--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 26 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/26/) [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 26 [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/) · 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meaning 1:* A very hard grey or black stone that makes sparks when struck against steel, and breaks into sharp edges.[↗](../../flint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piece of flint used to light a fire or, long ago, as a tool or arrowhead.[↗](../../flint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small piece of metal in a lighter that makes the spark.[↗](../../flint/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stone Age people made tools from flint.[↗](../../flint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a flint on the chalk beach.[↗](../../flint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He struck flint and steel to make a spark.[↗](../../flint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrowhead was made of sharp flint.[↗](../../flint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum showed a flint hand axe.[↗](../../flint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a heart of flint and never forgave anyone.[↗](../../flint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The badger heard the flint striking, and asked:[↗](../../flint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.'[↗](../../flint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Torah DEU.8.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flint/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.[↗](../../flint/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flint/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.[↗](../../flint/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.114.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flint/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · At that time the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.'[↗](../../flint/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flint/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **flinty** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Hard like flint stone.[↗](../../flinty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Torah DEU.32.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flinty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.[↗](../../flinty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flinty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **flip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To flip something is to turn it over quickly, like a coin or a pancake.[↗](../../flip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A flip is a jump where you turn over in the air, like a gymnast.[↗](../../flip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To flip a switch is to turn it on or off.[↗](../../flip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To flip through a book is to turn the pages quickly.[↗](../../flip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To flip a shape in maths is to reflect it, like in a mirror.[↗](../../flip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam flips a coin 20 times.[↗](../../flip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It lands on heads 12 times.[↗](../../flip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia did 3 flips on the mat.[↗](../../flip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad flipped 8 pancakes.[↗](../../flip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flip the shape over the line.[↗](../../flip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Flip the switch to turn on the light.[↗](../../flip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She flipped through the comic.[↗](../../flip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore flip-flops at the beach.[↗](../../flip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flipper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flipper is a flat, wide limb that seals, turtles, penguins and dolphins use for swimming.[↗](../../flipper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Flippers are long rubber shoes like fins that people wear on their feet to swim faster.[↗](../../flipper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seal waved its flipper.[↗](../../flipper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turtles use their front flippers to swim.[↗](../../flipper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I wore flippers and a snorkel at the beach.[↗](../../flipper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A penguin's wings work like flippers.[↗](../../flipper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flippers help you swim faster.[↗](../../flipper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dolphin slapped the water with its flipper.[↗](../../flipper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't walk fast in flippers; you'll trip.[↗](../../flipper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And all that time he never set flipper on dry ground.[↗](../../flipper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flipping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (mild swearing, UK) a soft stand-in for a stronger swear word, to show annoyance or for emphasis: «It's flipping freezing».[↗](../../flipping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literal) turning over quickly: «flipping pancakes», «flipping a coin».[↗](../../flipping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) becoming suddenly angry or upset: «flipping out».[↗](../../flipping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's flipping freezing out here\![↗](../../flipping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Where's my flipping homework gone?[↗](../../flipping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was flipping pancakes in the kitchen.[↗](../../flipping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We flipped a coin twenty times and got heads eleven times.[↗](../../flipping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flipping heck, that was close\![↗](../../flipping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When she saw the mess, Mum started flipping out.[↗](../../flipping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You're flipping brilliant at this game.[↗](../../flipping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, flipping a shape over a line is called a reflection.[↗](../../flipping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flirt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flirt is someone who plays at liking another person to win their attention.[↗](../../flirt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To flirt is to tease or play with someone's feelings.[↗](../../flirt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old use) A flirt is a quick, light movement, a flick or dart, as of a young bird's wings.[↗](../../flirt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He said to Mibrafruz: «Listen to me, you cruel flirt!»[↗](../../flirt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fionn grew long and straight, with the flirt and spring of a young bird.[↗](../../flirt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **flit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To flit is to move or fly quickly and lightly from one place to another, like a butterfly or a bird.[↗](../../flit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If a thought or expression flits across your mind or face, it is there for a very short moment.[↗](../../flit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Scotland, northern England) To flit, or do a flit, is to move house; a «moonlight flit» is leaving secretly at night, often to avoid paying debts.[↗](../../flit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Butterflies flitted between the flowers.[↗](../../flit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bat flitted past the window.[↗](../../flit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A smile flitted across her face.[↗](../../flit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He flits from one hobby to another.[↗](../../flit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A strange thought flitted through my mind.[↗](../../flit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The family did a moonlight flit and left no address.[↗](../../flit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gay colors were to be seen here, and a butterfly, too, was flitting by.[↗](../../flit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.[↗](../../flit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **float** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stay on top of water or another liquid without sinking.[↗](../../float/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To move slowly through air or water: a balloon floats away.[↗](../../float/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A noun: something that floats, like a float used to learn swimming or on a fishing line.[↗](../../float/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A noun: a decorated truck in a parade.[↗](../../float/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A noun: a small amount of money in a cash box for change.[↗](../../float/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wood floats but stones sink.[↗](../../float/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice floats on water.[↗](../../float/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lie on your back and float.[↗](../../float/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I use a float in my swimming lesson.[↗](../../float/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloon floated up into the sky.[↗](../../float/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which objects float or sink.[↗](../../float/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves floated down the stream.[↗](../../float/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The school float in the parade was covered in flowers.[↗](../../float/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The canoe floated to the shore.[↗](../../float/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.'[↗](../../float/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../float/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **floating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Floating means staying on top of water or another liquid without sinking.[↗](../../floating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Floating also means drifting slowly in the air, like a balloon or a feather.[↗](../../floating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Floating can mean moving around without a fixed place, like a floating teacher.[↗](../../floating/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The duck is floating on the pond.[↗](../../floating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which objects were floating and which sank.[↗](../../floating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A balloon was floating up into the sky.[↗](../../floating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you fall in the water, try floating on your back.[↗](../../floating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clouds were floating across the sky.[↗](../../floating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cube kept floating in my drink.[↗](../../floating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An apple floats but a stone sinks.[↗](../../floating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves were floating down the stream.[↗](../../floating/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A strong chain kept it from floating away.[↗](../../floating/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **flock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flock is a group of birds or sheep together.[↗](../../flock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A flock is a big crowd of people.[↗](../../flock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To flock is to come together or go somewhere in large numbers: «people flocked to the beach».[↗](../../flock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A flock of 30 sheep grazed on the hill.[↗](../../flock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 birds flew away from the flock.[↗](../../flock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 flocks with 12 geese each.[↗](../../flock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many birds are in the flock now?[↗](../../flock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A flock of geese flew south for the winter.[↗](../../flock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd counted his flock every evening.[↗](../../flock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Crowds flocked to the beach on the hot day.[↗](../../flock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds of a feather flock together.[↗](../../flock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.[↗](../../flock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.[↗](../../flock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.[↗](../../flock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.[↗](../../flock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.27.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; (Prophets 2SA.12.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock\![↗](../../flock/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.11.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flock/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **floe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea.[↗](../../floe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A polar bear stood on the ice floe.[↗](../../floe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seals rested on the floating floe.[↗](../../floe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship pushed slowly between the floes.[↗](../../floe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers drifted for months on an ice floe.[↗](../../floe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Warmer seas mean fewer ice floes in summer.[↗](../../floe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The floe cracked and split in two.[↗](../../floe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **flog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To beat someone hard with a whip or stick as a punishment (now illegal in most places).[↗](../../flog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Australia, informal) To sell something, often quickly or cheaply.[↗](../../flog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Australia, NZ slang) To steal.[↗](../../flog/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) «flog a dead horse»: waste effort on something that will not work.[↗](../../flog/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Long ago, sailors were flogged for breaking rules.[↗](../../flog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK informal) I'm going to flog my old scooter online.[↗](../../flog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia slang) Someone flogged my pencil case\![↗](../../flog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Trying to fix that broken toy is flogging a dead horse.[↗](../../flog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cruel captain flogged the crew.[↗](../../flog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) They flogged all the cakes in ten minutes.[↗](../../flog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The king read the paper, and ordering the man to be flogged, dismissed him.[↗](../../flog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **flogging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beating with a whip or stick as a punishment.[↗](../../flogging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Selling something: «flogging old toys».[↗](../../flogging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A heavy defeat in sport: «They got a flogging».[↗](../../flogging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Flogging was a common punishment on old ships.[↗](../../flogging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Our team got a flogging, ten nil.[↗](../../flogging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's been flogging cakes at the market all morning.[↗](../../flogging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Public flogging is now banned in most countries.[↗](../../flogging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book described a cruel flogging.[↗](../../flogging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) That was a real flogging — we lost by fifty points.[↗](../../flogging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And as the picture made no reply, he tore it down from the wall, set it on a cart and drove it away, flogging it as he went, and crying--[↗](../../flogging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **flood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flood is a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry.[↗](../../flood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To flood is to cover a place with water, or to overflow.[↗](../../flood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A flood of something is a very large amount arriving at once, like a flood of letters.[↗](../../flood/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To flood in is to arrive in large numbers.[↗](../../flood/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The river burst its banks and flooded the town.[↗](../../flood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk through flood water.[↗](../../flood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A flash flood came after the storm.[↗](../../flood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom flooded when the bath overflowed.[↗](../../flood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Letters flooded in after the TV show.[↗](../../flood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was in floods of tears.[↗](../../flood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town built walls to stop floods.[↗](../../flood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prince Ivan burst into a flood of bitter tears, and rode on still farther.[↗](../../flood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.[↗](../../flood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.[↗](../../flood/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.[↗](../../flood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The floods of Belial assailed me.[↗](../../flood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.22.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.[↗](../../flood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together; (Writings PSA.98.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flood/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **floodplain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A floodplain is the flat land beside a river that gets covered with water when the river floods.[↗](../../floodplain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farm lies on the river's floodplain.[↗](../../floodplain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Floods leave rich soil on the floodplain.[↗](../../floodplain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Building houses on a floodplain is risky.[↗](../../floodplain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The floodplain was under water after the storm.[↗](../../floodplain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the floodplain on your river diagram.[↗](../../floodplain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows graze on the floodplain in summer.[↗](../../floodplain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **floor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A floor is the flat part of a room that you walk on.[↗](../../floor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A floor is a level of a building, one above another, like the third floor.[↗](../../floor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The ocean floor or forest floor is the ground at the bottom.[↗](../../floor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The floor is 5 metres long and 4 metres wide.[↗](../../floor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel has 12 floors.[↗](../../floor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each floor has 9 rooms.[↗](../../floor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She tiles a floor of 20 square feet.[↗](../../floor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please pick your clothes up off the floor.[↗](../../floor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Careful, the floor is wet.[↗](../../floor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves cover the forest floor.[↗](../../floor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom is on the second floor.[↗](../../floor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress.[↗](../../floor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.16.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press.[↗](../../floor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.18.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.[↗](../../floor/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.15.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.[↗](../../floor/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.[↗](../../floor/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.'[↗](../../floor/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../floor/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **floorboard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A floorboard is one of the long flat pieces of wood that make a wooden floor.[↗](../../floorboard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The floorboards creaked as he crept upstairs.[↗](../../floorboard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They found an old letter under a loose floorboard.[↗](../../floorboard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mouse lived under the floorboards.[↗](../../floorboard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad painted the floorboards white.[↗](../../floorboard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mind the loose floorboard by the door.[↗](../../floorboard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard footsteps on the floorboards above.[↗](../../floorboard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The floorboards were polished and shiny.[↗](../../floorboard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/25/) **26** [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/27/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 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