--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 32 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/32/) [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 32 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Foraging means searching for food, especially wild food, like animals looking for something to eat.[↗](../../foraging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Foraging is the hobby of collecting wild food like berries, nuts, mushrooms and herbs.[↗](../../foraging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Foraging means searching around for something: «foraging in the cupboard for biscuits».[↗](../../foraging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees spend the day foraging for nectar.[↗](../../foraging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bears were foraging for berries.[↗](../../foraging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went foraging for blackberries in the lane.[↗](../../foraging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat a mushroom you found foraging without asking an expert.[↗](../../foraging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother was foraging in the fridge for a snack.[↗](../../foraging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants leave trails while foraging.[↗](../../foraging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer were foraging at the edge of the woods.[↗](../../foraging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the cat went out foraging for wheat, so that the cock might have something to eat.[↗](../../foraging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **foray** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A quick raid into enemy land to take goods or loot.[↗](../../foray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.[↗](../../foray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **forbear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, in fairy tales) To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain.[↗](../../forbear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them.[↗](../../forbear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Forbear to open the golden door.[↗](../../forbear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I must forbear from eating the last cake.[↗](../../forbear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king forbore to punish the boy.[↗](../../forbear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.[↗](../../forbear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.[↗](../../forbear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.[↗](../../forbear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?[↗](../../forbear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.[↗](../../forbear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.44.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **forbid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say that someone must not do something; not to allow it.[↗](../../forbid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make something impossible (in grown-up use: «God forbid» means I hope it never happens).[↗](../../forbid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My parents forbid me to cycle on the main road.[↗](../../forbid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Running by the pool is forbidden.[↗](../../forbid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules forbid phones in class.[↗](../../forbid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king forbade anyone to enter the forest.[↗](../../forbid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The forbidden door was locked.[↗](../../forbid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Feeding the animals is strictly forbidden at the zoo.[↗](../../forbid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Naboth said to Ahab: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.'[↗](../../forbid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.21.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto his men: 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should do this thing unto my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the LORD'S anointed.'[↗](../../forbid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.24.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.'[↗](../../forbid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **forbidden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law.[↗](../../forbidden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Forbidden can describe something you are told not to have or go near, which can seem tempting.[↗](../../forbidden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Swimming in the quarry is strictly forbidden.[↗](../../forbidden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Phones are forbidden during tests.[↗](../../forbidden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, she opened the forbidden door.[↗](../../forbidden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is forbidden to feed the animals at the zoo.[↗](../../forbidden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The children were forbidden to go into the woods alone.[↗](../../forbidden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Running by the pool is forbidden.[↗](../../forbidden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The forbidden fruit always seems sweeter.[↗](../../forbidden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.[↗](../../forbidden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forbidden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **forbidding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forbidding means looking unfriendly, frightening or dangerous: a forbidding castle.[↗](../../forbidding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Forbidding is the -ing form of forbid: telling someone they must not do something.[↗](../../forbidding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle looked dark and forbidding.[↗](../../forbidding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher gave us a forbidding stare.[↗](../../forbidding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a sign forbidding dogs on the beach.[↗](../../forbidding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The forbidding cliffs rose above the sea.[↗](../../forbidding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is forbidding sweets before dinner.[↗](../../forbidding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest seemed forbidding at night.[↗](../../forbidding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **force** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape.[↗](../../force/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strength or power: «He pushed with force».[↗](../../force/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to make someone do something they don't want to: «Nobody can force you».[↗](../../force/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to use strength to open or move something: force a door open.[↗](../../force/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A group of people trained to work together: the police force, the air force.[↗](../../force/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A force is a push or a pull.[↗](../../force/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravity is a force that pulls things down.[↗](../../force/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Friction is a force that slows things down.[↗](../../force/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Forces are measured in newtons.[↗](../../force/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody can force you to keep a bad secret.[↗](../../force/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He forced the door open.[↗](../../force/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The police force keeps people safe.[↗](../../force/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The two teams joined forces to win.[↗](../../force/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Who dares to use force in my palace?[↗](../../force/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.[↗](../../force/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../force/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.[↗](../../force/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../force/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · is '' the voices from nothing."[↗](../../force/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession.[↗](../../force/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../force/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?[↗](../../force/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../force/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.[↗](../../force/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../force/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.[↗](../../force/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../force/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **forceful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strong and confident in what you say or do, making people listen.[↗](../../forceful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Using strength or force; powerful.[↗](../../forceful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She made a forceful speech about saving the park.[↗](../../forceful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain has a forceful personality.[↗](../../forceful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His forceful kick sent the ball flying.[↗](../../forceful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves gave a forceful push against the rocks.[↗](../../forceful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Stop that now,» he said in a forceful voice.[↗](../../forceful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her forceful argument changed our minds.[↗](../../forceful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **forcefully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forcefully means with a lot of strength or power.[↗](../../forcefully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a strong, confident way that makes people listen: «she argued forcefully».[↗](../../forcefully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He knocked forcefully on the door.[↗](../../forcefully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She argued forcefully that the rule was unfair.[↗](../../forcefully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind blew forcefully against the windows.[↗](../../forcefully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Push the lever forcefully to open the gate.[↗](../../forcefully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain spoke forcefully to the team.[↗](../../forcefully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball was kicked forcefully into the net.[↗](../../forcefully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **forcible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done by using force or violence, against someone's will.[↗](../../forcible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strong and convincing, as in «a forcible argument».[↗](../../forcible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police made a forcible entry into the house.[↗](../../forcible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The men were forcibly removed from the meeting.[↗](../../forcible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was forcibly taken to his bedroom by his friends.[↗](../../forcible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no sign of forcible entry, so the door had been unlocked.[↗](../../forcible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a forcible case for a new playground.[↗](../../forcible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers were forcibly moved off their land.[↗](../../forcible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How forcible are words of uprightness\![↗](../../forcible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forcible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **forcibly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forcibly means by using force, so that someone or something is made to do it against their will.[↗](../../forcibly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Forcibly can mean strongly and clearly: «He argued forcibly».[↗](../../forcibly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police forcibly removed the man from the stadium.[↗](../../forcibly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The door was forcibly opened.[↗](../../forcibly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people were forcibly moved from their homes.[↗](../../forcibly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was forcibly held back by his friends.[↗](../../forcibly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She argued forcibly for a longer break.[↗](../../forcibly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Children were forcibly taken from their families in the past, which is now seen as a great wrong.[↗](../../forcibly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ford** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ford is a shallow place in a river or stream where you can walk, ride or drive across.[↗](../../ford/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To ford a river means to cross it at a shallow place.[↗](../../ford/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ford is a family name and the name of a car company.[↗](../../ford/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horses crossed the river at the ford.[↗](../../ford/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oxford was named after a ford where oxen crossed.[↗](../../ford/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The road has a ford instead of a bridge.[↗](../../ford/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlers forded the stream with their wagons.[↗](../../ford/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not drive through the ford when it is flooded.[↗](../../ford/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's first car was a Ford.[↗](../../ford/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Renelde waded the ford, returned to the hut, and sat down to spin.[↗](../../ford/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.[↗](../../ford/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ford/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.[↗](../../ford/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ford/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.[↗](../../ford/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.16.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ford/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, the gate was shut.[↗](../../ford/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ford/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (golf) «Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them.[↗](../../fore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To come to the fore means to become important or noticed: «New stars came to the fore».[↗](../../fore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (ships) Fore means at or towards the front of a ship: «fore and aft» means front and back.[↗](../../fore/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Fore- is also a prefix meaning before or front: forehead, foresee, forecast.[↗](../../fore/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The golfer shouted «Fore!» as the ball flew towards the crowd.[↗](../../fore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness came to the fore during the floods.[↗](../../fore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors ran fore and aft.[↗](../../fore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She brought the problem to the fore at the meeting.[↗](../../fore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cabin is in the fore part of the ship.[↗](../../fore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Forearm, forehead and forecast all start with fore-.[↗](../../fore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[9\] Epimetheus signifies after-thought, Prometheus fore-thought.[↗](../../fore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **forearm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The forearm is the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.[↗](../../forearm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) To forearm is to prepare or arm yourself before something happens; it appears in the saying «Forewarned is forearmed», meaning if you know about a danger beforehand, you can be ready for it.[↗](../../forearm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He broke his forearm falling off his bike.[↗](../../forearm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The forearm has two bones: the radius and the ulna.[↗](../../forearm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hit the volleyball with your forearms.[↗](../../forearm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a tattoo on her forearm.[↗](../../forearm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure your forearm with a tape measure.[↗](../../forearm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Forewarned is forearmed, so check the weather before the hike.[↗](../../forearm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **foreboding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.[↗](../../foreboding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a foreboding that the storm would come.[↗](../../foreboding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her gloomy forebodings kept her awake.[↗](../../foreboding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The silent wood filled him with foreboding.[↗](../../foreboding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **forecast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A statement of what will probably happen in the future, especially about the weather.[↗](../../forecast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To say what you think will happen, using information.[↗](../../forecast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.[↗](../../forecast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always check the forecast before going hiking.[↗](../../forecast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast is for sun and 25 degrees.[↗](../../forecast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They forecast snow, so we took our sledges.[↗](../../forecast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast was wrong; it stayed dry all day.[↗](../../forecast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A storm forecast means we should stay off the water.[↗](../../forecast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **forecaster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who says what will probably happen, especially a weather forecaster who predicts the weather.[↗](../../forecaster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who predicts money or business changes.[↗](../../forecaster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The forecaster said it would rain tomorrow.[↗](../../forecaster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather forecasters use satellite pictures.[↗](../../forecaster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecaster warned of a storm.[↗](../../forecaster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a TV weather forecaster.[↗](../../forecaster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Forecasters are sometimes wrong.[↗](../../forecaster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecaster predicted a hot weekend.[↗](../../forecaster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **forecourt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A forecourt is an open area in front of a building, such as a petrol station, hotel, shop or church.[↗](../../forecourt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In tennis and similar sports, the forecourt is the part of the court nearest the net.[↗](../../forecourt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We parked on the forecourt of the petrol station.[↗](../../forecourt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No smoking is allowed on the forecourt.[↗](../../forecourt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children were playing on the church forecourt.[↗](../../forecourt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel forecourt was full of taxis.[↗](../../forecourt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She moved into the forecourt to hit a volley.[↗](../../forecourt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car dealer had shiny cars lined up on the forecourt.[↗](../../forecourt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the forecourt was a royal seat of polished jasper, and in the middle of the platform was a basin of purest water that flashed like a mirror.[↗](../../forecourt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **forefather** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.[↗](../../forefather/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My forefathers came from Scotland.[↗](../../forefather/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our forefathers built this village.[↗](../../forefather/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.[↗](../../forefather/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low.[↗](../../forefather/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.79.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forefather/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **forefinger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your forefinger is the finger next to your thumb, the one you usually point with; it is also called the index finger or first finger.[↗](../../forefinger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She pointed at the map with her forefinger.[↗](../../forefinger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the pencil between your thumb and forefinger.[↗](../../forefinger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wagged her forefinger at us.[↗](../../forefinger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He pressed the button with his forefinger.[↗](../../forefinger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your forefinger is also called your index finger.[↗](../../forefinger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby grabbed my forefinger.[↗](../../forefinger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If I put it on the forefinger of my left hand, then I can with its help produce whatever I wish.[↗](../../forefinger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 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