--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 21 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/21/) [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 21 [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/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/20/) **21** [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/22/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **fissure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fissure is a long, narrow crack, especially in rock or the ground.[↗](../../fissure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the body a fissure is a natural groove, such as a fold in the brain, or a small painful crack in the skin.[↗](../../fissure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fissure can also mean a split or disagreement between people in a group.[↗](../../fissure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lava poured out of a long fissure in the ground.[↗](../../fissure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The climber put her hand into a fissure in the rock.[↗](../../fissure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the earthquake a fissure opened across the road.[↗](../../fissure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Iceland some volcanoes erupt from fissures.[↗](../../fissure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water seeped through the fissures in the cave.[↗](../../fissure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The brain has deep fissures and folds.[↗](../../fissure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A fissure grew between the two friends after the argument.[↗](../../fissure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never go near fissures on a volcano; hot gas can come out.[↗](../../fissure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He walked and walked, and came to a hill: in that hill was a fissure, and in the fissure stood a hut.[↗](../../fissure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm.[↗](../../fist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He clenched his fist in anger.[↗](../../fist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We gave each other a fist bump.[↗](../../fist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She banged her fist on the table.[↗](../../fist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use your words, not your fists.[↗](../../fist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the months on the knuckles of your fist.[↗](../../fist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby held my finger in her tiny fist.[↗](../../fist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he beat his fists angrily against a tree.[↗](../../fist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; (Torah EXO.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?[↗](../../fist/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fist/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.[↗](../../fist/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.58.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fist/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **fit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To fit means to be the right size and shape to go in a place or on a body.[↗](../../fit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fit also means healthy and strong.[↗](../../fit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fit something is to put it in place.[↗](../../fit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A fit is a sudden short attack, like a fit of coughing or giggles.[↗](../../fit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Fit means right or good enough for something.[↗](../../fit/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many books fit on a shelf?[↗](../../fit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 eggs fit in a box.[↗](../../fit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can 30 people fit in the bus with 25 seats?[↗](../../fit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He keeps fit by running.[↗](../../fit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · These shoes don't fit me any more.[↗](../../fit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle piece fits here.[↗](../../fit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a fit of giggles.[↗](../../fit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She fits in well at her new school.[↗](../../fit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I think it will just fit you.[↗](../../fit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'?[↗](../../fit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.[↗](../../fit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.24.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fitch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old or trade word) A polecat, or its fur; also called a fitchew.[↗](../../fitch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, old) A kind of plant grown for seeds, a vetch or similar, mentioned as «fitches» in old English Bibles.[↗](../../fitch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A long-handled brush used by painters and signwriters.[↗](../../fitch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The polecat, or fitch, hunts rabbits at night.[↗](../../fitch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's old coat had a fitch fur collar.[↗](../../fitch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer in the Bible beat out his fitches with a staff.[↗](../../fitch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The painter used a fitch to reach into the corner.[↗](../../fitch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A fitch is related to the weasel and the ferret.[↗](../../fitch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **fitly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old) In a suitable or proper way; rightly.[↗](../../fitly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The story ends fitly with a feast.[↗](../../fitly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold.[↗](../../fitly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hall was fitly decorated for the wedding.[↗](../../fitly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was fitly rewarded for his courage.[↗](../../fitly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book said the king was fitly honoured.[↗](../../fitly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem was fitly read at the end of the day.[↗](../../fitly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here.[↗](../../fitly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../fitly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.[↗](../../fitly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fitly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.[↗](../../fitly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fitly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fitness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fitness is being healthy and strong in your body, especially from exercise.[↗](../../fitness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* How good or suitable someone or something is for a task: «fitness for the job».[↗](../../fitness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) In biology, how well a living thing survives and has young in its environment.[↗](../../fitness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We did a fitness test in PE today.[↗](../../fitness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming is great for fitness.[↗](../../fitness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad joined a fitness class on Saturdays.[↗](../../fitness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fitness improved after a month of running.[↗](../../fitness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My fitness tracker counts my steps.[↗](../../fitness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach checked the players' fitness before the match.[↗](../../fitness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fitted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fitted clothes are made to match the shape of the body closely.[↗](../../fitted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fitted furniture, such as a fitted kitchen or fitted carpet, is made to fit a particular space and fixed in place.[↗](../../fitted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fitted is the past form of «fit»: it was the right size, or someone put something in place.[↗](../../fitted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Fitted out means supplied with everything needed for a trip or job.[↗](../../fitted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The glass slipper fitted Cinderella perfectly.[↗](../../fitted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is fitted with seatbelts in every seat.[↗](../../fitted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad fitted a new lock on the door.[↗](../../fitted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a fitted jacket.[↗](../../fitted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A fitted sheet has elastic at the corners.[↗](../../fitted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a fitted carpet put in.[↗](../../fitted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All the books fitted on one shelf.[↗](../../fitted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When they were properly fitted out I embarked on my expedition.[↗](../../fitted/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.[↗](../../fitted/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fitted/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fitter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fitter means more fit: healthier and stronger, especially from exercise.[↗](../../fitter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fitter is a worker who puts parts of machines, kitchens, gas pipes or carpets in place.[↗](../../fitter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fitter can also be a person who fits clothes or shoes on people.[↗](../../fitter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm getting fitter because I run every day.[↗](../../fitter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming made her fitter and stronger.[↗](../../fitter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen fitter put in the new cupboards.[↗](../../fitter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A gas fitter came to check the boiler.[↗](../../fitter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is fitter, you or your dad?[↗](../../fitter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking to school helps you stay fitter.[↗](../../fitter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpet fitter measured the room.[↗](../../fitter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fitting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Right or suitable for a certain time or situation: «a fitting end».[↗](../../fitting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A time when you try on clothes so they can be made the right size: «a dress fitting».[↗](../../fitting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small part fixed to something, like a tap, a handle or a light: «bathroom fittings».[↗](../../fitting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The -ing form of «fit»: being the right size or shape, or putting something in place.[↗](../../fitting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a fitting end to the story when the kind boy won the prize.[↗](../../fitting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a fitting for my bridesmaid dress.[↗](../../fitting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber changed the fittings in the bathroom.[↗](../../fitting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is fitting a new lock on the door.[↗](../../fitting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a tight-fitting swimming cap.[↗](../../fitting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed fitting to plant a tree on the day we said goodbye to our teacher.[↗](../../fitting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shoes are not fitting well, so we will swap them.[↗](../../fitting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Loose-fitting clothes are cooler in hot weather.[↗](../../fitting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He took the bow, and fitting an arrow to the notch, took careful aim and let fly.[↗](../../fitting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.[↗](../../fitting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fitting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The numeral one 1 and the zero 0 are a fitting symbolization of the two opposing principles concerning which the Sefer Yetzirah iv\> "23) says as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../fitting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fittingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that suits what is right or proper.[↗](../../fittingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a suitable and proper way, as is fitting.[↗](../../fittingly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was fittingly rewarded for her kindness.[↗](../../fittingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered fittingly, with a bow.[↗](../../fittingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The feast ended fittingly with songs.[↗](../../fittingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I will thank you fittingly when I can.[↗](../../fittingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **five** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Five is the number 5, one more than four.[↗](../../five/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A five is the digit 5, or a five-dollar or five-pound note.[↗](../../five/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «High five» means slapping hands together to say well done.[↗](../../five/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: two apples and five pears[↗](../../five/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Five friends share 20 grapes.[↗](../../five/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leo has five boxes of 3 pens.[↗](../../five/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hand has 5 fingers.[↗](../../five/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Count in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.[↗](../../five/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · School finishes at five past three.[↗](../../five/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben is five years old.[↗](../../five/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Give me a high five\![↗](../../five/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Here, take these five gold pieces.[↗](../../five/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.[↗](../../five/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.[↗](../../five/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · All the sons of Judah were five.[↗](../../five/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.[↗](../../five/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.[↗](../../five/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.7.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../five/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fiver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fiver is an informal word for a five-pound note in the UK or a five-dollar note in some other countries.[↗](../../fiver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fiver can mean five pounds or five dollars of money.[↗](../../fiver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma gave me a fiver for my birthday.[↗](../../fiver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tickets cost a fiver each.[↗](../../fiver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you lend me a fiver?[↗](../../fiver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I paid with a fiver and got two pounds change.[↗](../../fiver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two fivers make a tenner.[↗](../../fiver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He found a crumpled fiver in his pocket.[↗](../../fiver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A fiver is enough for a sandwich and a drink.[↗](../../fiver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fix** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To fix something means to repair it so that it works again.[↗](../../fix/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To fix means to attach something firmly in place: fix a shelf to the wall.[↗](../../fix/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fix can mean to decide or arrange: fix a date.[↗](../../fix/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To fix a meal (USA) means to make it.[↗](../../fix/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A fix is a solution to a problem; being in a fix means being in trouble.[↗](../../fix/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To fix your hopes or gaze on someone means to put all your trust in them or look at them steadily.[↗](../../fix/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad fixed my broken bike.[↗](../../fix/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you fix this toy?[↗](../../fix/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fix your spelling mistakes before you hand in your work.[↗](../../fix/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We fixed the bookshelf to the wall so it can't fall.[↗](../../fix/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll fix you a sandwich.[↗](../../fix/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We were in a real fix when we lost the map.[↗](../../fix/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's fix a time to meet.[↗](../../fix/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There's no quick fix for being tired; you need sleep.[↗](../../fix/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am the man on whom many persons fix their hopes.[↗](../../fix/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne.[↗](../../fix/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../fix/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **fixed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fixed means repaired, made to work again.[↗](../../fixed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fixed means attached firmly so it cannot move.[↗](../../fixed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fixed means set and not changing, like a fixed price or fixed time.[↗](../../fixed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A fixed stare or smile does not change.[↗](../../fixed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A fixed game or result has been cheated, arranged dishonestly.[↗](../../fixed/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad fixed my bike yesterday.[↗](../../fixed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shelf is fixed to the wall with screws.[↗](../../fixed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tickets have a fixed price of five pounds.[↗](../../fixed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes were fixed on the screen.[↗](../../fixed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fair test, keep everything fixed except one thing.[↗](../../fixed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The match was fixed, so the result didn't count.[↗](../../fixed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes were fixed on the stars.[↗](../../fixed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It never appears on its own in the SY, being found only in the fixed expression Sefirot Belimah.[↗](../../fixed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../fixed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He fixed the twenty-two letters, stamina, on the sphere like a wall with two hundred and thirty-one gates, \[18\] and turned the spheres forward and backward.[↗](../../fixed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../fixed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He fixed these as testimonies of the Triad, the Heptad, and the Dodecad; the twelve constellations rulers of the world, the Dragon (THELE) Tali which environs the universe, and the microcosm, man.[↗](../../fixed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../fixed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **fixedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.[↗](../../fixedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat stared fixedly at the mouse hole.[↗](../../fixedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gazed fixedly at the sea.[↗](../../fixedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked fixedly at the monster.[↗](../../fixedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl watched fixedly from the branch.[↗](../../fixedly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **fixture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fixture is something fixed in a building that is meant to stay there, like a sink, bath, light or cupboard.[↗](../../fixture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A fixture is a sports match planned for a certain day.[↗](../../fixture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fixture is a person or thing that is always there, like a regular at a place.[↗](../../fixture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new light fixture in the kitchen is very bright.[↗](../../fixture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our next fixture is against Westfield School.[↗](../../fixture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fixture list shows a home match every second Saturday.[↗](../../fixture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When they moved, they left the fixtures, like the bath and sink.[↗](../../fixture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Mr Jones is a fixture at the café; he's there every morning.[↗](../../fixture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The match was a fixture between two top teams.[↗](../../fixture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team has eight fixtures this term.[↗](../../fixture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fizz** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To make lots of tiny gas bubbles with a hissing sound, like a fizzy drink.[↗](../../fizz/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The bubbles in a drink, or the hissing sound.[↗](../../fizz/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, informal) Excitement or energy.[↗](../../fizz/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, UK informal) A fizzy drink, sometimes champagne.[↗](../../fizz/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tablet fizzed in the water.[↗](../../fizz/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My lemonade has lost its fizz.[↗](../../fizz/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix vinegar and baking soda and watch it fizz.[↗](../../fizz/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The firework fizzed and then went out.[↗](../../fizz/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The classroom fizzed with excitement.[↗](../../fizz/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shake the bottle and the fizz will spray out.[↗](../../fizz/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They opened some fizz to celebrate.[↗](../../fizz/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whirr-r-r, how they fizzed and blazed\![↗](../../fizz/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/20/) **21** [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/22/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/20/) - next →: [page 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/22/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)