--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 45 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/45/) [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 45 [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/) … [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/44/) **45** [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/46/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **frugal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Frugal means spending little and making do with simple things; a frugal meal is small and plain.[↗](../../frugal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma is frugal and never wastes food.[↗](../../frugal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They ate a frugal supper of bread and cheese.[↗](../../frugal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He lived a frugal life in a small cottage.[↗](../../frugal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fruit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruit is the sweet or juicy part of a plant that holds its seeds and that you can eat, like an apple, a pear, a plum or a banana.[↗](../../fruit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a fruit is any part of a flowering plant that grows from the flower and holds seeds, so tomatoes and peppers are fruits too.[↗](../../fruit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The fruits of work are its good results.[↗](../../fruit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* anything a plant or land produces, such as crops; also the children born from a body.[↗](../../fruit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many fruits are on the table?[↗](../../fruit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia has 3 apples and 4 pears.[↗](../../fruit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many pieces of fruit does she have?[↗](../../fruit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bowl holds 12 fruits.[↗](../../fruit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat some fruit every day.[↗](../../fruit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oranges, grapes and kiwis are fruits.[↗](../../fruit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum made a fruit salad for dessert.[↗](../../fruit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A tomato is a fruit in science but we cook it like a vegetable.[↗](../../fruit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds eat fruit and spread the seeds.[↗](../../fruit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · King Vuislaf has an apple-tree which bears golden fruits.[↗](../../fruit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.[↗](../../fruit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God.[↗](../../fruit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God.[↗](../../fruit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits.[↗](../../fruit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.[↗](../../fruit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.[↗](../../fruit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.[↗](../../fruit/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917) · To my son Ciccu I leave the fruit.[↗](../../fruit/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (The Pink Fairy Book) · He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly.[↗](../../fruit/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) **fruitage** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* fruit, or the crop of fruit that something bears (an old word).[↗](../../fruitage/#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)[↗](../../fruitage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?[↗](../../fruitage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.9.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.[↗](../../fruitage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.27.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fruitcake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fruitcake is a rich cake full of dried fruit like raisins, currants and cherries, often eaten at Christmas and weddings.[↗](../../fruitcake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, rude) A fruitcake is a person who seems crazy or very strange; «nutty as a fruitcake» means very silly or mad.[↗](../../fruitcake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma bakes a fruitcake every Christmas.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like a slice of fruitcake with your tea?[↗](../../fruitcake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wedding cake was a rich fruitcake covered in icing.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fruitcake was cut into 16 equal slices.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Our neighbour talks to his tomatoes — he's a bit of a fruitcake.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) «He's as nutty as a fruitcake,» laughed Dad.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fruitcake keeps for weeks in a tin.[↗](../../fruitcake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fruitful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests.[↗](../../fruitful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fruitful can mean useful and successful, giving good results.[↗](../../fruitful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fields were fruitful and the farmers were rich.[↗](../../fruitful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After a wet spring the orchard was fruitful.[↗](../../fruitful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a fruitful talk and solved the problem.[↗](../../fruitful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'[↗](../../fruitful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.[↗](../../fruitful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.[↗](../../fruitful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fruitful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fruitfulness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruitfulness is the state of producing much fruit, crops or young animals.[↗](../../fruitfulness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fruitfulness of the farm fed the whole village.[↗](../../fruitfulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spring brings fruitfulness to the fields.[↗](../../fruitfulness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king prayed for the fruitfulness of his herds.[↗](../../fruitfulness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fruitless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruitless means producing no result; it fails to find or gain anything.[↗](../../fruitless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They made a fruitless search for the lost ring.[↗](../../fruitless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All his fruitless wanderings took years.[↗](../../fruitless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fruitless wait ended when night fell.[↗](../../fruitless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fruity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruity means tasting or smelling strongly of fruit.[↗](../../fruity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fruity voice is deep, rich and warm.[↗](../../fruity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) Fruity can mean a bit cheeky or rude, as in a «fruity joke».[↗](../../fruity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old, offensive slang) An unkind word once used to mock people; do not use.[↗](../../fruity/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This yoghurt has a fruity taste.[↗](../../fruity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shampoo smells fruity.[↗](../../fruity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has a deep, fruity laugh.[↗](../../fruity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The drink was sweet and fruity.[↗](../../fruity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Try the fruitiest smoothie on the menu.[↗](../../fruity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor spoke in a rich, fruity voice.[↗](../../fruity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **frustrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To frustrate someone is to make them feel cross and upset because they cannot do or get what they want.[↗](../../frustrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To frustrate a plan is to stop it from working.[↗](../../frustrate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It frustrates me when my pencil keeps breaking.[↗](../../frustrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain frustrated our plans for a picnic.[↗](../../frustrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt frustrated because the puzzle was so hard.[↗](../../frustrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let one mistake frustrate you.[↗](../../frustrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The guards frustrated the thief's escape.[↗](../../frustrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being stuck in traffic frustrates Dad.[↗](../../frustrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When you are frustrated, take a deep breath and try again.[↗](../../frustrate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.[↗](../../frustrate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../frustrate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **frustrated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling upset and annoyed because you cannot do something or cannot get what you want, even though you try.[↗](../../frustrated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, past) Stopped someone's plans from working: «The rain frustrated our plans».[↗](../../frustrated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got frustrated when my tower of blocks kept falling down.[↗](../../frustrated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was frustrated with the hard maths problem.[↗](../../frustrated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When you feel frustrated, take three deep breaths.[↗](../../frustrated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was frustrated because she couldn't reach the toy.[↗](../../frustrated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt frustrated by the slow internet.[↗](../../frustrated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their plans were frustrated by the storm.[↗](../../frustrated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's okay to feel frustrated; just don't give up.[↗](../../frustrated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Already had they succeeded in placing Mount Ossa on Olympus and Pelion on Ossa, when this impious project was frustrated by Apollo, who destroyed them with his arrows.[↗](../../frustrated/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For want of counsel purposes are frustrated; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.[↗](../../frustrated/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../frustrated/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **frustrating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Frustrating describes something that makes you feel cross and upset because you cannot do or change it.[↗](../../frustrating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Frustrating is the «-ing» form of «frustrate».[↗](../../frustrating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's so frustrating when the ball keeps going over the fence.[↗](../../frustrating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to ride a bike can be frustrating at first.[↗](../../frustrating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a frustrating day; nothing went right.[↗](../../frustrating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing the last piece of the puzzle is frustrating.[↗](../../frustrating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Waiting for the bus in the rain was frustrating.[↗](../../frustrating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The game was frustrating, but fun in the end.[↗](../../frustrating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bad weather kept frustrating the climbers' plans.[↗](../../frustrating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Before he went, he succeeded in frustrating a project for closing the Tuileries Gardens against the people of Paris and their children.[↗](../../frustrating/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **frustration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cross, upset feeling you get when you cannot do something or cannot get what you want.[↗](../../frustration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A thing that causes this feeling.[↗](../../frustration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Frustration can also mean the act of stopping someone's plans from succeeding.[↗](../../frustration/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He kicked the ball in frustration when he missed.[↗](../../frustration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to ride a bike can cause frustration at first.[↗](../../frustration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a deep breath when you feel frustration.[↗](../../frustration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One frustration of camping is the rain.[↗](../../frustration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She groaned with frustration at the long sum.[↗](../../frustration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking to someone can help you let your frustration go.[↗](../../frustration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the wicked woman was furious at the frustration of her own evil designs, and only thought of what harder thing she could set the girl to do.[↗](../../frustration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To fry food is to cook it in hot oil or fat in a pan.[↗](../../fry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fries (plural) are long thin pieces of potato cooked in oil, called «chips» in the UK and Ireland.[↗](../../fry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fry are very young fish just hatched.[↗](../../fry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Small fry" can also mean unimportant people or things.[↗](../../fry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you fry an egg for me?[↗](../../fry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum fried the fish in a little oil.[↗](../../fry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'd like a burger and fries.[↗](../../fry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fry swam in the shallow water.[↗](../../fry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's make a stir-fry with vegetables.[↗](../../fry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fry the onions until they are soft.[↗](../../fry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, fries are usually called chips.[↗](../../fry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't worry about him — he's just small fry.[↗](../../fry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "No small fry for me," he said.[↗](../../fry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **frying** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Frying is cooking food in hot oil or fat.[↗](../../frying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A frying pan is a flat, shallow pan with a long handle used for frying.[↗](../../frying/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad is frying sausages for breakfast.[↗](../../frying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of frying bacon filled the house.[↗](../../frying/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the frying pan on the stove.[↗](../../frying/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the pan handle inward when frying.[↗](../../frying/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frying uses more oil than baking.[↗](../../frying/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went out of the frying pan into the fire when the second storm came.[↗](../../frying/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot oil spat out of the frying pan.[↗](../../frying/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘No; they are frying pancakes in Europe just now,’ said Little Lasse; and he wanted to jump ashore, but he could not.[↗](../../frying/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **fsh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) FSH stands for «follicle-stimulating hormone», a chemical messenger in the body that helps grown-ups' bodies develop and have babies.[↗](../../fsh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spelling of a soft hissing sound, like air or a fizzy drink, as in «Fsh! went the can».[↗](../../fsh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* FSH is a hormone made in the brain.[↗](../../fsh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor checked her FSH level.[↗](../../fsh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Fsh!» went the bottle when Dad opened it.[↗](../../fsh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake made a soft «fsh» sound.[↗](../../fsh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the comic, the rocket said «FSHHH».[↗](../../fsh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **ft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The short form of «foot» or «feet», a unit of length in the imperial system; 1 ft = 12 inches, about 30 centimetres.[↗](../../ft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) Short for «feat.» or «featuring» in song titles, usually written «ft.» or «feat.».[↗](../../ft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in names) «Ft» is short for «Fort» (Ft Worth).[↗](../../ft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room is 12 ft long and 10 ft wide.[↗](../../ft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad is 6 ft tall.[↗](../../ft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fence is 4 ft high.[↗](../../ft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 yard = 3 ft, so 2 yards = 6 ft.[↗](../../ft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane flew at 30,000 ft.[↗](../../ft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rug covers 50 sq ft.[↗](../../ft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fudge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fudge is a soft, sweet candy made from sugar, butter and milk, often with chocolate.[↗](../../fudge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To fudge something is to avoid giving a clear answer, or to change facts or numbers a little to make them look better.[↗](../../fudge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A fudge is an unclear compromise that hides a problem.[↗](../../fudge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, euphemism) "Oh fudge!" is a polite way of saying a swear word when something goes wrong.[↗](../../fudge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran makes chocolate fudge for the holidays.[↗](../../fudge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought fudge at the seaside shop.[↗](../../fudge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't fudge your results; write what really happened.[↗](../../fudge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He fudged the question and didn't really answer.[↗](../../fudge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh fudge, I've dropped my ice cream\![↗](../../fudge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe needs 400 g of sugar for the fudge.[↗](../../fudge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the fudge into 24 squares.[↗](../../fudge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was a fudge that pleased nobody.[↗](../../fudge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **fuel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fuel is something that is burned to make heat or power, like petrol, gas, coal or wood.[↗](../../fuel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Food is fuel for your body because it gives you energy.[↗](../../fuel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fuel something means to give it fuel, or to make a feeling or situation stronger.[↗](../../fuel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cars need fuel to go.[↗](../../fuel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal, oil and gas are fossil fuels.[↗](../../fuel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wood is a fuel for the campfire.[↗](../../fuel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Food is fuel for your body.[↗](../../fuel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We stopped to buy fuel at the petrol station.[↗](../../fuel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep fuel away from flames.[↗](../../fuel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His unkind words fuelled the argument.[↗](../../fuel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then go and get fuel and light a fire.’[↗](../../fuel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.[↗](../../fuel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fuel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.[↗](../../fuel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fuel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land burnt up; the people also are as the fuel of fire; no man spareth his brother.[↗](../../fuel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fuel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fuelled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fuelled means given fuel such as petrol, gas, coal or wood, so that it can work or burn: «a plane fuelled for take-off».[↗](../../fuelled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fuelled means made stronger or bigger, especially feelings, ideas or fights: «Anger was fuelled by rumours».[↗](../../fuelled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As part of a word, «-fuelled» tells what something runs on: «diesel-fuelled», «coffee-fuelled».[↗](../../fuelled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rocket was fuelled and ready to launch.[↗](../../fuelled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire was fuelled by dry leaves.[↗](../../fuelled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rumours fuelled the argument.[↗](../../fuelled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old power station was coal-fuelled.[↗](../../fuelled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We fuelled up with pancakes before the hike.[↗](../../fuelled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her success was fuelled by hard work.[↗](../../fuelled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was fuelled at the petrol station.[↗](../../fuelled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/44/) **45** [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/46/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/44/) - next →: [page 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/46/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)