--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 37 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/37/) [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 37 [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:* To fortify a place is to make it stronger against attack by building walls, towers or ditches.[↗](../../fortify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To fortify yourself is to make yourself stronger or braver, for example with food, a drink or encouragement.[↗](../../fortify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fortify food is to add extra vitamins or minerals to it: «fortified cereal».[↗](../../fortify/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Normans fortified the town with stone walls.[↗](../../fortify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle was fortified with a moat and drawbridge.[↗](../../fortify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This cereal is fortified with iron and vitamins.[↗](../../fortify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She fortified herself with a big breakfast before the race.[↗](../../fortify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers fortified the hill.[↗](../../fortify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fortified foods help people get enough vitamin D.[↗](../../fortify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall; (Prophets ISA.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! — (Prophets NAM.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.[↗](../../fortify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fortnight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A period of two weeks; fourteen days.[↗](../../fortnight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We're going on holiday for a fortnight.[↗](../../fortnight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll see you in a fortnight.[↗](../../fortnight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The library books are due back in a fortnight.[↗](../../fortnight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days are there in three fortnights?[↗](../../fortnight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Forty-two.[↗](../../fortnight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She gets paid every fortnight.[↗](../../fortnight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The magazine comes out fortnightly.[↗](../../fortnight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was more than a fortnight since the Moon had shone.[↗](../../fortnight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fortress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fortress is a large, strong building or town with thick walls, built to protect people from attack.[↗](../../fortress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fortress is any place that is very safe and hard to get into.[↗](../../fortress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldiers hid inside the stone fortress.[↗](../../fortress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fortress stood on a hill above the river.[↗](../../fortress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Edinburgh Castle was once a mighty fortress.[↗](../../fortress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a pillow fortress in the living room.[↗](../../fortress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon guarded the gate of the dark fortress.[↗](../../fortress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their defence was like a fortress — no goals all season.[↗](../../fortress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fortress walls were three metres thick.[↗](../../fortress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shiyu by using his magic art quickly passed over with his army and shut himself up in a fortress on the opposite bank.[↗](../../fortress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (Prophets 2SA.22.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight; (Prophets 2SA.22.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · That causeth destruction to flash upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.[↗](../../fortress/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.5.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortress/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fortunate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fortunate means lucky; having something good happen to you by chance.[↗](../../fortunate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having more good things, like money or comfort, than many people: «less fortunate people».[↗](../../fortunate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We were fortunate to find a seat on the train.[↗](../../fortunate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was fortunate that nobody was hurt.[↗](../../fortunate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school collects food for less fortunate families.[↗](../../fortunate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fortunate enough to see a whale.[↗](../../fortunate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How fortunate that you brought an umbrella\![↗](../../fortunate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He knew he was fortunate to have good friends.[↗](../../fortunate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is very fortunate that you came to-night.[↗](../../fortunate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fortunately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fortunately means happily, because something lucky has happened.[↗](../../fortunately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Fortunately, it did not rain.[↗](../../fortunately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fortunately, it was near evening, and the dwarfs came home.[↗](../../fortunately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fortunately, the rain stopped before the match.[↗](../../fortunately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I forgot my coat, but fortunately I was not cold.[↗](../../fortunately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fortune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large amount of money: «That car cost a fortune».[↗](../../fortune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Luck, good or bad, especially luck that affects your life: «good fortune».[↗](../../fortune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* What will happen to a person in the future: «tell someone's fortune».[↗](../../fortune/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirates hoped to find a fortune in gold.[↗](../../fortune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That new phone must have cost a fortune\![↗](../../fortune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · By good fortune, it stopped raining just before the race.[↗](../../fortune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack left home to seek his fortune.[↗](../../fortune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fortune teller said I would travel far.[↗](../../fortune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My fortune cookie said, "Kindness brings joy."[↗](../../fortune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a fortune selling her inventions.[↗](../../fortune/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is most extraordinary good fortune."[↗](../../fortune/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!'[↗](../../fortune/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And she called his name Gad.[↗](../../fortune/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortune/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.[↗](../../fortune/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.42.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortune/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But ye that forsake the LORD, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny, (Prophets ISA.65.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fortune/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **forty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forty is the number 40, four tens.[↗](../../forty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are forty pupils in the hall.[↗](../../forty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A box holds forty pencils.[↗](../../forty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran forty metres.[↗](../../forty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Forty minus twelve is twenty-eight.[↗](../../forty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lesson lasts forty minutes.[↗](../../forty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Forty is double twenty.[↗](../../forty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa took forty winks after lunch.[↗](../../forty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Six, eight, ten--twenty, forty," said he.[↗](../../forty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.[↗](../../forty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.[↗](../../forty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming.[↗](../../forty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the land had rest forty years.[↗](../../forty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had judged Israel forty years.[↗](../../forty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.[↗](../../forty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **forum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A forum is a place, meeting or website where people discuss a topic and share views.[↗](../../forum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An online message board where people post questions and answers.[↗](../../forum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In ancient Rome, the forum was the main public square for markets and meetings.[↗](../../forum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I asked a question on a gaming forum.[↗](../../forum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town held a public forum about the new park.[↗](../../forum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Roman Forum was busy with traders.[↗](../../forum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school council is a forum for pupils' ideas.[↗](../../forum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't give your address on an online forum.[↗](../../forum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forum has rules about being kind.[↗](../../forum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Close to the Forum of Rome stood the so-called temple of Janus, which, however, was merely an arched passage, closed by massive gates.[↗](../../forum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **forward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Forward means toward the front, in the direction you are facing.[↗](../../forward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Forward means toward the future: look forward to something.[↗](../../forward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To forward a letter or message is to send it on to someone else.[↗](../../forward/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A forward is a player who attacks in some sports.[↗](../../forward/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To come forward is to offer yourself to do a job, or to step up to speak or help.[↗](../../forward/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frog jumps 3 steps forward.[↗](../../forward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Count forward by 5 from 20.[↗](../../forward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car moved forward 50 metres.[↗](../../forward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She took 4 steps forward and 2 back.[↗](../../forward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We did forward rolls in PE.[↗](../../forward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I look forward to the holidays.[↗](../../forward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please forward this email to your mum.[↗](../../forward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Step forward when I call your name.[↗](../../forward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear came forward as umpire.[↗](../../forward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts. — And they set forward.[↗](../../forward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.[↗](../../forward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming.[↗](../../forward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.[↗](../../forward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.18.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; (Writings JOB.23.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.[↗](../../forward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../forward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fossa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fossa is a slim, cat-like meat-eating animal that lives only in Madagascar, the island's top predator.[↗](../../fossa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In anatomy, a fossa is a small hollow or dip in a bone or the body.[↗](../../fossa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fossa leapt through the trees after a lemur.[↗](../../fossa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossas live only in Madagascar.[↗](../../fossa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fossa looks like a cat but isn't one.[↗](../../fossa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Its long tail helps it balance on branches.[↗](../../fossa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor pointed to a small fossa in the skull bone.[↗](../../fossa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossa is the largest predator on Madagascar.[↗](../../fossa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fossil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fossil is the remains or shape of a plant or animal from very long ago, kept in rock.[↗](../../fossil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fossil fuels are coal, oil and gas, made from ancient living things.[↗](../../fossil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, an old fossil is a joking name for an old-fashioned person.[↗](../../fossil/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found a fossil of a shell on the beach.[↗](../../fossil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossils tell us what dinosaurs looked like.[↗](../../fossil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter.[↗](../../fossil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal and oil are fossil fuels.[↗](../../fossil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a fossil of a huge fish.[↗](../../fossil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossils form very slowly over millions of years.[↗](../../fossil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Footprints can also become fossils.[↗](../../fossil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fossilisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fossilisation is the very slow process, over thousands or millions of years, by which the remains or traces of a living thing are turned into a fossil, usually in rock.[↗](../../fossilisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) Fossilisation is when ideas, habits or a language stop changing and become fixed.[↗](../../fossilisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fossilisation takes millions of years.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a few dead animals ever go through fossilisation.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Quick burial in mud helps fossilisation.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shells are often found because they survive fossilisation well.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a comic strip of the stages of fossilisation.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Teeth and bones are the parts most likely to survive fossilisation.[↗](../../fossilisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fossilise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) To slowly turn into a fossil, where a dead plant or animal is preserved in rock over millions of years.[↗](../../fossilise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of ideas or habits) To become fixed and unable to change, as in «Their ideas had fossilised».[↗](../../fossilise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dinosaur bones fossilised over millions of years.[↗](../../fossilise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Footprints can fossilise in mud that turns to rock.[↗](../../fossilise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soft parts like skin rarely fossilise.[↗](../../fossilise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a fossilised leaf print from plaster.[↗](../../fossilise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary Anning found a fossilised ichthyosaur.[↗](../../fossilise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa jokes that his old car is a fossilised wreck.[↗](../../fossilise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fossilised** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turned into a fossil: the remains or print of a plant or animal that has slowly turned to stone over millions of years.[↗](../../fossilised/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) Old-fashioned and unable to change, like ideas or rules stuck in the past.[↗](../../fossilised/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found a fossilised shell on the beach at Lyme Regis.[↗](../../fossilised/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows a fossilised dinosaur egg.[↗](../../fossilised/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossilised footprints prove that the animals walked here.[↗](../../fossilised/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Amber can hold a fossilised insect inside it.[↗](../../fossilised/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Over millions of years, the tree trunk fossilised into stone.[↗](../../fossilised/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle says the school rules are fossilised and need updating.[↗](../../fossilised/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **foster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To look after a child for a time in your own home when the child's own family cannot care for them.[↗](../../foster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To look after an animal for a time until it finds a new home.[↗](../../foster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To help something grow or develop: «foster a love of reading».[↗](../../foster/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective) Connected with fostering: «foster parent», «foster child», «foster family».[↗](../../foster/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend lives with her foster parents.[↗](../../foster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We fostered three kittens until they found homes.[↗](../../foster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children stay in foster care for a few months.[↗](../../foster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A good teacher fosters curiosity.[↗](../../foster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our foster dog is learning to walk on a lead.[↗](../../foster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Foster carers give children a safe, loving home.[↗](../../foster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Jurgen and his foster parents went past this castle.[↗](../../foster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fosterling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A fosterling is a child or young animal brought up by someone who is not its own parent.[↗](../../fosterling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king raised the orphan as his fosterling.[↗](../../fosterling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His fosterling lamented that the hard art would never be mastered.[↗](../../fosterling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **foul** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very dirty, smelly or unpleasant: «a foul smell».[↗](../../foul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (in sport) An action that breaks the rules, like tripping or pushing another player.[↗](../../foul/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To break a rule against a player in a game.[↗](../../foul/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To make something dirty: «Dogs must not foul the park».[↗](../../foul/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (of weather or mood) Very bad: «foul weather», «a foul temper».[↗](../../foul/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Rude: «foul language».[↗](../../foul/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rubbish bin has a foul smell.[↗](../../foul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee blew the whistle for a foul.[↗](../../foul/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was fouled just outside the box.[↗](../../foul/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please clean up after your dog so it does not foul the path.[↗](../../foul/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed inside because of the foul weather.[↗](../../foul/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Foul language is not allowed in class.[↗](../../foul/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was in a foul mood after losing her keys.[↗](../../foul/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In basketball, after five fouls a player must leave the game.[↗](../../foul/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The foul vapour of the beast and horror at its strangeness now overcame the prince, and he fainted.[↗](../../foul/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.'[↗](../../foul/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foul/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.[↗](../../foul/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foul/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.[↗](../../foul/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foul/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.[↗](../../foul/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.34.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foul/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish become foul, because there is no water, and die for thirst.[↗](../../foul/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.50.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foul/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/36/) **37** [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/38/) … 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