--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/7/) [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 7 [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/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/8/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **fashion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fashion is the style of clothes, hair and things that is popular at a particular time.[↗](../../fashion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fashion is a popular way of doing something for a while.[↗](../../fashion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «In a ... fashion» means in a certain way.[↗](../../fashion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To fashion something is to make or shape it with your hands.[↗](../../fashion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Big jumpers are in fashion this winter.[↗](../../fashion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma says flared trousers have gone out of fashion and come back.[↗](../../fashion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a fashion designer.[↗](../../fashion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Line up in an orderly fashion.[↗](../../fashion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He fashioned a boat out of a log.[↗](../../fashion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I can swim, after a fashion.[↗](../../fashion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fashions change, but kindness never goes out of fashion.[↗](../../fashion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So in this fashion the old woman was brought to court.[↗](../../fashion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.[↗](../../fashion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And did not One fashion us in the womb?[↗](../../fashion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.[↗](../../fashion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.5.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashion/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; (Writings PSA.144.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashion/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **fashionable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Popular and in style at a certain time, especially clothes, hair or ideas.[↗](../../fashionable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Liked or used by rich or stylish people: «a fashionable restaurant».[↗](../../fashionable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Big jumpers are fashionable this winter.[↗](../../fashionable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She always wears fashionable clothes.[↗](../../fashionable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, white wigs were fashionable.[↗](../../fashionable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That haircut isn't fashionable any more.[↗](../../fashionable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They ate at a fashionable café in town.[↗](../../fashionable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It became fashionable to ride scooters.[↗](../../fashionable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the old goblin danced about the room with his young bride, and exchanged boots with her, which is more fashionable than exchanging rings.[↗](../../fashionable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fashioned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Old-fashioned» means belonging to an earlier time and no longer common or modern.[↗](../../fashioned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fashioned (verb) means made or shaped by hand, often from simple materials.[↗](../../fashioned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma has an old-fashioned telephone with a dial.[↗](../../fashioned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That hat looks really old-fashioned.[↗](../../fashioned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He fashioned a boat from a piece of bark.[↗](../../fashioned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children fashioned a shelter out of branches.[↗](../../fashioned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We played good old-fashioned games like hopscotch.[↗](../../fashioned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ring was fashioned from silver.[↗](../../fashioned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people think writing letters is old-fashioned.[↗](../../fashioned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be the fire in which it was forged and the man who fashioned it!’[↗](../../fashioned/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said: 'This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'[↗](../../fashioned/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashioned/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?[↗](../../fashioned/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashioned/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me\![↗](../../fashioned/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.10.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashioned/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.[↗](../../fashioned/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.73, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fashioned/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **fast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fast means moving or doing something quickly.[↗](../../fast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A clock or watch that is fast shows a time later than the real time.[↗](../../fast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fast also means firmly, tightly: «stuck fast», «fast asleep» (very deeply asleep).[↗](../../fast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To fast is to not eat for a time, often for religious reasons; a fast is that time.[↗](../../fast/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How fast does the car go?[↗](../../fast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom runs faster than Ben.[↗](../../fast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fast train goes 120 km an hour.[↗](../../fast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the fastest?[↗](../../fast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheetah is the fastest land animal.[↗](../../fast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My watch is 5 minutes fast.[↗](../../fast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby is fast asleep.[↗](../../fast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people fast during Ramadan.[↗](../../fast/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His chest heaved hard and fast.[↗](../../fast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.[↗](../../fast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.20.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'[↗](../../fast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not?[↗](../../fast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.58.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.[↗](../../fast/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fast/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven.[↗](../../fast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.89, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **fasten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To close, join or fix something so it stays shut or in place: fasten a seatbelt, a button, a gate.[↗](../../fasten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To attach one thing to another.[↗](../../fasten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fix your eyes or attention on something.[↗](../../fasten/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fasten your seatbelt before we drive off.[↗](../../fasten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't fasten this button.[↗](../../fasten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fasten the gate so the dog can't get out.[↗](../../fasten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He fastened the poster to the wall with tape.[↗](../../fasten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure your helmet is fastened.[↗](../../fasten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes fastened on the cake.[↗](../../fasten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me fasten my shoes?[↗](../../fasten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You can sit on my back, and fasten yourself on with your sash.[↗](../../fasten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../fasten/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fasten/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.[↗](../../fasten/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fasten/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house.[↗](../../fasten/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fasten/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **fastened** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fastened means closed or joined firmly, like a seatbelt or a button that is done up.[↗](../../fastened/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fastened means fixed firmly to something, like a picture fastened to a wall.[↗](../../fastened/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Fastened on» can mean fixed your attention or eyes on something.[↗](../../fastened/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Make sure your seatbelt is fastened.[↗](../../fastened/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She fastened her coat and went out.[↗](../../fastened/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He fastened his helmet before riding.[↗](../../fastened/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gate was fastened with a chain.[↗](../../fastened/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poster was fastened to the wall with tape.[↗](../../fastened/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your seatbelt fastened while seated.[↗](../../fastened/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I fastened the buttons on my cardigan.[↗](../../fastened/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes were fastened on the cake.[↗](../../fastened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · On each stake he fastened a duck to roast.[↗](../../fastened/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.[↗](../../fastened/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../fastened/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.[↗](../../fastened/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[15\] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../fastened/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?[↗](../../fastened/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fastened/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.[↗](../../fastened/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fastened/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.[↗](../../fastened/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.31.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fastened/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **fastening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thing used to close or join something, such as a button, zip, buckle, clip or Velcro.[↗](../../fastening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of fixing or closing something.[↗](../../fastening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This coat has a zip fastening.[↗](../../fastening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Velcro is an easy fastening for small children.[↗](../../fastening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bag's fastening broke.[↗](../../fastening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose a fastening for your pencil case.[↗](../../fastening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fastening her sandals.[↗](../../fastening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Buttons and poppers are common fastenings.[↗](../../fastening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So, fastening the sword to his belt, he carried it to the king.[↗](../../fastening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **faster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Faster means with more speed, moving or working more quickly.[↗](../../faster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Faster also means taking less time to do something.[↗](../../faster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A clock that is faster shows a later time than the real time.[↗](../../faster/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tom runs 2 km an hour faster than Ben.[↗](../../faster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is faster, the car or the train?[↗](../../faster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She types 3 times faster than her brother.[↗](../../faster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many minutes faster did he finish?[↗](../../faster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cheetah runs faster than any other land animal.[↗](../../faster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball rolled faster down the steep hill.[↗](../../faster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not drive faster than the speed limit.[↗](../../faster/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart beats faster when I run.[↗](../../faster/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He swims faster than I could ever run\![↗](../../faster/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fasting** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Going without food, often for religious reasons.[↗](../../fasting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **fat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fat is a natural oily substance found in foods like butter, oil, cheese and meat.[↗](../../fat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fat is also the soft layer under the skin of people and animals that stores energy and keeps them warm.[↗](../../fat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fat (adjective) means having a big, round body or a lot of fat.[↗](../../fat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Fat can mean thick or wide: a fat book.[↗](../../fat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Butter and oil contain a lot of fat.[↗](../../fat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seals have a thick layer of fat to keep warm.[↗](../../fat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat is getting fat because he eats too much.[↗](../../fat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's unkind to call someone fat.[↗](../../fat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She read a big, fat book about dragons.[↗](../../fat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We buy low-fat milk.[↗](../../fat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The body needs a little fat to stay healthy.[↗](../../fat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A fat raindrop landed on my nose.[↗](../../fat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They were very fat and round.[↗](../../fat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fat of the sin-offering shall he make smoke upon the altar.[↗](../../fat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.16.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.[↗](../../fat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.[↗](../../fat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.[↗](../../fat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.70, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.[↗](../../fat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.[↗](../../fat/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fat/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fatal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Causing death: «a fatal accident».[↗](../../fatal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Causing failure or very bad results: «a fatal mistake».[↗](../../fatal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crash was fatal.[↗](../../fatal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some mushrooms are fatal if eaten.[↗](../../fatal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving the door open was a fatal mistake — the hamster escaped.[↗](../../fatal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The disease can be fatal without treatment.[↗](../../fatal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero's fatal flaw was pride.[↗](../../fatal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer showed a fatal error and shut down.[↗](../../fatal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His hand closed on the fatal draught.[↗](../../fatal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fatality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fatality is a death caused by an accident, war, disaster or violence.[↗](../../fatality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Fatality is the quality of causing death: «the fatality of the disease».[↗](../../fatality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fatality can also mean a strange, unlucky chance that seems to be meant to happen.[↗](../../fatality/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Luckily, there were no fatalities in the fire.[↗](../../fatality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing seat belts reduces road fatalities.[↗](../../fatality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm caused three fatalities.[↗](../../fatality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fatalities from the disease have fallen thanks to vaccines.[↗](../../fatality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The report gave the number of fatalities.[↗](../../fatality/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crossing was made safer after a fatality last year.[↗](../../fatality/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But here a strange fatality occurred.[↗](../../fatality/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fatally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fatally means in a way that causes death or complete ruin.[↗](../../fatally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fatally can mean so badly that it cannot be put right.[↗](../../fatally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was fatally wounded in the battle.[↗](../../fatally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fight ended fatally for his enemy.[↗](../../fatally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mistake was fatally wrong.[↗](../../fatally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fate is a power that some people believe decides what will happen in the future.[↗](../../fate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them in the end, often something bad.[↗](../../fate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They believed it was fate that brought them together.[↗](../../fate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody knows the fate of the lost explorers.[↗](../../fate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge would decide his fate.[↗](../../fate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tempt fate by saying we'll win easily\![↗](../../fate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · By a twist of fate, they met again years later.[↗](../../fate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fate of the old tree was decided by the council.[↗](../../fate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The merchants now mourned their fate.[↗](../../fate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **father** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A father is a man who has a child; a dad.[↗](../../father/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather.[↗](../../father/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Father is a title for some priests.[↗](../../father/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The father of something is the person who started it.[↗](../../father/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her father is 40 years old.[↗](../../father/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His father gave him $10.[↗](../../father/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The father is 3 times as old as his son.[↗](../../father/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Father bought 2 pizzas.[↗](../../father/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My father takes me to swimming.[↗](../../father/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made cards for Father's Day.[↗](../../father/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The penguin father keeps the egg warm.[↗](../../father/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His grandfather is his father's father.[↗](../../father/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Which was taller, Father or Mother?[↗](../../father/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This is Esau the father of the Edomites.[↗](../../father/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.36.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made their father drink wine that night.[↗](../../father/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.[↗](../../father/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But he told not his father.[↗](../../father/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Have we not all one father?[↗](../../father/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.[↗](../../father/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.8.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../father/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fatherland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fatherland is the country where a person was born and feels they belong; a homeland.[↗](../../fatherland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (formal, old-fashioned).[↗](../../fatherland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You have no love of fatherland in you.[↗](../../fatherland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She saved her fatherland from danger.[↗](../../fatherland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He sang a song for his fatherland.[↗](../../fatherland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fatherless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fatherless means without a father, because he has died, left or is not known.[↗](../../fatherless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old writing, «the fatherless» means children without fathers, often named with widows as people to care for.[↗](../../fatherless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the story, the fatherless boy was raised by his grandmother.[↗](../../fatherless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity helps fatherless children with school costs.[↗](../../fatherless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible) The psalm says God defends the fatherless.[↗](../../fatherless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being fatherless did not stop her becoming a great scientist.[↗](../../fatherless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many famous people grew up fatherless.[↗](../../fatherless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The village looked after the fatherless family.[↗](../../fatherless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.[↗](../../fatherless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.[↗](../../fatherless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.[↗](../../fatherless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.[↗](../../fatherless/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.[↗](../../fatherless/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.[↗](../../fatherless/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fatherless/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/8/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)