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# F

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1. [**fume**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fume.md) noun (fumes — usually plural); verb (fume, fumes, fumed, fuming) Fumes are smoke, gas or strong smells that are unpleasant or harmful to breathe, like car exhaust or paint fumes.
2. [**fumes**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fumes.md) noun, plural (fumes); verb «fume» (fume, fumes, fumed, fuming) Gas or smoke that smells strong and can be harmful to breathe, like from cars, paint or chemicals.
3. [**fun**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fun.md) noun (fun — uncountable); adjective (fun, more fun, most fun — informal: funner, funnest) Enjoyment and pleasure; a good time: «We had fun at the party».
4. [**function**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/function.md) noun (a function, functions); verb (function, functions, functioned, functioning) 1) The job or purpose of something or someone. 2) (verb) To work or operate properly. 3) A formal party or event. 4) (maths) A rule that…
5. [**functional**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/functional.md) adjective (functional, more functional, most functional) Working properly and able to do its job: a functional lift goes up and down.
6. [**functionally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/functionally.md) adverb In a way that is about how something works or what it does, not how it looks.
7. [**fund**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fund.md) noun (fund, funds); verb (fund, funds, funded, funding) An amount of money saved or collected for a special purpose.
8. [**funded**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funded.md) verb, past form of fund (fund, funds, funded, funding); adjective (funded, well-funded) 1) Paid for by money from a person, group or government. 2) Given enough money to work: «well-funded», «underfunded».
9. [**funding**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funding.md) noun (funding) 1) Money given by a government, organisation or person for a special purpose, such as a school, project or research.
10. [**fundraise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fundraise.md) verb (fundraise, fundraises, fundraised, fundraising); noun form fundraising, fundraiser (a fundraiser, fundraisers) To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause, often by holding events.
11. [**funds**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funds.md) noun, plural (funds); the singular is fund (a fund, funds); verb fund (fund, funds, funded, funding) Funds are money that is available to spend, especially for a purpose: "the school is raising funds for a new playground".
12. [**funeral**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funeral.md) noun (a funeral, funerals); adjective (funeral — funeral home, funeral service) 1) A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and friends say goodbye and remember the person, and the body is buried or cremated.
13. [**funereal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funereal.md) adjective (funereal, more funereal, most funereal) 1) Funereal means connected with a funeral, or slow, sad and dark like one.
14. [**funfair**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funfair.md) noun (a funfair, funfairs) An outdoor show with rides, games, stalls and sweets that people pay to enjoy, often travelling from town to town.
15. [**fungus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fungus.md) noun (fungus, fungi or funguses; also uncountable) 1) A fungus is a living thing such as a mushroom, toadstool, mould or yeast that is neither a plant nor an animal; it feeds on dead or…
16. [**funnel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funnel.md) noun (a funnel, funnels); verb (funnel, funnels, funnelled/funneled, funnelling/funneling) A funnel is a tube that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.
17. [**funnily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funnily.md) adverb In a funny or strange way: «He walked funnily after the long ride.».
18. [**funny**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/funny.md) adjective (funny, funnier, funniest); adverb funnily Funny means making you laugh or smile: a funny joke.
19. [**fur**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fur.md) noun (fur, furs; uncountable for the hair, countable for coats) Fur is the soft thick hair that covers the bodies of many animals, like cats, dogs, rabbits and bears.
20. [**furcula**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furcula.md) noun (a furcula, furculas or furculae) The furcula is the wishbone of a bird: a forked bone in its chest made of two collarbones joined together.
21. [**furious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furious.md) adjective (furious; more furious, most furious) 1) Very, very angry. 2) Very strong, fast or wild: «a furious storm», «at a furious speed».
22. [**furiously**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furiously.md) adverb (furiously, more furiously, most furiously) 1) Furiously means in a very angry way, or with great force and wild energy.
23. [**furlough**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furlough.md) noun (a furlough, furloughs); verb (furlough, furloughs, furloughed, furloughing) 1) A furlough is a time when workers are told not to come to work for a while, often because there is not enough work, and they may get…
24. [**furloughed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furloughed.md) verb (furlough, furloughs, furloughed, furloughing); adjective (furloughed); noun (a furlough, furloughs) sent home from work for a time without pay or with reduced pay, because the employer has no work or money; it may lead to losing the job.
25. [**furnace**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furnace.md) noun (a furnace, furnaces) A furnace is a very hot enclosed fire or oven used to melt metal, make glass or burn things.
26. [**furnish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furnish.md) verb (furnish, furnishes, furnished, furnishing) To put furniture in a room or house: They furnished the bedroom.
27. [**furnished**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furnished.md) verb (past of «furnish»: furnish, furnishes, furnished, furnishing); adjective (furnished) 1) (adjective) Having furniture in it (a furnished flat). 2) Put furniture in a room or building. 3) (formal) Gave or supplied something…
28. [**furnishing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furnishing.md) noun (furnishings); also the -ing form of furnish 1) (usually plural) Furniture, carpets, curtains and other things in a room or house. 2) Putting furniture into a room or house.
29. [**furniture**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furniture.md) noun (furniture, uncountable) 1) Furniture is the large movable things in a room that make it usable, like tables, chairs, beds, sofas and wardrobes.
30. [**furred**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furred.md) adjective (furred); verb form, past of fur (fur, furs, furred, furring) Covered with fur, or with a coat of soft hair: a furred animal.
31. [**furrier**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furrier.md) noun (furriers) A furrier is a person who makes or sells clothes and goods made of fur.
32. [**furrow**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furrow.md) noun (a furrow, furrows); verb (furrow, furrows, furrowed, furrowing) A long narrow groove cut into the soil by a plough.
33. [**furrowed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furrowed.md) adjective; verb form (furrow, furrows, furrowed, furrowing) Of a field: having long, narrow trenches cut by a plough.
34. [**furry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furry.md) adjective (furry, furrier, furriest) Furry means covered with fur, or soft and thick like fur.
35. [**further**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/further.md) adverb; adjective (further, comparative of far; furthest); verb (further, furthers, furthered) Further means at or to a greater distance; more far.
36. [**furtherance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furtherance.md) noun (furtherance; uncountable) 1) (formal) The act of helping something to move forward or succeed.
37. [**furthermore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furthermore.md) adverb (furthermore) 1) (formal) In addition, also, used to add another, often stronger, point, as in «It's raining. Furthermore, it's freezing».
38. [**furthermost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furthermost.md) adjective (furthermost) 1) Furthermost means the most distant or farthest away from a place.
39. [**furthest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furthest.md) adjective (furthest); adverb (furthest) — superlative of far; also farthest 1) At the greatest distance; the most far away. 2) To the greatest degree or extent: «the furthest he had ever gone».
40. [**furtively**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furtively.md) adverb (furtively) 1) Furtively means in a secret, sly way, trying not to be seen.
41. [**fury**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fury.md) noun (fury, furies) 1) Fury is very strong, wild anger. 2) Fury can also mean great force or violence, as in the fury of a storm. 3) (myth) The Furies were…
42. [**furze**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furze.md) noun (furze) 1) Furze is a prickly yellow-flowered shrub that grows on heaths and common land, also called gorse. (old use, in fairy tales)
43. [**fuse**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuse.md) noun (a fuse, fuses); verb (fuse, fuses, fused, fusing) 1) noun: A fuse is a small safety part in an electric plug or circuit with a thin wire that melts and breaks the circuit if too much…
44. [**fusion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fusion.md) noun (fusion, uncountable; a fusion, fusions) Fusion is the joining of two or more things into one: a fusion of music styles.
45. [**fuss**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuss.md) noun (a fuss — usually singular; fuss — uncountable); verb (fuss, fusses, fussed, fussing) A fuss is a lot of worry, excitement or complaining about something, often something small.
46. [**fussiness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fussiness.md) noun (fussiness — usually uncountable) Being hard to please, especially about food, clothes or how things are done.
47. [**fussy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fussy.md) adjective (fussy, fussier, fussiest) A fussy person is hard to please and cares too much about small details.
48. [**fusty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fusty.md) adjective (fusty, fustier, fustiest) 1) Smelling stale, damp and old, like a room shut up for a long time. 2) Old-fashioned and dull in ideas: «fusty old rules».
49. [**futile**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/futile.md) adjective 1) Having no chance of success; useless, because it cannot change anything.
50. [**future**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/future.md) noun (the future; a future, futures); adjective (future: future plans) The future is the time that has not happened yet; what will happen after now.
51. [**fuzz**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuzz.md) noun (fuzz, uncountable); verb (fuzz, fuzzes, fuzzed, fuzzing) Fuzz is soft, short, light hair or fibres, like on a peach or a baby duck.
52. [**fuzzy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fuzzy.md) adjective (fuzzy, fuzzier, fuzziest) Fuzzy means covered with soft, short hair or fibres, like a peach or a teddy bear.

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