--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* Favouritism is unfairly treating one person or group better than others, for example a teacher always choosing the same pupil or a parent giving one child more.[↗](../../favouritism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coach was accused of favouritism.[↗](../../favouritism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jacob's favouritism towards Joseph made his brothers jealous.[↗](../../favouritism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A good teacher avoids favouritism.[↗](../../favouritism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum says there is no favouritism in our house.[↗](../../favouritism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Favouritism can make people feel left out.[↗](../../favouritism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The other workers complained about favouritism.[↗](../../favouritism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Picking teams by drawing names stops favouritism.[↗](../../favouritism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fawn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fawn is a young deer, usually less than a year old, often with white spots.[↗](../../fawn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fawn is a light yellowish-brown colour.[↗](../../fawn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fawn over someone means to praise and please them too much, to get them to like you.[↗](../../fawn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A fawn can also be a loving name for a dear child.[↗](../../fawn/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A fawn was hiding in the long grass.[↗](../../fawn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fawn has white spots on its back.[↗](../../fawn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bambi is a famous fawn.[↗](../../fawn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a fawn alone, leave it; its mother will come back.[↗](../../fawn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a fawn coat.[↗](../../fawn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is fawn with a black nose.[↗](../../fawn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The courtiers fawned over the king.[↗](../../fawn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behind them played the young fawns together.[↗](../../fawn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.[↗](../../fawn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fawn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.[↗](../../fawn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fawn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **fay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, poetic) A fairy: a small magical being in old stories and poems.[↗](../../fay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Fay or Faye is a woman's first name.[↗](../../fay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Morgan le Fay) The name of a magical woman, an enchantress, in the stories of King Arthur.[↗](../../fay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the old poem, a fay danced in the moonlight.[↗](../../fay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Morgan le Fay was a powerful enchantress in the Arthur stories.[↗](../../fay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt's name is Fay.[↗](../../fay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children pretended to be fays in the woods.[↗](../../fay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story told of a fay who granted three wishes.[↗](../../fay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Faye is spelled with an «e» in some families.[↗](../../fay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **fe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fe is the chemical symbol for iron, a metal element; it comes from «ferrum», the Latin word for iron.[↗](../../fe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Spanish, Portuguese) «Fe» is a Spanish word meaning «faith»; it is not an English word.[↗](../../fe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It may also be a fragment of a longer word, such as «fe» in «fee» or «female», or the start of «Fe» in a name.[↗](../../fe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Fe is a magic word that a giant chants in a rhyme, as in "Fe, fa, fi, fo, fum.".[↗](../../fe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The symbol Fe stands for iron.[↗](../../fe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fe is element 26 on the periodic table.[↗](../../fe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The label on the cereal box lists iron (Fe).[↗](../../fe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rust forms when Fe reacts with oxygen and water.[↗](../../fe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science teacher wrote Fe on the board next to «iron».[↗](../../fe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish, «fe» means faith.[↗](../../fe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fe comes from the Latin word «ferrum».[↗](../../fe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Fe, fa, fi-fo-fum, I smell the breath of an Englishman.[↗](../../fe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **fear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fear is the feeling you have when you think something bad or dangerous might happen.[↗](../../fear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fear is a particular thing that frightens you: a fear of spiders.[↗](../../fear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To fear something means to be afraid of it.[↗](../../fear/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To fear can mean to worry that something bad is true.[↗](../../fear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I fear we are late.[↗](../../fear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many children have a fear of the dark.[↗](../../fear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was shaking with fear during the storm.[↗](../../fear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fear makes your heart beat faster.[↗](../../fear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Facing your fears can make you stronger.[↗](../../fear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit froze in fear when it saw the fox.[↗](../../fear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He didn't climb the tree for fear of falling.[↗](../../fear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell someone you trust about your fears.[↗](../../fear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters run into burning buildings without fear.[↗](../../fear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Every heart was full of fear.[↗](../../fear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.[↗](../../fear/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.[↗](../../fear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.17.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph said unto them: 'Fear not; for am I in the place of God?[↗](../../fear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel feared to tell Eli the vision.[↗](../../fear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed.[↗](../../fear/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.54.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion hath roared, who will not fear?[↗](../../fear/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fear/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fearful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fearful means afraid or worried that something bad will happen.[↗](../../fearful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) Fearful means frightening or terrible.[↗](../../fearful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, old) Fearful can mean very great or very bad: «a fearful mess».[↗](../../fearful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fearful puppy hid under the bed.[↗](../../fearful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fearful of the dark.[↗](../../fearful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They were fearful that the bridge would break.[↗](../../fearful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children gave a fearful glance at the old house.[↗](../../fearful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a fearful storm that night.[↗](../../fearful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be fearful — I'm here.[↗](../../fearful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Fear not,» said the angel to the fearful shepherds.[↗](../../fearful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Things!” he said.[↗](../../fearful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") “Fearful and horrible, Billy\![↗](../../fearful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?[↗](../../fearful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say: 'What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.'[↗](../../fearful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Say to them that are of a fearful heart: 'Be strong, fear not'; behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God He will come and save you.[↗](../../fearful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.35.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore make proclamation in the ears of the people, saying: Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.'[↗](../../fearful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.[↗](../../fearful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **fearfully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a frightened or worried way.[↗](../../fearfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned, UK) Very or extremely: «fearfully clever».[↗](../../fearfully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a way that is frightening to see.[↗](../../fearfully/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kitten peeped fearfully out from under the bed.[↗](../../fearfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He whispered fearfully, «Did you hear that noise?»[↗](../../fearfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children looked fearfully at the dark cave.[↗](../../fearfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She stepped fearfully onto the wobbly bridge.[↗](../../fearfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm fearfully sorry for being late, said the old gentleman.[↗](../../fearfully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boy held his mother's hand fearfully during the storm.[↗](../../fearfully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His jaws were open, his tongue hung from his mouth, and his eyes glared fearfully.[↗](../../fearfully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.[↗](../../fearfully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearfully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **fearless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not afraid of anything; very brave.[↗](../../fearless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ready to face danger or say difficult things without hesitating.[↗](../../fearless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fearless firefighter ran into the burning house.[↗](../../fearless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat is fearless and chases dogs.[↗](../../fearless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger was fearless in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../fearless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fearless explorer crossed the ice.[↗](../../fearless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was fearless on the climbing wall.[↗](../../fearless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being brave doesn't mean being fearless; it means doing it even when you're scared.[↗](../../fearless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fearless little bird defended its nest.[↗](../../fearless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the Bodhisatta, having confidence in himself, went straight on, fearless as a maned lion.[↗](../../fearless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.[↗](../../fearless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fearless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fearlessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a brave way, without fear.[↗](../../fearlessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She fearlessly climbed the tall tree.[↗](../../fearlessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who are you?» said the boy fearlessly.[↗](../../fearlessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight faced the dragon fearlessly.[↗](../../fearlessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fearsome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fearsome means very frightening to look at or meet, because it is big, strong or dangerous.[↗](../../fearsome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean very impressive or hard to deal with: «a fearsome reputation».[↗](../../fearsome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The T. rex had fearsome teeth.[↗](../../fearsome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight faced a fearsome dragon.[↗](../../fearsome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Vikings were fearsome warriors.[↗](../../fearsome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our netball team has a fearsome reputation.[↗](../../fearsome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm made a fearsome noise.[↗](../../fearsome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiger looked fearsome but was asleep.[↗](../../fearsome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the fearsome thing gave a loud roar, and stamped with both his feet upon the pavement, and out of the church he went after the sprightly tailor.[↗](../../fearsome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **feast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a celebration.[↗](../../feast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A religious festival day.[↗](../../feast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To eat a lot of good food with enjoyment: «feast on».[↗](../../feast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) Something very enjoyable for the senses: «a feast for the eyes».[↗](../../feast/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king held a great feast in the hall.[↗](../../feast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a feast at Gran's house.[↗](../../feast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds feasted on the berries.[↗](../../feast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children had a midnight feast at the sleepover.[↗](../../feast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden in spring is a feast for the eyes.[↗](../../feast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Feast your eyes on this cake\![↗](../../feast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants feasted on the dropped jam sandwich.[↗](../../feast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And what a feast that was\![↗](../../feast/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.[↗](../../feast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.[↗](../../feast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.[↗](../../feast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round\![↗](../../feast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.[↗](../../feast/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.[↗](../../feast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.81.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feast/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **feat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feat is a great deed that needs skill, strength or courage: a feat of strength.[↗](../../feat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A feat can be a clever act done with ease.[↗](../../feat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Climbing the mountain was a great feat.[↗](../../feat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He told of his feats at sea.[↗](../../feat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating the whole pie in five minutes was a feat.[↗](../../feat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every feat added glory to his name.[↗](../../feat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **feather** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feather is one of the light, soft parts that cover a bird's body.[↗](../../feather/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feathers keep birds warm and dry and help them fly.[↗](../../feather/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Light as a feather» means very light.[↗](../../feather/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* People who are alike like to spend time together.[↗](../../feather/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She found 14 feathers.[↗](../../feather/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each hat has 3 feathers.[↗](../../feather/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A pillow has 200 feathers.[↗](../../feather/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many feathers in 5 hats?[↗](../../feather/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The peacock has bright blue and green feathers.[↗](../../feather/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago people wrote with feather pens.[↗](../../feather/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The box was as light as a feather.[↗](../../feather/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Feathers help birds stay warm.[↗](../../feather/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds of a feather flock together.[↗](../../feather/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall take away its crop with the feathers thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.[↗](../../feather/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feather/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?[↗](../../feather/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feather/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar; (Prophets EZK.17.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feather/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.[↗](../../feather/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../feather/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **featherless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Featherless means having no feathers.[↗](../../featherless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby birds were pink and featherless.[↗](../../featherless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Featherless chicks need their parents to keep them warm.[↗](../../featherless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird had a featherless patch on its neck.[↗](../../featherless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A featherless bird cannot fly.[↗](../../featherless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Vultures have featherless heads.[↗](../../featherless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chick was blind and featherless when it hatched.[↗](../../featherless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **feathery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feathery means covered with feathers.[↗](../../feathery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feathery means light, soft or delicate, like a feather: «feathery clouds», «feathery leaves».[↗](../../feathery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby chick was soft and feathery.[↗](../../feathery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Feathery cirrus clouds floated high in the sky.[↗](../../feathery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrots have feathery green leaves.[↗](../../feathery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some dinosaurs were feathery, scientists say.[↗](../../feathery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The snow fell in feathery flakes.[↗](../../feathery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fern's feathery fronds swayed in the breeze.[↗](../../feathery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Very cautiously the large leaves were removed, and there appeared the feathery seed-crown of the despised dandelion.[↗](../../feathery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **feature** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feature is an important or interesting part or quality of something.[↗](../../feature/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Features are the parts of your face, like eyes, nose and mouth.[↗](../../feature/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A feature is a special article in a newspaper or a programme on a topic.[↗](../../feature/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To feature means to include or show something important, or to appear in something.[↗](../../feature/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A river is a physical feature of the landscape.[↗](../../feature/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new phone has lots of cool features.[↗](../../feature/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has her father's features.[↗](../../feature/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Name three features of a non-fiction text.[↗](../../feature/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film features a talking dog.[↗](../../feature/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One feature of a cube is that all its faces are squares.[↗](../../feature/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle is the main feature of the town.[↗](../../feature/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class project was featured in the school newsletter.[↗](../../feature/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But I have found in him one great redeeming feature.[↗](../../feature/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **feb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The short form of February, the second month of the year.[↗](../../feb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The calendar shows Jan, Feb, Mar and so on.[↗](../../feb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Half term is in Feb.[↗](../../feb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Feb is the shortest month.[↗](../../feb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the month as Feb on the form.[↗](../../feb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our trip is planned for Feb.[↗](../../feb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pancake Day often comes in Feb.[↗](../../feb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **febrile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) Febrile means having a fever, a high body temperature.[↗](../../febrile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Febrile means nervous, excited and restless, often in a busy or tense way: «a febrile mood».[↗](../../febrile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor said the baby was febrile.[↗](../../febrile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Febrile convulsions can happen with a high temperature.[↗](../../febrile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The atmosphere in the crowd was febrile before the final.[↗](../../febrile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The election campaign had a febrile mood.[↗](../../febrile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A febrile patient needs fluids and rest.[↗](../../febrile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The city was febrile with rumours.[↗](../../febrile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/10/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/8/) - next →: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/10/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)