--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 906 words of the English dictionary under F, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / F # F — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/12/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **feeler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeler is a long, thin part on the head of an insect, snail or other small animal, used to touch, smell and sense the world; scientists call insect feelers antennae.[↗](../../feeler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To put out feelers means to quietly try to find out what people think before you decide something.[↗](../../feeler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beetle waved its feelers in the air.[↗](../../feeler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When I touched the snail, it pulled its feelers in.[↗](../../feeler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants touch feelers to pass messages to each other.[↗](../../feeler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterflies have club-shaped feelers.[↗](../../feeler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A snail's eyes are at the ends of its long feelers.[↗](../../feeler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put out feelers to see if any shop had the game in stock.[↗](../../feeler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘She has no feelers!’ cried another.[↗](../../feeler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **feeling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An emotion such as happy, sad, angry or scared.[↗](../../feeling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something you feel in your body.[↗](../../feeling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a feeling of cold".[↗](../../feeling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An idea or belief that is not sure.[↗](../../feeling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I have a feeling it will rain."[↗](../../feeling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Feelings" also means someone's emotions that can be hurt.[↗](../../feeling/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "hurt her feelings".[↗](../../feeling/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The ability to feel with touch.[↗](../../feeling/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "no feeling in my fingers".[↗](../../feeling/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What feeling do you have right now?[↗](../../feeling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't hurt her feelings.[↗](../../feeling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a funny feeling something was wrong.[↗](../../feeling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's OK to have angry feelings.[↗](../../feeling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My fingers have no feeling in the cold.[↗](../../feeling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a feeling we'll win.[↗](../../feeling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Talk about your feelings with someone you trust.[↗](../../feeling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No hard feelings, okay?[↗](../../feeling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Walter got up feeling very foolish.[↗](../../feeling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **feelings** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feelings are what happens inside you that make you happy, sad, angry, scared, excited and so on; emotions.[↗](../../feelings/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your feelings are also the part of you that can be hurt by what people say or do: «You hurt my feelings».[↗](../../feelings/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Feelings can mean opinions or attitudes: «What are your feelings about the plan?».[↗](../../feelings/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is okay to talk about your feelings.[↗](../../feelings/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling him names hurt his feelings.[↗](../../feelings/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had mixed feelings about moving house.[↗](../../feelings/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a face to show your feelings today.[↗](../../feelings/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to think about other people's feelings.[↗](../../feelings/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No hard feelings — let's be friends again.[↗](../../feelings/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Anger and fear are strong feelings.[↗](../../feelings/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept his feelings to himself.[↗](../../feelings/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **feign** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To pretend to feel something or to be ill, tired or asleep when you are not.[↗](../../feign/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To feign can also mean to pretend not to know something.[↗](../../feign/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tom feigned a headache so he would not have to go swimming.[↗](../../feign/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The possum feigned death to trick the dog.[↗](../../feign/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She feigned surprise, but she already knew about the party.[↗](../../feign/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He feigned interest in his aunt's holiday photos.[↗](../../feign/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat feigned sleep while watching the mouse.[↗](../../feign/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't feign illness; tell the truth about the test.[↗](../../feign/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Him also the Yaga attempts to destroy, but he feigns ignorance, and persuades her to show him how to tie knots and to blow.[↗](../../feign/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.'[↗](../../feign/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feign/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **feigned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pretended; shown on the outside but not truly felt.[↗](../../feigned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past form of feign: having pretended to feel or be something.[↗](../../feigned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She gasped with feigned surprise when she opened the present she had already seen.[↗](../../feigned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He feigned illness to miss the spelling test.[↗](../../feigned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With feigned innocence, the dog sat next to the chewed shoe.[↗](../../feigned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy spoke with feigned calm.[↗](../../feigned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her feigned smile did not fool her best friend.[↗](../../feigned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox feigned sleep until the hens came close.[↗](../../feigned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "W'ich ark's dat?" asked the old man, in a tone of well-feigned curiosity.[↗](../../feigned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.[↗](../../feigned/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.21.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feigned/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **feigning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pretending to have a feeling, illness or state that is not real: «feigning sleep», «feigning surprise».[↗](../../feigning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was feigning illness to miss the test.[↗](../../feigning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The opossum survives by feigning death.[↗](../../feigning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She lay still, feigning sleep.[↗](../../feigning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was feigning surprise, but he knew about the party.[↗](../../feigning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop feigning — I know you're awake\![↗](../../feigning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird was feigning a broken wing to lead the fox away.[↗](../../feigning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **feldspar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A very common group of light-coloured minerals found in many rocks, such as granite.[↗](../../feldspar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Granite contains feldspar, quartz and mica.[↗](../../feldspar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pink crystals in the rock are feldspar.[↗](../../feldspar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Feldspar is used in making glass and pottery.[↗](../../feldspar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked at feldspar under a magnifying glass.[↗](../../feldspar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Feldspar is softer than quartz.[↗](../../feldspar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Most rocks in the Earth's crust contain feldspar.[↗](../../feldspar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **felicity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Felicity is great happiness, joy and good fortune.[↗](../../felicity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They lived in great felicity.[↗](../../felicity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stream of life flows on to joy and felicity.[↗](../../felicity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her felicity showed in her smile.[↗](../../felicity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **felid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A felid is any member of the cat family, Felidae: from pet cats to lions, tigers, lynxes and cheetahs.[↗](../../felid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Felid is a scientific word; everyday English says «cat» or «wild cat».[↗](../../felid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cheetah is the fastest felid.[↗](../../felid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions, tigers and house cats are all felids.[↗](../../felid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Most felids hunt alone, but lions live in groups.[↗](../../felid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study how felids use their whiskers.[↗](../../felid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The snow leopard is a rare felid of the mountains.[↗](../../felid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo has five kinds of felid.[↗](../../felid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **feline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with cats or the cat family, which includes house cats, lions, tigers, leopards and cheetahs.[↗](../../feline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Like a cat, graceful, quiet and smooth in the way you move, as in «feline grace».[↗](../../feline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A cat or any animal of the cat family.[↗](../../feline/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions, tigers and house cats are all felines.[↗](../../feline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet specialises in feline illnesses.[↗](../../feline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She moved with feline grace across the stage.[↗](../../feline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheetah is the fastest feline.[↗](../../feline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cat has a very feline way of ignoring me.[↗](../../feline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The feline eyes glowed in the dark.[↗](../../feline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (past of fall) Dropped down or came down.[↗](../../fell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I fell off my bike.[↗](../../fell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To cut down a tree, or knock someone down.[↗](../../fell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* They felled the old oak.[↗](../../fell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, UK) A hill or high moor in the north of England: the Lake District fells.[↗](../../fell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective, old or poetry) Cruel or terrible: «at one fell swoop» = all at once.[↗](../../fell/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I fell over and hurt my knee.[↗](../../fell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby fell asleep in the car.[↗](../../fell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature fell from 12 °C to 4 °C, a fall of 8 degrees.[↗](../../fell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves fell from the trees in autumn.[↗](../../fell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers felled three tall trees.[↗](../../fell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked up the fell to see the lake.[↗](../../fell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She fell in love with the puppy.[↗](../../fell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This lasted for a while, and then they came upon the fells.[↗](../../fell/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.'[↗](../../fell/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fell/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: 'Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.'[↗](../../fell/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fell/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **fella** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, slang) A man or a boy; a spelling of «fellow» that shows how people say it.[↗](../../fella/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A boyfriend: «her fella».[↗](../../fella/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hey, fella, you dropped your hat\![↗](../../fella/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That little fella is my puppy, Max.[↗](../../fella/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The young fella next door helped carry our shopping.[↗](../../fella/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is bringing her new fella to dinner.[↗](../../fella/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Come on, fellas, the game is starting\![↗](../../fella/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fella at the shop always gives us a sweet.[↗](../../fella/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **felloe** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The rim of a wheel, or a piece of it.[↗](../../felloe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.[↗](../../felloe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../felloe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **fellow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, a bit old-fashioned) A man or boy.[↗](../../fellow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He's a nice fellow.[↗](../../fellow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Someone in the same group or situation as you: my fellow pupils.[↗](../../fellow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A member of a society or an important person at a university.[↗](../../fellow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) One of a pair: a sock without its fellow.[↗](../../fellow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He seems a friendly fellow.[↗](../../fellow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I thanked my fellow classmates for their help.[↗](../../fellow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fellow passengers helped the old lady with her bag.[↗](../../fellow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor fellow was soaking wet.[↗](../../fellow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She became a fellow of the science society.[↗](../../fellow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We are fellow members of the chess club.[↗](../../fellow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ah, you foolish fellows!" he cried.[↗](../../fellow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?'[↗](../../fellow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known'; (Torah DEU.13.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow; (Prophets 2SA.16.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But certain base fellows said: 'How shall this man save us?'[↗](../../fellow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And they despised him, and brought him no present.[↗](../../fellow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.10.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; (Writings PSA.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **fellowship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A friendly feeling of sharing and belonging among people with the same interests.[↗](../../fellowship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group or club of people who share an aim or belief.[↗](../../fellowship/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Christians meeting together, sharing faith, prayer and friendship.[↗](../../fellowship/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A special job or paid place for a researcher at a university.[↗](../../fellowship/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the service there is tea and fellowship in the church hall.[↗](../../fellowship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fellowship of the campers made the trip special.[↗](../../fellowship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe fellowship with others helps their faith grow.[↗](../../fellowship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nine heroes formed a fellowship to destroy the ring.[↗](../../fellowship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She won a fellowship to study at a university.[↗](../../fellowship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our youth fellowship meets on Friday evenings.[↗](../../fellowship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the youngsters said they would rather make a speech and drink to their good fellowship; they had no wish to marry.[↗](../../fellowship/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?[↗](../../fellowship/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fellowship/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **felt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Felt is the past of «feel»: you felt happy, you felt the soft fur.[↗](../../felt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Felt is a thick, soft cloth made by pressing wool or other fibres together.[↗](../../felt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Felt-tip pen» is a pen with a soft tip of this material.[↗](../../felt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt very happy on my birthday.[↗](../../felt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt the warm sand under her feet.[↗](../../felt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt sorry for the lost puppy.[↗](../../felt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made puppets out of felt.[↗](../../felt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Colour the picture with felt-tip pens.[↗](../../felt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt like going home.[↗](../../felt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After a rest, she felt better.[↗](../../felt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Of course he felt quite hopeless.[↗](../../felt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.[↗](../../felt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../felt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?[↗](../../felt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../felt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.'[↗](../../felt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.10.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../felt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake?[↗](../../felt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../felt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **female** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Female means of the sex that can have babies or lay eggs; women and girls are female.[↗](../../female/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A female is a female person or animal.[↗](../../female/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In plants, female parts make seeds or fruit.[↗](../../female/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A female lion is called a lioness.[↗](../../female/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the female mosquito bites.[↗](../../female/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The female bird sits on the eggs.[↗](../../female/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 14 female and 12 male pupils in our class.[↗](../../female/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The female part of the flower is in the middle.[↗](../../female/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Female sea turtles come back to the beach to lay eggs.[↗](../../female/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Here sat two female figures, a young and an old one.[↗](../../female/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.[↗](../../female/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../female/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female.[↗](../../female/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.12.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../female/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.[↗](../../female/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../female/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **feminine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feminine means typical of or thought to be suitable for women or girls.[↗](../../feminine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) In many languages, feminine is a group (gender) of nouns and words, like «la» words in French.[↗](../../feminine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In English, some feminine word forms show a female: actress, lioness, waitress.[↗](../../feminine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Lioness» is the feminine form of «lion».[↗](../../feminine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, «table» is a feminine noun.[↗](../../feminine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She likes a feminine style with flowers and lace.[↗](../../feminine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Duchess» is the feminine of «duke».[↗](../../feminine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem has soft, feminine rhymes.[↗](../../feminine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys and girls can like any colour — colours are not really feminine or masculine.[↗](../../feminine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish, many feminine nouns end in «-a».[↗](../../feminine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[239\] Kruchina, as an abstract idea, is of the feminine gender.[↗](../../feminine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **femur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee.[↗](../../femur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.[↗](../../femur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The femur is the longest bone in your body.[↗](../../femur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your femur joins your hip and your knee.[↗](../../femur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the femur, skull and ribs on the skeleton.[↗](../../femur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinosaur's femur was taller than a man.[↗](../../femur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A broken femur takes months to heal.[↗](../../femur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The femur is very strong because it carries your weight.[↗](../../femur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Muscles pull on the femur to move your leg.[↗](../../femur/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/12/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)