--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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:* (music) A fantasia is a piece of music written freely, following the composer's imagination rather than a strict pattern.[↗](../../fantasia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fantasia is also a mixture of well-known tunes played together.[↗](../../fantasia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fantasia is also the name of a 1940 Disney film set to classical music (a name).[↗](../../fantasia/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orchestra played a fantasia on old sea songs.[↗](../../fantasia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fantasia does not follow strict rules.[↗](../../fantasia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We listened to Fantasia on Greensleeves in music class.[↗](../../fantasia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Proms end with a fantasia of British songs.[↗](../../fantasia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Disney's «Fantasia» sets cartoons to classical music.[↗](../../fantasia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden show was a fantasia of colour.[↗](../../fantasia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fantastic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Fantastic means extremely good, wonderful: «a fantastic party».[↗](../../fantastic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fantastic means strange and imaginary, like something from a fantasy story: «fantastic creatures».[↗](../../fantastic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A fantastic amount is very large: «a fantastic sum of money».[↗](../../fantastic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a fantastic time at the beach.[↗](../../fantastic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fantastic work on your story\![↗](../../fantastic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is full of fantastic creatures like dragons and griffins.[↗](../../fantastic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The view from the mountain was fantastic.[↗](../../fantastic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He told a fantastic tale about flying to the moon.[↗](../../fantastic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prize was a fantastic amount of money.[↗](../../fantastic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken clouds hung in fantastic forms upon the wood-covered hills by the rapid Rhone.[↗](../../fantastic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fantastical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fantastical means strange, wonderful or unreal, like something from a dream or a fairy tale.[↗](../../fantastical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fantastical can mean too imaginative to be true.[↗](../../fantastical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fantastical beasts in the book had wings and horns.[↗](../../fantastical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a fantastical idea.[↗](../../fantastical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His imagination was more fantastical than anyone's.[↗](../../fantastical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fantasy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fantasy is a kind of story or film with magic, dragons, wizards or imaginary worlds.[↗](../../fantasy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fantasy is something pleasant you imagine or daydream about, which is not likely to really happen.[↗](../../fantasy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fantasy is imagination itself, or something that is not real.[↗](../../fantasy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Fantasy football (or another sport) is a game where you pick an imaginary team of real players and score points from their real results.[↗](../../fantasy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I love reading fantasy books full of dragons.[↗](../../fantasy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lord of the Rings is a famous fantasy story.[↗](../../fantasy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning the lottery is just a fantasy for most people.[↗](../../fantasy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My fantasy is to live in a treehouse.[↗](../../fantasy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He lives in a fantasy world and forgets his homework.[↗](../../fantasy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is top of his fantasy football league.[↗](../../fantasy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the story fact or fantasy?[↗](../../fantasy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote a fantasy tale about a talking fox.[↗](../../fantasy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **far** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Far means a long way away.[↗](../../far/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «How far» asks what the distance is.[↗](../../far/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Far means very much, as in far bigger.[↗](../../far/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «So far» means up to now.[↗](../../far/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How far did she walk?[↗](../../far/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is 3 km far from home.[↗](../../far/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How far is it from A to B?[↗](../../far/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · So far, he has read 40 pages.[↗](../../far/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not go far from the tent.[↗](../../far/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars are very far away.[↗](../../far/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This book is by far the best.[↗](../../far/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon is far from Earth.[↗](../../far/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The geese were soon far away.[↗](../../far/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.[↗](../../far/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; (Torah DEU.34.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.[↗](../../far/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus far is the judgment of Moab.[↗](../../far/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: (Prophets ISA.46.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not Thy statutes.[↗](../../far/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.155, JPS 1917)[↗](../../far/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **faraway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Faraway means a long distance away.[↗](../../faraway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A faraway look means someone is dreaming and not paying attention.[↗](../../faraway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a king.[↗](../../faraway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She dreamed of faraway places.[↗](../../faraway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a faraway train whistle.[↗](../../faraway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a faraway look in his eyes.[↗](../../faraway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives far away, in Australia.[↗](../../faraway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars are faraway suns.[↗](../../faraway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle stood on a faraway hill.[↗](../../faraway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills.[↗](../../faraway/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **farce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farce is a funny play or film full of silly situations, mix-ups, chases and people hiding in cupboards.[↗](../../farce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A farce is a situation that is so badly organised or unfair that it is ridiculous: «The sports day was a farce».[↗](../../farce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched a farce where everyone kept slamming doors.[↗](../../farce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The match was a farce because the referee didn't turn up.[↗](../../farce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school trip turned into a farce when the bus broke down.[↗](../../farce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The play is a farce full of mistaken identities.[↗](../../farce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling that a fair vote is a farce\![↗](../../farce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farce is one of the oldest kinds of comedy.[↗](../../farce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat.[↗](../../fare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To fare means to do or get on in a certain way: «How did you fare in the test?».[↗](../../fare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fare is food, especially a kind of food: «simple country fare».[↗](../../fare/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How much is the bus fare to town?[↗](../../fare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Children travel at half fare.[↗](../../fare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad paid the taxi fare.[↗](../../fare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A return fare is cheaper than two singles.[↗](../../fare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How did you fare in your swimming test?[↗](../../fare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The café served simple, tasty fare.[↗](../../fare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Train fares go up every year.[↗](../../fare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If one fare is $2, four fares cost $8.[↗](../../fare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow.[↗](../../fare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **farewell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned or formal) Goodbye, as in «Farewell, my friend!».[↗](../../farewell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The act of saying goodbye, especially when someone leaves for a long time, as in «We said our farewells».[↗](../../farewell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Done to say goodbye, as in «a farewell party».[↗](../../farewell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a farewell party for our teacher.[↗](../../farewell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Farewell!» said the knight, riding away.[↗](../../farewell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They said their farewells at the airport.[↗](../../farewell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The class sang a farewell song in the last assembly.[↗](../../farewell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We bid farewell to summer as the leaves fell.[↗](../../farewell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved a fond farewell from the train.[↗](../../farewell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Farewell, farewell," whispered the little elf.[↗](../../farewell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **farm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farm is land with buildings where people grow crops and keep animals.[↗](../../farm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To farm is to grow crops or keep animals for food.[↗](../../farm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Some farms raise fish, like a fish farm.[↗](../../farm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farm has 20 cows and 35 chickens.[↗](../../farm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They grow corn on the farm.[↗](../../farm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals are on the farm?[↗](../../farm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm is 50 acres.[↗](../../farm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a farm on our school trip.[↗](../../farm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after petting farm animals.[↗](../../farm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk comes from dairy farms.[↗](../../farm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His family has farmed this land for years.[↗](../../farm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You shall have a large farm-yard.[↗](../../farm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **farmer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farmer is a person who owns or works on a farm, growing crops or raising animals.[↗](../../farmer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A farmer has 15 sheep.[↗](../../farmer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer sold 40 eggs.[↗](../../farmer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each farmer planted 6 rows.[↗](../../farmer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer picked 120 apples.[↗](../../farmer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer milks the cows every morning.[↗](../../farmer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought apples at the farmers' market.[↗](../../farmer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers need rain for their crops.[↗](../../farmer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer drove the tractor across the field.[↗](../../farmer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the farmer returning home.[↗](../../farmer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **farmhouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farmhouse is the main house on a farm, where the farmer and family live.[↗](../../farmhouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a large farmhouse near the road.[↗](../../farmhouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dorothy knocked at the farmhouse door.[↗](../../farmhouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate lunch in the farmhouse kitchen.[↗](../../farmhouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **farmland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Farmland is land used for farming: growing crops or keeping animals.[↗](../../farmland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The train passed through miles of farmland.[↗](../../farmland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our village is surrounded by farmland.[↗](../../farmland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rivers make the farmland around them rich.[↗](../../farmland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some forests were cut down to make farmland.[↗](../../farmland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep grazed on the green farmland.[↗](../../farmland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep gates closed when you walk across farmland.[↗](../../farmland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The map shows farmland in yellow.[↗](../../farmland/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **farmyard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farmyard is the area round the farm buildings, often with animals and machines in it.[↗](../../farmyard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hens pecked at seeds in the farmyard.[↗](../../farmyard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmyard was muddy after the rain.[↗](../../farmyard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned the names of farmyard animals and their babies.[↗](../../farmyard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tractor rumbled across the farmyard.[↗](../../farmyard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pig escaped from the farmyard.[↗](../../farmyard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you make farmyard noises?[↗](../../farmyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Moo\![↗](../../farmyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Baa\![↗](../../farmyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Oink\![↗](../../farmyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching farmyard animals.[↗](../../farmyard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · TWO GAME COCKS were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.[↗](../../farmyard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **farrier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farrier is a person whose job is to look after horses' hooves and fit horseshoes on them.[↗](../../farrier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the past a farrier could also treat sick horses, a little like an animal doctor.[↗](../../farrier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farrier came to fit new shoes on my pony.[↗](../../farrier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A farrier trims horses' hooves like we cut our nails.[↗](../../farrier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farrier heated the horseshoe in the forge.[↗](../../farrier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nailing on a shoe doesn't hurt the horse.[↗](../../farrier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle trained for years to become a farrier.[↗](../../farrier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farrier shod 4 horses, each with 4 shoes, so he used 16 shoes.[↗](../../farrier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight's horse needed the farrier after the long ride.[↗](../../farrier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rude, informal) To let gas out from the bottom; to pass wind.[↗](../../fart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude, informal) The gas, often with a noise or a smell, that comes out.[↗](../../fart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, informal) «Old fart»: a rude name for a boring or old-fashioned person.[↗](../../fart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude, informal) «Fart about / fart around» (UK): to waste time doing silly things.[↗](../../fart/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (rude) «Ew, who farted?»[↗](../../fart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) The baby farted and everyone laughed.[↗](../../fart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (polite) Excuse me, I passed wind.[↗](../../fart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) Stop farting about and get dressed\![↗](../../fart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Grandad's such an old fart,» my brother joked.[↗](../../fart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows release gas when they burp and fart.[↗](../../fart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **farther** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Farther means more far, a longer way away.[↗](../../farther/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Farther can also mean more forward or onward: walk farther.[↗](../../farther/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tom ran 5 km and Ben ran 2 km farther.[↗](../../farther/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How much farther is the park than the shop?[↗](../../farther/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Who threw the ball farther?[↗](../../farther/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She lives 3 miles farther away.[↗](../../farther/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach is farther than the lake.[↗](../../farther/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We can't walk any farther.[↗](../../farther/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her paper plane flew farther than mine.[↗](../../farther/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is it much farther?" asked Proserpina.[↗](../../farther/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.[↗](../../farther/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../farther/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **farthest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* At the greatest distance; the most far away.[↗](../../farthest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adverb) To the greatest distance: «who can throw farthest?».[↗](../../farthest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun.[↗](../../farthest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can throw the ball the farthest?[↗](../../farthest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farthest I have walked is 10 kilometres.[↗](../../farthest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom is the farthest from the gate.[↗](../../farthest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam lives farthest away from school.[↗](../../farthest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the long jump, Ella jumped 3 m, Jo 2.5 m and Kim 2 m, so Ella jumped farthest.[↗](../../farthest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy.[↗](../../farthest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.[↗](../../farthest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../farthest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast gotten Thee honour with the nations, O LORD, yea, exceeding great honour with the nations; Thou art honoured unto the farthest ends of the earth.[↗](../../farthest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.26.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../farthest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **farthing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny.[↗](../../farthing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is no longer used.[↗](../../farthing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../farthing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Not a single farthing will I take\![↗](../../farthing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had not had a farthing all day.[↗](../../farthing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Boys found old nails and farthings in the gutter.[↗](../../farthing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **farthingale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt to make it stand out, worn by ladies long ago.[↗](../../farthingale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (old use).[↗](../../farthingale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was dressed in a ruff and a farthingale.[↗](../../farthingale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farthingale made her skirt stand out wide.[↗](../../farthingale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **fascinated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely interested in something, so that you want to keep watching or learning about it.[↗](../../fascinated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Held still by something you cannot stop looking at, as if under a spell.[↗](../../fascinated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am fascinated by volcanoes.[↗](../../fascinated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children watched the caterpillar, fascinated.[↗](../../fascinated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was fascinated by the motor car.[↗](../../fascinated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fascinated with the stars and wanted to be an astronaut.[↗](../../fascinated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat fascinated by the goldfish.[↗](../../fascinated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We were fascinated to learn how bees make honey.[↗](../../fascinated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He did it with such an air, he was so frightfully distingué, that she was too fascinated to cry out.[↗](../../fascinated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fascinating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely interesting, so that you want to keep looking, listening or learning.[↗](../../fascinating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fascinating person can also be charming and attractive, so that people enjoy being near them.[↗](../../fascinating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Volcanoes are fascinating.[↗](../../fascinating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you know octopuses have three hearts?[↗](../../fascinating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Isn't that fascinating?[↗](../../fascinating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum had a fascinating dinosaur display.[↗](../../fascinating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole found the river fascinating and could watch it for hours.[↗](../../fascinating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice found the Caterpillar rude but fascinating.[↗](../../fascinating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I read a fascinating book about space.[↗](../../fascinating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's fascinating to watch ants carry food.[↗](../../fascinating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From surprise she soon passed to admiration, and then to delight on perceiving how handsome and fascinating he was.[↗](../../fascinating/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **fascination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fascination is a strong interest that holds your attention so you cannot look away.[↗](../../fascination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fascination is the power to attract and charm someone.[↗](../../fascination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* a powerful pull that holds the attention or seems to bewitch someone.[↗](../../fascination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Helen still had all her beauty and fascination.[↗](../../fascination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Circe began to use her fascinations on him.[↗](../../fascination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt the fascination of her eyes.[↗](../../fascination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has a fascination for children.[↗](../../fascination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Menelaus now sought Helen in the royal palace, who, being immortal, still retained all her former beauty and fascination.[↗](../../fascination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) · But all warnings and past experience were forgotten by Odysseus when Circe commenced to exercise upon him her fascinations and blandishments.[↗](../../fascination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) · And, besides, he felt the fascination of Ludovine’s eyes, which looked at him as a snake looks at a little bird.[↗](../../fascination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (The Green Fairy Book) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/7/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/5/) - next →: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/7/) - ↑ back to [The English 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