 meaningsTo get to something or someone you were looking for.
  • fine/ˈfaɪ̯n/adjectiveA14 meaningsAll right; good enough; neither ill nor unhappy.
  • fine-tuneverbB2To make small adjustments to something so it works as well as possible.
  • fingerprint/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/nounB1+3 meaningsThe pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.
  • finish/ˈfɪnɪʃ/verbA25 meaningsTo bring something to its end, or to come to an end.
  • fire/ˈfaɪ.ə/nounA15 meaningsThe hot bright burning that gives off heat and light.
  • firm/fɜːm/adjectiveB15 meaningsSolid to press, but not hard.
  • fit/fɪt/verbA25 meaningsTo be the right size and shape for someone or something.
  • fix/fɪks/verbA25 meaningsTo repair something broken so that it works again.
  • fizz/fɪz/verbB2To make the soft hissing of escaping bubbles.
  • flag/flæɡ/nounB12 meaningsA piece of cloth with a country's colours on a pole.
  • flake/fleɪk/verbB2To come away in thin small pieces.
  • flank/flænk/nounB24 meaningsThe side of an animal or person, between the ribs and the hip.
  • flap/flæp/verbB24 meaningsTo move wings or something flat up and down through the air.
  • flare/flɛə̯/nounB22 meaningsA bright light fired to show where you are.
  • flash/flæʃ/nounA26 meaningsA sudden short burst of light.
  • flatten/ˈflæ.tən/verbB1+2 meaningsTo make or become level or flat.
  • flex/flɛks/verbB22 meaningsTo bend and tighten a muscle or joint.
  • flick/flɪk/verbB25 meaningsTo move something with one quick light stroke of a finger, wrist or tail.
  • flinch/ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo make a sudden small movement from fear or pain.
  • fling/ˈflɪŋ/verbB25 meaningsTo throw something with force and little care.
  • float/fləʊt/verbA24 meaningsTo rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking.
  • flock/flɒk/nounB14 meaningsA group of birds, sheep or goats.
  • flood/flʌd/nounB13 meaningsA large amount of water covering land that is normally dry.
  • flop/flɒp/nounB23 meaningsA complete public failure, especially of a film, show or product.
  • fluff/flʌf/nounB24 meaningsSoft light fibres that come off cloth and collect on clothes, in pockets and in corners.
  • flush/ˈflʌʃ/adjectiveB23 meaningsPerfectly level with the surrounding surface.
  • flutter/ˈflʌtə/verbB22 meaningsTo move the wings in quick light beats, or to move lightly in the air.
  • fog/fɒɡ/nounA2+3 meaningsThick cloud at ground level that makes it hard to see.
  • fold/ˈfəʊld/verbA24 meaningsTo bend something over on itself so one part covers another.
  • forbid/fəˈbɪd/verbB2To order that something must not be done.
  • force/fɔːs/verbB14 meaningsTo make somebody do something they do not want to do.
  • forecast/ˈfɔːkɑːst/nounB23 meaningsA statement of what the weather will do.
  • foresee/fɔɹˈsi/verbB2+2 meaningsTo know in advance that something will happen.
  • forge/fɔːd͡ʒ/nounC13 meaningsThe hearth or workshop where metal is heated and beaten.
  • forgive/fə(ɹ)ˈɡɪv/verbA23 meaningsTo stop feeling angry at somebody for what they did.
  • fork/fɔːk/nounA24 meaningsThe eating tool with a handle and three or four sharp points.
  • form/fɔːm/nounA15 meaningsA printed sheet with spaces for information.
  • fossiliseverbB2To be turned to stone and preserved over ages.
  • foster/ˈfɒstə/verbB24 meaningsTo bring up a child who is not your own, for a period and without adopting them.
  • foul/faʊl/nounB24 meaningsAn action against the rules in a sport.
  • found/ˈfaʊ̯nd/verbB2To set up an institution and provide for its beginning.