# dict

Words: extended
Meaning:
adj [only before noun] \n  1 made longer or bigger:  --an extended business trip//  --The computer uses extended memory.//\n  2 long or longer than expected or planned:  --If you are going abroad for an extended period of time , you should consider renting your house out.//\n  3 long and detailed:  --an extended analysis of the film//


Words: extended family
Meaning:
n [C]   a family group that consists not only of parents and children but also of grandparents, aunts etc//    nuclear family//


Words: extension
Meaning:
W3S2   n   ----------//\n   1 making something bigger or longer:\n   2 extra rooms:\n   3 extra time:\n   4 include/affect more than before:\n   5 telephone:\n   6 by extension:\n   7 extensions:\n   8 computer:\n   9 electric wire:\n  10 stretch arm/leg:\n  11 university/college:  ----------//\n  1 MAKING SOMETHING BIGGER OR LONGER:   [U and C] the process of making a road, building etc bigger or longer, or the part that is added//  extension of//  --the extension of the Jubilee underground line//\n  2 EXTRA ROOMS:   [C]  BrE another room or rooms which are added to a building//  extension to//  --the planned extension to the National Museum//  --a loft extension//\n  3 EXTRA TIME:   [C usually singular] an additional period of time allowed for something//  --Donald’s been given an extension to finish his thesis.//  --The pub’s got an extension tonight (=it will stay open longer than usual) .//\n  4 INCLUDE/AFFECT MORE THAN BEFORE:   [singular, U] the development of something in order to make it affect more people, situations, areas than before//  extension of//  --the extension of the copyright laws to cover online materials//  --an extension of the powers of the European Parliament//\n  5 TELEPHONE:   [C] //  a) one of many telephone lines connected to a central system in a large building, which all have different numbers//  --Can I have extension 316, please?//  --Do you know Mr Brown’s extension number? //  b) one of the telephones in a house that all have the same number//\n  6  by extension:  used when you want to mention something that is naturally related to something else//  --My primary responsibility is to the pupils, and by extension to the teachers and parents.//\n  7  extensions [plural] long pieces of artificial hair that can be attached to your hair to make it look longer:  hair extensions //\n  8 COMPUTER:   [C]  technical a set of three letters that follow the name of a computer file to show what it is. For example, the extension ’.doc’ shows that a file is a written document.//\n  9 ELECTRIC WIRE:   [C]  BrE an extension lead//\n  10 STRETCH ARM/LEG:   [U and C] the position of a part of the body when it is stretched, or the process of stretching it//\n  11 UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE:   [U] part of a university or college that offers courses to people who are not full time students//


Words: extension lead
Meaning:
BrE extension cord  AmE n [C]   an additional piece of electric wire that you attach to another wire to make a very long one//   extension//


Words: extensive
Meaning:
W3   adj \n  1 large in size, amount, or degree:  --The house stands in extensive grounds.//  --Fire has caused extensive damage to the island’s forests.//  --the extensive use of pesticides//\n  2 containing or dealing with a lot of information and details:  --Extensive research is being done into the connection between the disease and poor living conditions.//  --The exhibition has received extensive coverage in the national press.//  -- extensively adv //  --As a student, he travelled extensively in the Middle East.//


Words: extent
Meaning:
W1S2   n   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: extente, from  Latin extendere;   EXTEND]//\n  1  to ... extent:  used to say how true something is or how great an effect or change is//  to a certain extent/to some extent/to an extent (=partly) //  --We all to some extent remember the good times and forget the bad.//  --I do agree with him to an extent.//  to a great/large extent //  --Its success will depend to a large extent on local attitudes.//  to a lesser/greater extent (=less or more) //  --It will affect farmers in Spain and to a lesser extent in France.//  --They examined the extent to which  (=how much) age affected language-learning ability.//  -- To what extent  (=how much) did she influence his decision?//  to such an extent that/to the extent that (=so much that) //  --Violence increased to the extent that residents were afraid to leave their homes.//\n  2 [U] how large, important, or serious something is, especially something such as a problem or injury:  extent of//  --Considering the extent of his injuries he’s lucky to be alive.//  --It’s too early to assess the full extent of the damage.//\n  3 [U] the length or size of something:  --They opened out the nets to their full extent .//  in extent//  --The region is over 10,000 square kilometres in extent.//


Words: extenuating
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of  extenuare, from  tenuis  ’thin’]//  extenuating circumstances/factors etc//   formal facts or reasons which make you feel that it was reasonable for someone to break the usual rules, or make you have sympathy for someone who did something wrong or illegal//  -- extenuation/[hA366]kstenjue[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n/ n  [U] //


Words: exterior
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 [usually singular] the outside of something, especially a building:  → interior//  exterior of//  --the exterior of the factory//  --The dome is tiled on the exterior .//\n  2  calm/cool etc exterior:  behaviour that seems calm, unfriendly etc but which often hides a different feeling or attitude//  --Beneath that calm exterior, he has a fierce will to win.//\nexterior 2 adj [usually before noun]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: ’more outward’, from  exter;   EXTERNAL]//\n  1 on the outside of something:  → interior//  --The exterior walls need a new coat of paint.//\n  2 exterior scenes in a film are filmed outdoors:\n  3 coming from or relating to facts, situations etc other than the one you are considering:  --information that is exterior to the text itself//


Words: exterminate
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of  exterminare  ’to drive out’, from  terminus  ’edge’]//  to kill large numbers of people or animals of a particular type so that they no longer exist//  --Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.//  -- exterminator n  [C] //  -- extermination/[hA366]kst[hA362][hA359]m[hA369]ne[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ -[hA362][hA359]r-/ n  [U and C] //  --the extermination of the indigenous peoples//


Words: extern
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   a university student who works in a particular type of job for a short time in order to gain experience of that type of work//  --a finance major who was an extern with Merrill Lynch//  -- extern v  [I] //


Words: external
Meaning:
W2   adj   ----------//\n   1 outside part:\n   2 effect:\n   3 organization:\n   4 foreign:\n   5 independent:  ----------//  [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: externus, from  exter  ’on the outside’, from  ex  ’out’]//\n  1 OUTSIDE PART:  relating to the outside of something or of a person’s body//  → internal//  --the external appearance of the building//  For external use only (=written on medicines which must be put on your skin and not swallowed) //\n  2 EFFECT:  relating to your environment or situation, rather than to your own qualities, ideas etc//  --Low birth weight may be caused by external factors , such as smoking during pregnancy.//  --influences from the external environment//\n  3 ORGANIZATION:  coming from or happening outside a particular place or organization//  → internal//  --information from external sources//\n  4 FOREIGN:  relating to foreign countries//  → internal//  --China will not tolerate any external interference in its affairs.//  external affairs/relations //  --the Minister of External Affairs//\n  5 INDEPENDENT:   BrE coming from outside a particular school, university, or organization, and therefore independent//  → internal//  external examination/examiner //  external auditors (=someone from outside who looks at an organization’s finances) //  -- externally adv //  --The job should be advertised internally and externally.//


Words: externalize
Meaning:
also  externalise BrE   v [T]  formal   to express inner feelings//    internalize//  -- externalization/[hA366]kst[hA362][hA359]n[hA353]la[hA366]ze[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ -st[hA362][hA359]rn[hA353]l[hA353]-/ n  [U and C] //


Words: externship
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   a job that a university student does in order to gain experience in a particular area of work. Externships are usually not paid and usually last only a short time//    extern, internship//  --an externship in a law firm//


Words: extinct
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: exstinctus, past participle of  exstinguere;   EXTINGUISH]//\n  1 an extinct type of animal or plant does not exist any more:  --Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.//  --Pandas could become extinct in the wild.//  --an extinct species//\n  2 if a type of person, custom, skill etc is extinct, it does not exist in society any more:\n  3 an extinct volcano does not erupt any more:  → active//


Words: extinction
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 when a particular type of animal or plant stops existing:  --species in danger of extinction //  on the verge/edge/brink of extinction (=nearly extinct) //  --The breed was on the verge of extinction.//  --They were hunted almost to extinction .//  --Conservationists are trying to save the whale from extinction .//  face extinction/be threatened with extinction //  --Many endangered species now face extinction.//\n  2 when a type of person, custom, skill etc stops existing:  --Their traditional way of life seems doomed to extinction.//


Words: extinguish
Meaning:
v [T]  formal   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: exstinguere, from  stinguere  ’to extinguish’]//\n  1 to make a fire or light stop burning or shining:   put out//  --Please extinguish all cigarettes.//  --Firemen were called to extinguish the blaze.//\n  2 to make an idea or feeling stop:  --All hope was almost extinguished.//


Words: extirpate
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: exstirpatus, past participle of  exstirpare, from  stirps  ’root’]//   formal to completely destroy something that is unpleasant or unwanted//


Words: extol
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  extolled present participle  extolling  [T] //  [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: extollere, from  tollere  ’to lift up’]//   formal to praise something very much//  extol the virtues/benefits etc of sth //  --a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise//


Words: extort
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of  extorquere, from  torquere  ’to twist’]//  to illegally force someone to give you something, especially money, by threatening them//    blackmail//  extort sth from sb//  --Rebels extorted money from local villagers.//  -- extortion/[hA366]kst[hA350][hA359][hA35D][hA368]n $ -[hA350][hA359]r-/ n  [U] //  --He faces charges of kidnapping and extortion.//  -- extortionist n  [C] //


Words: extortionate
Meaning:
adj   an extortionate price, demand etc is unreasonably high//   exorbitant//  --Many local taxi drivers charge extortionate rates.//  -- extortionately adv //


Words: extra
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Origin:  Probably from  extraordinary]//\n  1 [only before noun] more of something, in addition to the usual or standard amount or number:  --Could you get an extra loaf of bread?//  --Allow extra time for your journey.//  --Drivers are advised to take extra care .//  --Residents can use the gym at no extra cost .//  an extra ten minutes/three metres etc //  --I asked for an extra two weeks to finish the work.//\n  2 [not before noun] if something is extra, it is not included in the price of something and you have to pay more for it:  --Dinner costs $15 but wine is extra.//\nextra 2 pron   an amount of something, especially money, in addition to the usual, basic, or necessary amount//   more//  pay/charge/cost etc extra //  --I earn extra for working on Sunday.//\nextra 3 adv \n  1 in addition to the usual things or the usual amount:  --They need to offer something extra to attract customers.//  one/a few etc extra //  --I got a few extra in case anyone else decides to come.//  --I’ll be making $400 extra a month.//\n  2 [+ adjective/adverb] used to emphasize an adjective or adverb:  --You’re going to have to work extra hard to pass the exam.//  --an extra special effort//\nextra 4 n [C] \n  1 something which is added to a basic product or service that improves it and often costs more:  --Tinted windows and a sunroof are optional extras  (=something that you can choose to have or not) .//  --Be careful, there may be hidden extras  (=additional charges which you are not told about) .//  --It’s got lots of useful little extras .//\n  2 an actor in a film who does not say anything but is part of a crowd:  --He started his acting career as an extra.//


Words: extra time
Meaning:
n [U]    especially BrE a period of usually 30 minutes added to the end of a football game in some competitions if neither team has won after normal time//  American Equivalent:  overtime//  in extra time//  --Beckham scored in extra time.//  --The match went into extra time .//


Words: extra virgin
Meaning:
adj   extra virgin  olive oil comes from  olives that are pressed for the first time, and is considered to be the best quality olive oil//


Words: extra-
Meaning:
prefix   [Language: Latin; Origin: extra  ’outside’, from  exter;   EXTERNAL]//\n  1 outside or beyond:  --extragalactic (=outside our galaxy) //  --extracellular (=outside a cell) //\n  2  informal very or more than normal:  --extra-large//  --extra-strong//  --extra-special//


Words: extract
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of  extrahere, from  trahere  ’to pull’]//\n  1  formal to remove an object from somewhere, especially with difficulty:  --You’ll have to have that tooth extracted .//  extract sth from sth//  --He extracted an envelope from his inside pocket.//\n  2 to carefully remove a substance from something which contains it, using a machine, chemical process etc:  extract sth from sth//  --Oils are extracted from the plants.//\n  3 to get something which you want from someone, such as information, money, help etc, especially when they do not want to give it to you:  extract sth from sb//  --She had extracted a promise from him.//  --They used torture to extract information about their families.//\n  4 to take information or a short piece of writing from a book:  --We need to extract the relevant financial data.//\n  5 to get an advantage or good thing from a situation:  extract sth from sth//  --They aim to extract the maximum political benefit from the Games.//\nextract 2   n \n  1 [C] a short piece of writing, music etc taken from a particular book, piece of music etc:  extract from//  --I’ve only seen short extracts from the film.//\n  2 [U and C] a substance obtained from something by using a special process:  vanilla/malt/plant etc extract //  --Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract.//


Words: extraction
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U and C] the process of removing or obtaining something from something else:  extraction of//  --the extraction of salt from seawater//  --the extraction of information from appropriate reference sources//  mineral/oil etc extraction //\n  2  be of French/Russian/Italian etc extraction:  to be from a French, Russian etc family even though you were not born in that country//


Words: extractor
Meaning:
n  also extractor fan  [C]   a machine for removing air that is hot or smells unpleasant from a kitchen, factory etc//


Words: extracurricular
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   extracurricular activities are not part of the course that a student is doing at a school or college//


Words: extraditable
Meaning:
adj   an extraditable crime is one for which someone can be extradited//  --Possession of explosives is an extraditable offence.//


Words: extradite
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin: extradition  (19-21 centuries), from  French, from  Latin traditio  ’handing over’;   TRADITION]//  to use a legal process to send someone who may be guilty of a crime back to the country where the crime happened in order to judge them in a court of law//  extradite sb to/from Britain/the US etc //  --They are expected to be extradited to Britain to face trial.//  -- extradition/ekstr[hA353]d[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n/ n  [U and C] //  --an extradition order//


Words: extramarital
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   an extramarital sexual relationship is one that a married person has with a person who is not their husband or wife//


Words: extramural
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: extra muros  ’outside the walls’]//\n  1 relating to a place or organization but happening or done outside it:  --extramural activities//\n  2  especially BrE extramural courses are for people who are not full-time students:


Words: extraneous
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: extraneus  ’foreign, strange’, from  extra;   EXTRA-]//\n  1 not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem:   irrelevant//  extraneous to//  --Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand.//\n  2 coming from outside:  --extraneous noises//


Words: extranet
Meaning:
n [C]   a computer system in a company that allows better communication between the company and its customers by combining Internet and intranet systems, so that some customers can view some of the company’s private information that is not normally available on the Internet//


Words: extraordinaire
Meaning:
adj [only after noun]   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: ’extraordinary’]//  used, often humorously, to describe someone who is very good at doing something//  gardener/cakemaker/chef etc extraordinaire //


Words: extraordinarily
Meaning:
adv  especially BrE \n  1 [+ adjective/adverb] extremely:  --We were extraordinarily lucky.//\n  2 in a way that seems strange:  --Why had James behaved so extraordinarily?//


Words: extraordinary
Meaning:
W3S3   adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: extraordinarius, from  extra ordinem  ’out of the usual course’, from  ordo  ’order’]//\n  1 very unusual or surprising:  --It took an extraordinary amount of work.//  -- It’s extraordinary that he should make exactly the same mistake again.//  quite/most extraordinary  BrE //  --Chris’s behaviour that morning was quite extraordinary.//  extraordinary thing to do/say/happen //  --What an extraordinary thing to do!//  how extraordinary!  BrE  spoken  (=used to express surprise)  see usage note  unusual//\n  2 very much greater or more impressive than usual:   incredible//  --a woman of extraordinary beauty//  --an extraordinary talent//\n  3  extraordinary meeting/session etc:  a meeting which takes place in addition to the usual ones//\n  4  envoy/ambassador/minister extraordinary:  an official employed for a special purpose, in addition to the usual officials//


Words: extrapolate
Meaning:
v [I and T]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: extra (  EXTRA-) +  English -polate (as in interpolate)]//  to use facts about the present or about one thing or group to make a guess about the future or about other things or groups//  extrapolate (sth) from sth//  --It is possible to extrapolate future developments from current trends.//  --You’re extrapolating from your own feelings to mine.//  extrapolate (sth) to sth//  --These results cannot, however, be extrapolated to other patient groups.//  -- extrapolation/[hA366]kstr[zB024]p[hA353]le[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n/ n  [U and C] //


Words: extraterrestrial
Meaning:
n [C]   a creature that people think may exist on another planet//\nextraterrestrial 2 adj   relating to things that exist outside the Earth//


Words: extravagant
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin vagans, present participle of  vagari  ’to wander about’]//\n  1 spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you can afford:  --Would it would be too extravagant to buy both?//  --an extravagant lifestyle//\n  2 doing or using something too much or more than is necessary:  extravagant with//  --Don’t be too extravagant with the wine.//  --an extravagant display of loyalty//\n  3 if someone makes extravagant claims, promises etc, they make big claims or promises that are not true or real:  --extravagant claims about the drug’s effectiveness//\n  4 very impressive because of being very expensive, beautiful etc:  --extravagant celebrations//  -- extravagantly adv //  -- extravagance n  [U and C] //  --the extravagance of the Royal Palace//  --His only extravagance (=the only expensive thing he bought) was fine wine.//


Words: extravaganza
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Italian; Origin: estravaganza, from  Medieval Latin extravagans;   EXTRAVAGANT]//  a very large and expensive entertainment//  --a musical extravaganza//


Words: extreme
Meaning:
W3S3   adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: extreme, from  Latin extremus  ’most outward’, from  exter;   EXTERNAL]//\n  1 [only before noun] very great in degree:  --Extreme poverty still exists in many rural areas.//  extreme care/caution //  --It is necessary to use extreme caution with chemicals.//  --extreme cold//  --He had extreme difficulty getting hold of the ingredients.//\n  2 very unusual and severe or serious:  extreme example/case //  --an extreme case of cruelty//  --Force is only justified in extreme circumstances .//  extreme weather/conditions etc //\n  3  extreme west/end/left etc:  the part furthest to the west, nearest the end etc//  --on the extreme edge of the cliff//\n  4 extreme opinions, beliefs, or organizations, especially political ones, are considered by most people to be unacceptable and unreasonable:  --extreme right-wing nationalists//\n  5 [only before noun]  extreme sports/surfing/skiing etc:  an extreme sport is one that is done in a way that has much more risk and so is more dangerous than an ordinary form of the sport//\n  6  extreme athlete/surfer/skier etc:  someone who does extreme sports//  --Extreme surfers will ride waves that reach heights of more than fifty feet.//\nextreme 2 n [C] \n  1 a situation, quality etc which is as great as it can possibly be - used especially when talking about two opposites:  extreme of//  --The bacteria can withstand extremes of heat and cold.//  --In fact, the truth lies between the two extremes .//  at the other/opposite extreme //  --At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.//  --Advertisements seem to go from one extreme to the other  (=change from one extreme thing to something totally opposite) .//\n  2  in the extreme:  to a very great degree//  --This kind of experiment seems cruel in the extreme.//\n  3  to extremes:  if someone does something to extremes, they do it to a point beyond what is normal or acceptable//  take/carry sth to extremes //  --Problems only occur when this attitude is taken to extremes.//  --She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him.//


Words: extreme fighting
Meaning:
n [U]   a competition, similar to boxing, in which two people are allowed to hit or kick each other and in which there are almost no rules//


Words: extremely
Meaning:
adverb]   to a very great degree//  --Earthquakes are extremely difficult to predict.//  --I’m extremely sorry to have troubled you.//


Words: extremism
Meaning:
n [U]   opinions, ideas, and actions, especially political or religious ones, that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable//


Words: extremist
Meaning:
n [C]   someone who has extreme political opinions and aims, and who is willing to do unusual or illegal things in order to achieve them//  --The bomb was planted by right-wing extremists.//  -- extremist adj //


Words: extremity
Meaning:
n   plural  extremities //\n  1 [C usually plural] one of the parts of your body that is furthest away from the centre, for example your fingers and toes:\n  2 [U] the degree to which something goes beyond what is usually thought to be acceptable:  --The committee was uncomfortable about the extremity of the proposal.//\n  3 [C] the part that is furthest away from the centre of something:  eastern/southern etc extremity of sth //  --an island at the southern extremity of New Zealand//


Words: extricate
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of  extricare, from  tricae  ’small difficulties’]//\n  1 to escape from a difficult or embarrassing situation, or to help someone escape:  extricate yourself/sb from sth//  --How was he going to extricate himself from this situation?//\n  2 to remove someone from a place in which they are trapped:  extricate sb/yourself from sth//  --Firemen had to extricate the driver from the wreckage.//


Words: extrinsic
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: extrins[hA169]que, from  Latin extrinsecus  ’from outside’]//  coming from outside or not directly relating to something//  → intrinsic//  --Staff who complete extra qualifications receive no extrinsic rewards  (=no extra money etc) .//  --a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors//


Words: extrovert
Meaning:
extravert/ekstr[hA353]v[hA362][hA359]t $ -[hA362][hA359]rt/ n [C]   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: Latin; Origin: extra- (  EXTRA-) +  vertere  ’to turn’]//  someone who is active and confident, and who enjoys spending time with other people//  → introvert//  --Her sister was always more of an extrovert.//  -- extrovert adj //  --a friendly, extrovert young Australian//


Words: extroverted
Meaning:
adj  also extrovert   having a confident character and enjoying the company of other people//  → introverted//  -- extroversion/ekstr[hA353]v[hA362][hA359][hA35D][hA368]n $ -v[hA362][hA359]r[hA360][hA368]n/ n  [U] //


Words: extrude
Meaning:
v [T]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: extrudere, from  trudere  ’to push’]//\n  1  formal to push or force something out through a hole:\n  2  technical to force plastic or metal through a hole so that it has a particular shape:  -- extrusion/[hA366]kstru[hA359][hA360][hA368]n/ n  [U and C] //


Words: exuberant
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin, present participle of  exuberare  ’to exist in large quantities’, from  uber  ’producing a lot’, from  uber  ’udder’]//\n  1 happy and full of energy and excitement:  --an exuberant personality//\n  2 exuberant decorations, patterns etc are exciting and complicated or colourful:  --exuberant carvings//  -- exuberance n  [U] //  --She needs to try and control her natural exuberance.//  -- exuberantly adv //


Words: exude
Meaning:
v   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: exsudare, from  sudare  ’to have liquid coming out through the skin’]//\n  1 [T] if you exude a particular quality, it is easy to see that you have a lot of it:  --She exudes self-confidence.//  --He exuded an air of wealth and power//\n  2 [I and T]  formal to flow out slowly and steadily, or to make something do this:  --The plant exudes a sticky liquid.//


Words: exult
Meaning:
v [I and T]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: exulter, from  Latin exsultare, from  saltare  ’to jump’]//   formal to show that you are very happy and proud, especially because you have succeeded in doing something//  exult at/in/over//  --She exulted in her new discovery.//  --’We made the front page!’ Jos exulted.//  -- exultation/egz[hA356]lte[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n/ n  [U] //  --a sense of exultation//


Words: exultant
Meaning:
adj  formal   very happy or proud, especially because you have succeeded in doing something//  --an exultant mood//  --Ralph was exultant.//  -- exultantly adv //


Words: Eyck
Meaning:
Jan van   (?1390-1441) a Flemish painter, especially of religious subjects painted in a realistic way//


Words: eye
Meaning:
n   ear, nose, tooth, eye//  ----------//\n   1 for seeing with:\n   2 way of seeing/understanding:\n   3 keep an eye on something/somebody:\n   4 have/keep your eye on somebody:\n   5 eye contact:\n   6 keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something:\n   7 have your eye on something:\n   8 the naked eye:\n   9 before your very eyes:\n  10 can’t take your eyes off somebody/something:\n  11 under the (watchful/stern etc) eye of somebody:\n  12 run/cast your eye over something:\n  13 set/lay/clap eyes on somebody/something:\n  14 keep an eye open/out (for something):\n  15 with an eye to (doing) something:\n  16 close/shut your eyes to something:\n  17 have a (good) eye for something:\n  18 keep your eyes peeled/skinned:\n  19 with your eyes open:\n  20 can do something with your eyes shut/closed:\n  21 make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye:\n  22 an eye for/on/to the main chance:\n  23 one in the eye for somebody:\n  24 an eye for an eye:\n  25 for somebody’s eyes only:\n  26 have eyes in the back of your head:\n  27 get/keep your eye in:\n  28 have eyes like a hawk:\n  29 have eyes popping (out of your head):\n  30 be up to your eyes in something:\n  31 have eyes bigger than your belly:\n  32 only have eyes for somebody:\n  33 my eye!:\n  34 all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc:\n  35 in a pig’s eye!:\n  36 camera:\n  37 needle:\n  38 for fastening clothes:\n  39 storm:\n  40 potato:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: eage]//\n  1 FOR SEEING WITH:   [C] one of the two parts of the body that you use to see with//  --He’s got brown eyes and a cheerful smile.//  --There were tears in her eyes as she listened to the story.//  --Ow! I’ve got something in my eye!//  --Jessica’s eyes sparkled with excitement.//  close/shut your eyes //  --He yawned, closed his eyes again, and turned over.//  --Emily opened her eyes .//  drop/lower your eyes (=to look down) //  have/keep etc your eyes glued to sth (=to be watching something with all your attention) //  --Winifred sat with her eyes glued to the television screen.//  --Clark’s eyes narrowed as he saw the man approaching.//  --Louise’s eyes widened.//  -- All eyes were immediately turned on  (=everyone looked at) Henry.//  --I’ve got an eye test  (=a test to check how well I can see) tomorrow.//  blue-eyed/one-eyed/bright-eyed etc //  --a brown-eyed girl//    wide-eyed//\n  2 WAY OF SEEING/UNDERSTANDING:   [C usually singular] a particular way of seeing, judging, or understanding something//  --Go through your shopping list with a critical eye for foods with a high fat content.//  with the eye of sb//  --The magazine combines the accuracy of the scientist with the eye of the artist.//  to sb’s eye(s)//  --The picture quality, to my eye, is excellent.//  through the eyes of sb//   (=from the point of view of a particular person) //  --The story is told through the eyes of a refugee child.//  in the eyes of sb//   (=according to a particular person or group) //  --Carl could do no wrong in the eyes of his parents.//\n  3  keep an eye on sth/sb:  to look after someone or something and make sure that they are safe//  --Mary will keep an eye on the kids this afternoon.//  --We keep a watchful eye on our elderly neighbors.//\n  4  have/keep your eye on sb:  to carefully watch everything that someone does, especially because you do not trust them//  --We want Taylor in jail where we can keep an eye on him.//\n  5  eye contact:  when you look directly at someone at the same time as they are looking at you//  --People who are lying tend to avoid eye contact.//  --In a formal interview, try to maintain good eye contact with the interviewers.//\n  6  keep/have one eye/half an eye on sb/sth:  to be watching someone or something at the same time that you are doing something else//  --Louise was stirring the soup with half an eye on the baby.//\n  7  have your eye on sth:  to want something that you think might become available//  --He has his eye on the bigger apartment next door.//\n  8  the naked eye:  if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using any artificial help such as a telescope or microscope//  with the naked eye//  --It’s just about possible to see the planet with the naked eye on a clear night.//  visible/invisible to the naked eye//  --Dust mites are tiny creatures, invisible to the naked eye.//\n  9  before your very eyes:   also (right) in front of your eyes //   especially spoken if something happens before your very eyes, it happens where you can clearly see it//  --The murder had apparently taken place before our very eyes.//\n  10  can’t take your eyes off sb/sth:  to be unable to stop looking at someone or something, especially because they are extremely interesting or attractive//  --She looked stunning. I couldn’t take my eyes off her all evening.//\n  11  under the (watchful/stern etc) eye of sb:  while being watched by someone who is making sure that you behave properly or do something right//  --We went to dances, but only under the watchful eye of our father.//\n  12  run/cast your eye over sth:  to look at something quickly//  --She cast her eye over the front page of the paper.//\n  13  set/lay/clap eyes on sb/sth:   spoken to see something or meet someone, especially for the first time//  --I loved that house from the moment I clapped eyes on it.//\n  14  keep an eye open/out (for sth):  to watch carefully so that you will notice when someone or something appears//  --Keep an eye out for rabbits in the field.//\n  15  with an eye to (doing) sth:  if you do something with an eye to doing something else, you do it in order to make the second thing more likely to happen//  --Most novels are published with an eye to commercial success.//\n  16  close/shut your eyes to sth:  to ignore something or pretend that you do not know it is happening//  --Most governments know that we’re heading for an environmental catastrophe but they shut their eyes to it.//\n  17  have a (good) eye for sth:  to be good at noticing a particular type of thing, especially something attractive, valuable, of good quality etc//  --Ernest has an eye for detail.//  --She’s definitely got a good eye for a bargain.//\n  18  keep your eyes peeled/skinned:   spoken to watch carefully and continuously for something//  keep your eyes peeled/skinned for//  --She stumbled along, keeping her eyes peeled for a phone box.//\n  19  with your eyes open:  knowing fully what the problems, difficulties, results etc of a situation might be//  --I’ve no-one to blame but myself - I went into this deal with my eyes open.//\n  20  can do sth with your eyes shut/closed:  to be able to do something very easily//  --Believe me, you could run that place with your eyes closed.//\n  21  make eyes at sb/give sb the eye:   informal to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive//  --Don’t look now, but that guy over there is really giving you the eye.//\n  22  an eye for/on/to the main chance:  if you have an eye for the main chance, you will take advantage of any possible opportunity to get what you want - used to show disapproval//\n  23  one in the eye for sb:   BrE  spoken something that will annoy someone or give them a disadvantage - used especially when you think this is a good thing//  --This latest judgement will definitely be one in the eye for the fast food corporations.//\n  24  an eye for an eye:  the idea that if someone does something wrong, you should punish them by doing the same thing to them//  --An eye for an eye is no way to run a civilised justice system.//\n  25  for sb’s eyes only:  used to say that something is secret and must only be seen by one particular person or group//  --The information is for police eyes only.//\n  26  have eyes in the back of your head:  to know what is happening all around you, even when this seems impossible//  --We’ll have to be really careful - old Jonesey has eyes in the back of his head.//\n  27  get/keep your eye in:   BrE  informal to practise or to continue practising an activity so that you become good at it//\n  28  have eyes like a hawk:  to notice every small detail or everything that is happening, and therefore be very difficult to deceive//  --We never got away with anything in Mrs. Podell’s class - she had eyes like a hawk.//\n  29  have eyes popping (out of your head):   BrE  especially spoken to be very surprised, shocked, or excited by something you see//\n  30  be up to your eyes in sth:   BrE  informal to be very busy doing something//  --He’s up to his eyes in paperwork.//\n  31  have eyes bigger than your belly:   spoken used to say that you have taken more food than you are able to eat//\n  32  only have eyes for sb:  if someone only has eyes for someone, they love and are interested in that person only//\n  33  my eye!:   old-fashioned  spoken used to say that you do not believe something//\n  34  all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc:  a) used to say that everyone is looking at someone or something//  --All eyes were on the speaker, and nobody noticed me slip into the hall.//  b) used to say that a lot of people are paying attention to a particular person or situation//  --For the time being, all eyes are on the White House.//\n  35  in a pig’s eye!:   AmE  spoken used to show that you do not believe what someone is saying//\n  36 CAMERA:   [singular] the eye of the camera is the way that you appear in photographs//  --Fashion models are completely comfortable with the eye of the camera.//\n  37 NEEDLE:   [C] the hole in a needle that you put the thread through//\n  38 FOR FASTENING CLOTHES:   [C] a small circle or U-shaped piece of metal used together with a hook for fastening clothes//\n  39 STORM:   [singular] the calm centre of a storm such as a hurricane//\n  40 POTATO:   [C] a dark spot on a potato that a new plant can grow from//    bird’s-eye view,  black eye,  Catseye,  private eye,  red eye,  the apple of sb’s eye at apple(2),  not bat an eye at bat2 (2),  turn a blind eye (to sth) at blind1 (3),  see sth out of the corner of your eye at corner1 (8),  the evil eye at evil1 (5),  give sb the glad eye at glad(6),  look sb in the eye/face at look1 (7),  in your mind’s eye at mind1 (40),  here’s mud in your eye at mud,  open sb’s eyes (to) at open2 (17),  in the public eye at public1 (4),  make sheep’s eyes at at sheep(4),  a sight for sore eyes at sight1 (14),  in the twinkling of an eye at twinkling,  keep a weather eye on at weather1 (5),  pull the wool over sb’s eyes at wool(4)//\neye 2   present participle  eyeing  or  eying  v [T] //  to look at someone or something carefully, especially because you do not trust them or because you want something//  --The man behind the desk eyed us suspiciously.//  --A crowd of local children gathered around, eying us in silence.//  eye up [eye sb → up] phr v//   informal to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive//  --There was a group of lads at the bar, eyeing up every girl who walked in.//


Words: eye candy
Meaning:
n [U]  informal   someone or something that is attractive to look at, but is not serious or important//


Words: eye drops
Meaning:
n [plural]   special liquid which you put into your eyes because they are sore or dry, or as a medical treatment//


Words: eye level
Meaning:
n [U]   a height equal to the level of your eyes//  at/above/below eye level//  --Your screen should be at eye level.//  --an eye-level grill//


Words: eye shadow
Meaning:
n [U and C]   coloured make-up that you put on your eyelids to make your eyes look more attractive//


Words: eye strain
Meaning:
n [U]   a pain you feel in your eyes, for example because you are tired or have been reading a lot//


Words: eye tooth
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1500-1600; Origin:  Because it is directly below the eye]//\n  1  sb would give their eye teeth for sth:   spoken used to say that someone wants something very much//  --I’d give my eye teeth to be able to play the piano like that.//\n  2 one of the long pointed teeth at the corner of your mouth:   canine tooth//


Words: eye-catching
Meaning:
adj   something eye-catching is unusual or attractive in a way that makes you notice it//  --an eye-catching design//


Words: eye-opener
Meaning:
n [C usually singular]   an experience from which you learn something surprising or new//  --The whole trip has been a real eye-opener.//


Words: eyeball
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 the round ball that forms the whole of your eye, including the part inside your head:\n  2  eyeball to eyeball:  if two people are eyeball to eyeball, they are directly facing each other, especially in an angry or threatening way//\n  3  up to the/your eyeballs in sth:   informal if someone is up to their eyeballs in something, they have more than they can deal with//  --She’s up to her eyeballs in debt.//\n  4  drugged/doped up to the eyeballs:  if someone is drugged up to the eyeballs, they have taken a lot of drugs so that their behaviour is severely affected//\neyeball 2 v [T]    informal to look directly and closely at something or someone//  --They eyeballed each other suspiciously.//


Words: eyebrow
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 the line of hair above your eye:  --thick bushy eyebrows//\n  2  raise your eyebrows:  to move your eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval//  --’Really?’ she said, raising her eyebrows.//  --This decision caused a few raised eyebrows (=surprised some people) .//\n  3  be up to your eyebrows in sth:   spoken to have more of something than you can deal with//  --I’m absolutely up to my eyebrows in work.//


Words: eyeful
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  an eyeful:   informal //  a) if you get an eyeful of something interesting or shocking, you see it//  b)  old-fashioned something or someone, especially a woman, who is very attractive to look at//\n  2 an amount of liquid, dust, or sand that has got into someone’s eye:


Words: eyeglass
Meaning:
n \n  1 [C] a lens for one eye, worn to help you see better with that eye:   monocle//\n  2  eyeglasses [plural]  old-fashioned  or  AmE a pair of glasses:


Words: eyelash
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 one of the small hairs that grow along the edge of your eyelids:\n  2  flutter your eyelashes:  if a woman flutters her eyelashes, she moves them up and down very quickly, in order to look sexually attractive//


Words: eyelet
Meaning:
n [C]   a hole surrounded by a metal ring that is put in leather or cloth so that a string can be passed through it//


Words: eyelid
Meaning:
n [C]   a piece of skin that covers your eye when it is closed//  --His eyelids began to droop  (=close, because he was sleepy) .//  --The room spun. Her eyelids fluttered  (=moved up and down quickly) and she fainted.//    not bat an eyelid at bat2 (2)//


Words: eyeliner
Meaning:
n [U and C]   coloured make-up that you put along the edges of your eyelids to make your eyes look bigger or more noticeable//  --She was wearing thick, black eyeliner.//  --an eyeliner pencil//


Words: eyesight
Meaning:
n [U]   your ability to see//  poor/good/failing etc eyesight //  --Eagles have very keen eyesight.//  --He had a problem with his eyesight.//


Words: eyesore
Meaning:
n [C]   something that is very ugly, especially a building surrounded by other things that are not ugly//  --The factory is an eyesore.//


Words: eyewitness
Meaning:
n [C]   someone who has seen something such as a crime happen, and is able to describe it afterwards//  eyewitness account/report/testimony //  --According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd.//  --One eyewitness said he saw her talking to a man in a blue car.//


Words: eyrie
Meaning:
also  eyry BrE   n [C] \n  1 the nest of a large bird, especially an eagle, that is usually built high up in rocks or trees:\n  2  literary a room or building that is very high up:


Words: F
Meaning:
f/ef/ n   plural  F’s  f’s //\n  1 [U and C] the sixth letter of the English alphabet:\n  2 [U and C] the fourth note in the musical scale1(8) of C major or the musical key based on this note:\n  3 [C] a mark given to a student’s work to show that it is not good enough:  --I got an F in chemistry.//    f-word//\n|\n  1 the written abbreviation of Fahrenheit :  --Water boils at 212 F.//\n  2 the written abbreviation of female :\n  3 the written abbreviation of false :


Words: f-word
Meaning:
n [C]   used when you are talking about the word fuck but do not want to say it because it is offensive//  --Mommy, Billy said the f-word.//


Words: f.
Meaning:
also  f BrE \n  1 the written abbreviation of forte , used in music to show that a part should be played or sung loudly:\n  2 the written abbreviation of female :


Words: FA
Meaning:
n \n  1  the FA:   the Football Association the organization that is in charge of professional football in England//  --the FA Cup//\n  2  sweet FA:   BrE  not polite nothing//


Words: fa
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin]//  the fourth note in a musical scale1(8) according to the sol-fa system//


Words: FA Cup
Meaning:
the   a football competition open to all  amateur and professional football teams in the FA in England and Wales, and arranged by the FA//  --Liverpool won the FA Cup. //


Words: Faberge
Meaning:
Peter   (1846-1920) a Russian  goldsmith who made his father’s jewellery business into an internationally famous company. He was most famous for producing Easter eggs decorated with jewels and enamel for the Russian royal family.//


Words: Faberge egg
Meaning:
one of the golden eggs decorated with jewels which were made by Peter Carl Faberge for the Russian royal family in the late 19th century//


Words: fable
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin fabula  ’conversation, story’]//\n  1 [C] a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals:  --the fable of the fox and the crow//\n  2 [U] fables or other traditional stories:  --monsters of fable//


Words: fabled
Meaning:
adj  literary   famous and often mentioned in traditional stories//   legendary//  --the fabled Fountain of Youth//


Words: fabric
Meaning:
W3   n   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: fabrique, from  Latin fabrica  ’thing made, place where things are made’]//\n  1 [U and C] cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc:   material//  --our new range of fabrics and wallpapers//  cotton/silk/synthetic etc fabric //  --printed cotton fabric//\n  2 [singular] the fabric of a society is its basic structure, way of life, relationships, and traditions:  fabric of//  --Drug abuse poses a major threat to the fabric of our society .//  --The country’s social fabric is disintegrating.//\n  3  the fabric of sth:  the fabric of a building is its basic structure, including walls and the roof//  --the need to preserve the fabric of the church//


Words: fabric softener fabric conditioner
Meaning:
BrE n [U and C]   a liquid that you put in water when washing clothes in order to make them feel softer//


Words: fabricate
Meaning:
v [T] \n  1 to invent a story, piece of information etc in order to deceive someone:  --The police were accused of fabricating evidence .//\n  2  technical to make or produce goods or equipment:   manufacture//  --The discs are expensive to fabricate.//


Words: fabrication
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U and C] a piece of information or story that someone has invented in order to deceive people:  complete/total/pure fabrication //  --Of course, it might all be complete fabrication.//\n  2 [U]  technical the process of making or producing something:   manufacture//


Words: fabulous
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: fabulosus, from  fabula;   FABLE]//\n  1 extremely good or impressive:   wonderful//  --You look fabulous!//  --a fabulous meal//  --The room has fabulous views across the lake.//\n  2 [only before noun] very large in amount or size:   huge//  --the Duke’s fabulous wealth //\n  3 [only before noun] fabulous creatures, places etc are mentioned in traditional stories, but do not really exist:


Words: facade
Meaning:
fa[hA168]ade/f[hA353]s[hA35A][hA359]d, f[zB024]-/ n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: fa[hA168]ade, from  Italian faccia  ’face’]//\n  1 the front of a building, especially a large and important one:  facade of//  --the facade of the cathedral//  --an impressive building with a red brick facade//\n  2 [usually singular] a way of behaving that hides your real feelings:  -- Behind her cheerful facade , she’s a really lonely person.//  facade of//  --She managed to maintain a facade of bravery.//


Words: face
Meaning:
n [C]   ear, nose, tooth, eye//  ----------//\n   1 front of your head:\n   2 expression:\n   3 keep a straight face:\n   4 pale-faced/round-faced etc:\n   5 grim-faced/serious-faced etc:\n   6 person:\n   7 face to face:\n   8 say something/tell somebody something to their face:\n   9 face down/downwards:\n  10 face up/upwards:\n  11 in the face of something:\n  12 on the face of it:\n  13 the face of something:\n  14 mountain/cliff:\n  15 clock:\n  16 lose face:\n  17 save face:\n  18 disappear/vanish from/off the face of the earth:\n  19 on the face of the earth:\n  20 somebody’s face doesn’t fit:\n  21 set your face against something:\n  22 mine:\n  23 outside surface:\n  24 sport:\n  25 in your face:\n  26 get in somebody’s face:\n  27 get out of my face:\n  28 what’s his face/what’s her face:\n  29 put your face on:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin facies  ’form, face’, from  facere  ’to make’]//\n  1 FRONT OF YOUR HEAD:  the front part of your head, where your eyes, nose, and mouth are//  --She had a beautiful face.//  --Her face was white with fear.//  --A big smile spread across his face.//  --I could see from the look on her face that something was wrong.//  --I felt like punching him in the face.//\n  2 EXPRESSION:  an expression on someone’s face//  --the children’s happy faces//  -- I’ll never forget my father’s face - I’d never seen him so upset before. //  -- What’s the  long face  for? //  -- Emma was  making faces  at me through the window. //  -- Judging from her  blank face , I’d say she didn’t know what we were talking about. //  -- Mr Neeson came striding towards us with  a face like thunder . //  -- David’s  face lit up when I mentioned her name. //  -- Her  face fell  and I thought she might burst into tears. //  --Tom’s  face darkened  and he turned angrily on Sam. //  -- They were glad he was there. He could  see  it  in  their  faces . //  -- The disappointment was  written all over  his  face .//  -- You should have seen  Gary’s  face  when I told him I was resigning. //  --He  had a  surprised, slightly puzzled look on his face .//  --Sally watched him  with a smile on her face .//\n  3  keep a straight face:  to not laugh or smile, even though something is funny//\n  4  pale-faced/round-faced etc:  having a face that has a particular shape or colour//  --a pale-faced youth//    red-faced//\n  5  grim-faced/serious-faced etc:  showing a particular expression on your face//  --Negotiators emerged grim-faced after the day’s talks.//    barefaced,  po-faced,  poker-faced,  stony-faced//\n  6 PERSON:  a person//  new/different face (=someone who you have not seen before) //  --There are a few new faces in class this year.//  --Gordon Bradley is a familiar face  (=someone who you know or have seen many times before) at the Shrewsbury Flower Show.//  --It’s the same old faces  (=people who you see often, especially too often) at our meetings every week.//  famous/well-known face (=someone who is famous from television, magazines, films etc) //  --She looked around at the sea of faces  (=lots of people seen together) in the cafeteria.//\n  7  face to face:  a) if two people are standing face to face, they are very close and are looking at each other//  meet sb/talk to sb/explain sth etc face to face (=to meet someone and talk to them, instead of just hearing about them, talking to them on the phone etc) //  --Actually, I’ve never met her face to face.//  --’You could have just phoned.’ ’I wanted to explain things face to face.’//  come face to face/find yourself face to face with sb (=to meet someone, especially in a way that surprises or frightens you) //  --At that moment he came face to face with Sergeant Burke.//  --The two men stood face to face without a word.//  b) if you come face to face with something difficult, you experience it and have to deal with it//  --It was the first time he’d ever come face to face with death.//  bring sb face to face with sth //  --Sometimes one is brought face to face with facts which cannot be ignored.//    face-to-face//\n  8  say sth/tell sb sth to their face:  if you say something unpleasant to someone’s face, you say it to them directly, rather than to other people//  --I told him to his face just what I thought of him.//\n  9  face down/downwards:  with the face or front towards the ground//  --Keith was lying face down on the bed.//\n  10  face up/upwards:  with the face or front towards the sky//  --The body was lying face up in the rain.//\n  11  in the face of sth:  in a situation where there are many problems, difficulties, or dangers//  --It is amazing how Daniels has survived in the face of such strong opposition from within the party.//\n  12  on the face of it:  used to say that something seems true but that you think there may be other facts about it which are not yet clear//  --It looks, on the face of it, like a minor change in the regulations.//  --On the face of it, his suggestion makes sense.//\n  13  the face of sth:  a) the nature or character of an organization, industry, system etc, and the way it appears to people//  --technology that has changed the face of society//  --Is this the new face of the Tory party?//  the ugly/unacceptable/acceptable face of sth (=the qualities of an organization, industry etc which people find unacceptable or acceptable) //  --the unacceptable face of capitalism//  b) the general appearance of a particular place//  --the changing face of the landscape//\n  14 MOUNTAIN/CLIFF:  the face of a mountain, cliff etc is a steep vertical surface or side//  face of//  --He fell and died while attempting to climb the north face of Mont Blanc.//  --The cliff face was starting to crumble into the sea.//  --a sheer (=very steep)  rock face //  date, face, hand, strap//\n  15 CLOCK:  the front part of a clock or watch, where the numbers and hands are//\n  16  lose face:  if you lose face, you do something which makes you seem weak, stupid etc, and which makes people respect you less//  --He doesn’t want to back down (=accept defeat in an argument) and risk losing face.//\n  17  save face:  if you do something to save face, you do it so that people will not lose their respect for you//  --Both countries saved face with the compromise.//\n  18  disappear/vanish from/off the face of the earth:  used to say that you have no idea where someone is and have not seen them in a very long time//  --I haven’t seen Paul in ages; he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.//\n  19  on the face of the earth:  used when you are emphasizing a statement to mean ’in the whole world’//  --If she was the last woman on the face of the earth, I still wouldn’t be interested!//\n  20  sb’s face doesn’t fit:  used to say that someone will not get or keep a particular job because they are not the kind of person that the employer wants//\n  21  set your face against sth:   especially  BrE to be very determined that something should not happen//  --It is a shame that the local Labour Party has set its face against the scheme.//\n  22 MINE:  the part of a mine from which coal, stone etc is cut//    coalface//\n  23 OUTSIDE SURFACE:  one of the outside surfaces of an object or building//  --A cube has six faces.//\n  24 SPORT:  the part of a racket or bat etc that you use to hit the ball//\n  25  in your face:  in yer face  BrE  spoken  informal behaviour, criticisms, remarks etc that are in your face are very direct and often shocking or surprising//  --Bingham has a very ’in your face’ writing style.//\n  26  get in sb’s face:   spoken  informal if someone gets in your face, they really annoy you//\n  27  get out of my face:   spoken  informal used to tell someone in an impolite way to go away because they are annoying you//\n  28  what’s his face/what’s her face:   spoken  informal used as a way of talking about someone when you cannot remember their name//  --I saw old what’s his face in school yesterday.//\n  29  put your face on:   informal to put make-up on//  --I just need to run upstairs and put my face on.//    blow up in sb’s face at blow up(7),  put on a brave face at brave1 (3),  do sth till you’re blue in the face at blue1 (4),  have egg on your face at egg1 (5),  face-to-face,  fly in the face of at fly1 (18),  laugh in sb’s face at laugh1 (11),  long face at long1 (12),  not just a pretty face at pretty2 (4),  show your face at show1 (15),  shut your face at shut1 (2),  a slap in the face at slap2 (2),  be staring sb in the face at stare1 (2),  a straight face at straight2 (8),  wipe sth off the face of the earth at wipe1 (8),  wipe the smile/grin off sb’s face at wipe1 (7),  have sth written all over your face at write(10)//  ----------//  HINT sense 1 //  Something is on someone’s face , not in their face: You’ve got a mark on your face. //  COLLOCATES for sense 2 //  a long face  (=an unhappy expression) //  pull/make a face  (=change your expression to make people laugh or to show you are angry, disappointed etc) //  a blank face  (=an expression that shows you do not know or recognize something) //  a face like thunder  (=a very angry expression) //  somebody’s face lights up/brightens  (=they start to look happy) //  somebody’s face falls  (=they start to look unhappy) //  somebody’s face darkens  (=they start to look angry or threatening) //  see something in somebody’s face //  show in somebody’s face //  something is written all over somebody’s face  (=something is obvious from someone’s expression) //  you should have seen his/her face spoken (=used to say that someone was very angry, surprised etc) //  the look/expression on somebody’s face //  a smile/grin/frown etc on somebody’s face //  ----------//\nface 2 v [T]   ----------//\n   1 difficult situation:\n   2 admit a problem exists:\n   3 can’t face:\n   4 talk/deal with somebody:\n   5 be opposite:\n   6 opponent/team:\n   7 face the music:\n   8 building:  Phrasal verbs//   face somebody → down//   face off//   face up to something//  ----------//\n  1 DIFFICULT SITUATION:  if you face or are faced with a difficult situation, or if a difficult situation faces you, it is going to affect you and you must deal with it//  --Emergency services are facing additional problems this winter.//  --The President faces the difficult task of putting the economy back on its feet.//  --McManus is facing the biggest challenge of his career.//  --As the project comes to an end, many workers now face an uncertain future .//  --He must face the prospect of financial ruin.//  be faced with sth//  --I was faced with the awful job of breaking the news to the girl’s family.//  --the difficulties faced by the police//  --If he is found guilty, he faces up to 12 years in jail.//  face charges/prosecution (=have legal charges brought against you) //  --He was the first member of the former government to face criminal charges.//\n  2 ADMIT A PROBLEM EXISTS:   also face up to sth //  to accept that a difficult situation or problem exists, even though you would prefer to ignore it//  --Many couples refuse to face the fact that there are problems in their marriage.//  --You’ve got to face facts , Rachel. You can’t survive on a salary that low.//  --He had to face the awful truth that she no longer loved him.//  -- Face it, kid. You’re never going to be a rock star.//\n  3  can’t face:  if you can’t face something, you feel unable to do it because it seems too unpleasant or difficult//  --I don’t want to go back to college - I just can’t face it .//  --I can’t face the thought of going into town when it’s this hot.//  --She couldn’t face the prospect of another divorce.//  can’t face doing sth//  --He couldn’t face driving all the way to Los Angeles.//\n  4 TALK/DEAL WITH SOMEBODY:  to talk or deal with someone, when this is unpleasant or difficult for you//  --You’re going to have to face him sooner or later.//  --I don’t know how I’m going to face her after what happened.//  --The accident left her feeling depressed and unable to face the world  (=be with people and live a normal life) .//\n  5 BE OPPOSITE:  to be opposite someone or something, or to be looking or pointing in a particular direction//  --The two men stood facing each other, smiling.//  --When he turned to face her, he seemed annoyed.//  --Lunch is served on the terrace facing the sea.//  south-facing/west-facing etc //  --a south-facing garden//  face north/east etc //  --The dining room faces east. see usage note  front1 //\n  6 OPPONENT/TEAM:  to play against an opponent or team in a game or competition//  --Martinez will face Robertson in tomorrow’s final.//\n  7  face the music:   informal to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done//\n  8 BUILDING:   be faced with stone/concrete etc//  a building that is faced with stone, concrete etc has a layer of that material on its outside surfaces//  face down [face sb → down] phr v//  to deal in a strong and confident way with someone who opposes you//  --Harrison successfully faced down the mob of angry workers.//  face off phr v//  to fight, argue, or compete with someone, or to get into a position in which you are ready to do this//  --The two candidates will face off in a televised debate on Friday.//  face up to [face up to sth] phr v//  to accept and deal with a difficult fact or problem//  --They’ll never offer you another job; you might as well face up to it .//  --She had to face up to the fact that he was guilty.//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 2 //  face the fact that //  face facts //  face the truth //  (let’s) face it spoken (=used when saying something that is hard for someone to accept) //  ----------//


Words: face card
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   the king, queen, or jack in a set of playing cards//  British Equivalent:  court card//


Words: face pack
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   a thick cream that you spread over your face and leave on for a short time, in order to clean and improve your skin//


Words: face time
Meaning:
n [U]  AmE \n  1 time that you spend at your job because you want other people, especially your manager, to see you there, whether or not you are actually doing good work:  --Here we reward performance, not face time.//\n  2 time that you spend talking to someone when you are with them, rather than on the telephone:  face time with//  --In return for his donation, he wanted face time with the President.//


Words: face value
Meaning:
n \n  1  take sth at face value:  to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning//  --You shouldn’t always take his remarks at face value.//\n  2 [singular, U] the value or cost shown on the front of something such as a stamp or coin:


Words: face-off
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  informal  especially AmE a fight or argument:  --a face-off between police and rioters//\n  2 the start of a game of ice hockey:


Words: face-saving
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   a face-saving action or arrangement prevents you from losing other people’s respect//  --a face-saving compromise//


Words: face-to-face
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   a face-to-face meeting, conversation etc is one where you are with another person and talking to them//  --a face-to-face interview//    face to face at face1 (7)//


Words: facecloth
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   a small square cloth used to wash your face or hands//  American Equivalent:  washcloth//


Words: faceless
Meaning:
adj [usually before noun]   a faceless person, organization, or building has nothing that makes them special, interesting, or different - used to show disapproval//  --He had become just another faceless bureaucrat .//  --faceless modern office blocks//


Words: facelift
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 if you have a facelift, you have an operation in which doctors remove loose skin from your face in order to make you look younger:\n  2 work or repairs that make a building or place look newer or better:  --The new owner had given the pub a facelift .//


Words: facet
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: facette, from  face  ’face’]//\n  1 one of several parts of someone’s character, a situation etc:   aspect//  facet of//  --He has travelled extensively in China, recording every facet of life.//\n  2  multi-faceted/many-faceted:  consisting of many different parts//  --The issues are complex and multi-faceted.//\n  3 one of the flat sides of a cut jewel:


Words: facetious
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: facetieux, from  facetie  ’joke’]//  saying things that are intended to be clever and funny but are really silly and annoying//  --Don’t be so facetious!//  --facetious comments//  -- facetiously adv //  -- facetiousness n  [U] //


Words: facial
Meaning:
adj   on your face or relating to your face//  --Victor’s facial expression didn’t change.//  --facial hair//  -- facially adv //  --Facially the boys are similar.//\nfacial 2 n [C]   if you have a facial, you have a beauty treatment in which your face is cleaned and creams are rubbed into it//


Words: facile
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin facilis  ’easy to do’, from  facere  ’to do, make’]//\n  1 a facile remark, argument etc is too simple and shows a lack of careful thought or understanding:  --facile generalizations//\n  2 [only before noun]  formal a facile achievement or success has been obtained too easily and has no value:  --a facile victory//  -- facilely adv //  -- facileness n  [U] //


Words: facilitate
Meaning:
v [T]  formal   to make it easier for a process or activity to happen//  --Computers can be used to facilitate language learning.//  -- facilitation/f[hA353]s[hA366]l[hA369]te[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n/ n  [U] //


Words: facilitator
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 someone who helps a group of people discuss things with each other or do something effectively:\n  2  technical something that helps a process to take place:


Words: facility
Meaning:
n   plural  facilities //\n  1  facilities [plural] rooms, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose:  --All rooms have private facilities  (=private bathroom and toilet) .//  --The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities .//  -- toilet facilities //  --childcare facilities//\n  2 [C usually singular] a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do something:  --Is there a call-back facility on this phone?//  --a bank account with an overdraft facility//\n  3 [C] a place or building used for a particular activity or industry, or for providing a particular type of service:  --a top-secret research facility//  --the finest indoor sports facility in the US//\n  4 [singular] a natural ability to do something easily and well:   talent//  facility for//  --She has an amazing facility for languages.//\n  5  the facilities:   AmE  spoken the toilet, used to be polite//  --Excuse me, I have to use the facilities.//


Words: facing
Meaning:
n [U and C] \n  1 an outer surface of a wall or building made of a different material from the rest in order to make it look attractive:\n  2 material fastened to the inside of a piece of clothing to strengthen it:\n  3  facings [plural] parts of a jacket, coat etc around the neck and wrists which have a different colour from the rest:


Words: facsimile
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: fac simile  ’make similar’]//\n  1 an exact copy of a picture, piece of writing etc:\n  2  formal a fax:


Words: fact
Meaning:
n   ----------//\n   1 true information:\n   2 the fact (that):\n   3 in (actual) fact:\n   4 the fact (of the matter) is:\n   5 the fact remains:\n   6 real events/not a story:\n   7 facts and figures:\n   8 the facts speak for themselves:\n   9 after the fact:  ----------//  [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: factum  ’thing done’, from  facere  ’to do, make’]//\n  1 TRUE INFORMATION:   [C] a piece of information that is known to be true//  --Newspapers have a duty to provide readers with the facts.//  fact about//  --The book is full of interesting facts about the World Cup.//  fact of//  --First of all, we need to establish the facts of the case.//  it’s a fact/that’s a fact (=used to emphasize that something is definitely true or that something definitely happened) //  --The divorce rate is twice as high as in the 1950s - that’s a fact.//  is that a fact? (=used to reply to a statement that you find surprising, interesting, or difficult to believe) //  --’She used to be a professional singer.’ ’Is that a fact?’//  it’s a (well-known/little-known etc) fact that //  --It’s a fact that most deaths from lung cancer are caused by smoking.//  --I know for a fact that  (=used to say that something is definitely true) she earns more than I do.//  get your facts right/straight (=make sure you are right about something) //  --Mr Craig should get his facts straight before making false allegations.//  --Your ability to write and argue is of little use if you get your facts wrong  (=are wrong about something) .//  stick to the facts (=only say what you know is true) //  hard facts (=information that is definitely true and can be proven) //  --We need hard facts not just interesting theories.//  the bare facts (=the basic details of a situation or story) //\n  2  the fact (that):  used when talking about a situation and saying that it is true//  --Our decision to build the museum in Hartlepool was influenced by the fact that there were no national museums in the North East.//  --He refused to help me, despite the fact that I asked him several times.//  given the fact (that)/in view of the fact (that) (=used when saying that a particular fact influences your judgement about something or someone) //  --Given the fact that this is their first game, I think they did pretty well.//  due to the fact (that)/owing to the fact (that) (=because) //  --The school’s poor exam record is largely due to the fact that it is chronically underfunded.//  --The fact we didn’t win when we were so close is very disappointing.//\n  3  in (actual) fact:  a) used when you are adding something, especially something surprising, to emphasize what you have just said//  --I know the mayor really well. In fact, I had dinner with her last week.//  b) used to emphasize that the truth about a situation is the opposite of what has been mentioned//  --They told me it would be cheap but in fact it cost me nearly $500.//  --Her teachers said she was a slow learner, whereas in actual fact she was partially deaf.//\n  4  the fact (of the matter) is:   spoken used when you are telling someone what is actually true in a particular situation, especially when this may be difficult to accept, or different from what people believe//  --The fact of the matter is that he’s just not up to the job.//\n  5  the fact remains:  used to emphasize that what you are saying about a situation is true and people must realize this//  --The fact remains that the number of homeless people is rising daily.//\n  6 REAL EVENTS/NOT A STORY:   [U] situations, events etc that really happened and have not been invented//  → fiction//  --Much of the novel is based on fact.//  --It’s a news reporter’s job to separate fact from fiction .//\n  7  facts and figures [plural] the basic details, numbers etc concerning a particular situation or subject:  --Here are a few facts and figures about the country.//\n  8  the facts speak for themselves:  used to say that the things that have happened or the things someone has done show clearly that something is true//\n  9  after the fact:  after something has happened or been done, especially after a mistake has been made//    as a matter of fact at matter1 (4),  face facts at face2 (2),  in point of fact at point1 (17)//  ----------//  WORD CHOICE: in fact, as a matter of fact, the fact is //  Use  in fact  or  as a matter of fact to say more about a previous statement : Antibiotics will not help. In fact, they may make symptoms worse.| The album is brilliant - their best ever, as a matter of fact. //  You can also use  in fact  or  as a matter of fact to correct what has been said : They had met but were not, in fact, friends. |  ’You’ve never been there, have you?’ ’As a matter of fact I have.’  //  Use  the fact is to introduce your main point or to say what the real truth is : Many women are constantly dieting. The fact is, most diets do not work.| The fact is, he’s just no good at his job. //  ----------//


Words: fact of life plural
Meaning:
facts of life  n [C] \n  1 an unpleasant situation that exists and that must be accepted:  --Mass unemployment seems to be a fact of life nowadays.//  --Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not a very popular job.//\n  2  the facts of life:  the details about sex and how babies are born//  --Mum told me the facts of life when I was twelve.//


Words: fact-finding
Meaning:
adj   fact-finding trip/visit/mission etc//  an official trip, visit etc during which you try to find out facts and information about something for your organization, government etc//


Words: faction
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin factio  ’act of making’;   FASHION1]//\n  1 [C] a small group of people within a larger group, who have different ideas from the other members, and who try to get their own ideas accepted:  --struggles between the different factions within the party//  --the leaders of the warring factions //\n  2 [U]  formal disagreements and arguments between different groups within an organization:  --jealousy and faction//  -- factional adj //  --factional conflict//


Words: factitious
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: facticius, from  facere  ’to do, make’]//  made to happen artificially by people rather than happening naturally//


Words: factor
Meaning:
n [C]   ----------//\n   1 cause/influence:\n   2 level on a scale:\n   3 by a factor of five/ten etc:\n   4 mathematics:  ----------//  [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: facteur, from  Latin factor  ’doer, maker’, from  facere  ’to do, make’]//\n  1 CAUSE/INFLUENCE:  one of several things that influence or cause a situation//  --The rise in crime is mainly due to social and economic factors.//  factor in//  --The vaccination program has been a major factor in the improvement of health standards.//  important/major/key/crucial factor //  --The weather could be a crucial factor in tomorrow’s game.//  deciding/decisive/determining factor (=the most important factor) //  --We liked both houses, but price was the deciding factor.//\n  2 LEVEL ON A SCALE:  a particular level on a scale that measures how strong or effective something is//  --factor 15 suntan oil//  --Even in July the windchill factor  (=the degree to which the air feels colder because of the wind) can be intense.//\n  3  by a factor of five/ten etc:  if something increases or decreases by a factor of five, ten etc, it increases or decreases by five times, ten times etc//\n  4 MATHEMATICS:   technical a number that divides into another number exactly//  --3 is a factor of 15.//\nfactor 2 v [T]  AmE  technical   to divide a number into factors//  factor in [factor sth → in] phr v//  to include a particular thing in your calculations about how long something will take, how much it will cost etc//  factor out [factor sth → out] phr v//  to not include something in your calculations about how long something will take, how much it will cost etc//


Words: factorial
Meaning:
n [C]  technical   the result when you multiply a whole number by all the numbers below it//  --factorial 3 = 3 x 2 x 1//


Words: factory
Meaning:
n   plural  factories  [C] //  [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: factoria, from  Latin factor;   FACTOR1]//  a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines//  --a car factory//  --factory workers//


Words: factory farming
Meaning:
n [U]   a type of farming in which animals are kept inside, in small spaces or small cages, and made to grow or produce eggs very quickly//  -- factory farm n  [C] //


Words: factory floor
Meaning:
n   the factory floor//  a) the area in a factory where goods are made//  b) the ordinary workers in a factory, rather than the managers//  on the factory floor//  --There’s been a lot of talk on the factory floor (=among the ordinary workers) about more layoffs in the spring.//


Words: factotum
Meaning:
n [C]  formal   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: ’do everything’]//  a servant or worker who has to do many different kinds of jobs for someone//


Words: factual
Meaning:
adj   based on facts or relating to facts//  --Try to keep your account of events as factual as possible.//  factual information/knowledge/statements etc //  --Libraries are stores of factual information.//  --The report contained a number of factual errors .//  -- factually adv //  --The document is factually correct.//


Words: faculty
Meaning:
n   plural  faculties //  [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: faculte, from  Latin facultas  ’ability’]//\n  1 [C] a department or group of related departments within a university:  faculty of//  --the Faculty of Law//  --the Engineering Faculty//\n  2 [U and C]  AmE all the teachers in a university:  --Both faculty and students oppose the measures.//\n  3 [C usually plural] a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly:  --an assessment of the patient’s mental faculties//  in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way) //  faculty of//  --the faculty of sight//\n  4 [C]  formal a particular skill that someone has:  faculty for//  --She had a great faculty for absorbing information.//


Words: fad
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin:  Perhaps from  fiddle-faddle]//  something that people like or do for a short time, or that is fashionable for a short time//  --Interest in organic food is not a fad, it’s here to stay.//  -- faddish adj //  -- faddishness n  [U] //


Words: faddy
Meaning:
adj   someone who is faddy dislikes many kinds of food - used to show disapproval//  --Jackie’s a terribly faddy eater.//


Words: fade
Meaning:
v   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: fader, from  Latin fatuus;   FATUOUS]//\n  1  also fade away :   [I] to gradually disappear//  --Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade.//  --Over the years her beauty had faded a little.//\n  2 [I and T] to lose colour and brightness, or to make something do this:  --the fading evening light//  --a pair of faded jeans//  --The sun had faded the curtains.//\n  3  also fade away :   [I] to become weaker physically, especially so that you become very ill or die//\n  4 [I] if a team fades, it stops playing as well as it did before:  fade in phr v//  to appear slowly or become louder, or to make a picture or sound do this//  fade sth → in//  --Additional background sound is faded in at the beginning of the shot.//  -- fade-in n  [C] //  fade out phr v//  to disappear slowly or become quieter, or to make a picture or sound do this//  fade sth → out//  --He slid a control to fade out the music.//  -- fade-out n  [C] //


Words: faeces
Meaning:
also  feces AmE   n [plural]  formal   solid waste material from the bowels//  -- faecal/fi[hA359]k[hA368]l/ adj //


Words: Faeroe Islands
Meaning:
the  the Faroe Islands , the Faeroes  ,  the Faroes  a group of islands in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. They belong to Denmark, but have their own government.//


Words: fag
Meaning:
n [C]   [Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: fag end]//  [Sense: 2; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: faggot]//  [Sense: 3,4; Date: 1500-1600; Origin:  Perhaps from   FLAG2]//\n  1  BrE  informal a cigarette:\n  2  AmE  taboo  informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.:\n  3  be a fag:   BrE  informal to be a boring or difficult thing to do//\n  4 a young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student:


Words: fag end
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE  informal   [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: fag  ’loose part’ (15-18 centuries)]//  the end of a cigarette that someone has finished smoking//


Words: fagged
Meaning:
adj  BrE  informal \n  1  also fagged out :   [not before noun] extremely tired//\n  2  I can’t be fagged:   spoken used to say that you are too tired or bored to do something//   I can’t be bothered//


Words: faggot
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: fagot, from  Italian faggotto]//\n  1  BrE a ball made of meat mixed with bread, which is cooked:\n  2  AmE  taboo  informal a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.:\n  3  old-fashioned small sticks that are tied together, used for burning on a fire:


Words: Fagin
Meaning:
a character in the book  Oliver Twist by Charles  Dickens. Fagin is the leader of a group of young thieves, who collects and then sells the objects that they have stolen.//


Words: Fahrenheit
Meaning:
n [U]  written abbreviation F   [Date: 1700-1800; Origin:  Gabriel  Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German scientist]//  a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32[hA13B] and boils at 212[hA13B]//  --72[hA13B] Fahrenheit (=72 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale) //  -- Fahrenheit adj //


Words: fail
Meaning:
W1S2   v   ----------//\n   1 not succeed:\n   2 not do something:\n   3 exam/test:\n   4 I fail to see/understand:\n   5 company/business:\n   6 machine/body part:\n   7 health:\n   8 never fail to do something:\n   9 your courage/will/nerve fails (you):\n  10 fail somebody:\n  11 crops:\n  12 rains:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: faillir, from  Latin fallere  ’to deceive, disappoint’]//\n  1 NOT SUCCEED:   [I] to not succeed in achieving something//  --It looks likely that the peace talks will fail.//  fail in//  --He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.//  fail to do sth//  --Doctors failed to save the girl’s life.//  --Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably  (=been completely unsuccessful) .//  --his efforts to save his failing marriage //  -- If all else fails , you may be advised to have an operation.//\n  2 NOT DO SOMETHING:   [I] to not do what is expected, needed, or wanted//  fail to do sth//  --The letter failed to arrive.//  --Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business.//  --The government are failing in their duty to protect people.//\n  3 EXAM/TEST:  a)  [I and T] to not pass a test or examination//  --I failed my driving test the first time I took it.//  --Daniel failed maths but passed all his other subjects.//  b)  [T] to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination//  --Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.//\n  4  I fail to see/understand:   formal used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand//  --I fail to see why you find it so amusing.//\n  5 COMPANY/BUSINESS:   [I] if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money//\n  6 MACHINE/BODY PART:   [I] if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working//  --The engine failed on take-off.//  --The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.//\n  7 HEALTH:   [I] if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was//  -- Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.//\n  8  never fail to do sth:  to do something or happen so regularly that people expect it//  --My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.//\n  9  your courage/will/nerve fails (you):  if your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it//  --She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.//\n  10  fail sb:  to not do what someone has trusted you to do//   let somebody down//  --I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.//\n  11 CROPS:   [I] if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather//\n  12 RAINS:   [I] if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year)  fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough//    words fail me at word1 (28)//\nfail 2 n \n  1  without fail:  a) if you do something without fail, you always do it//  --Tim visits his mother every day without fail.//  b) used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something//  --I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!//\n  2 [C] an unsuccessful result in a test or examination:  → pass//  --I got a fail in history.//


Words: fail-safe
Meaning:
adj \n  1 a fail-safe machine, piece of equipment etc contains a system that makes the machine stop working if one part of it fails:\n  2 a fail-safe plan is certain to succeed:


Words: failing
Meaning:
n [C]   a fault or weakness//  --I love him, despite his failings.//\nfailing 2 prep   failing that/this//  used to say that if your first suggestion is not successful or possible, there is another possibility that you could try//  --We will probably have the conference at the Hyatt Hotel or, failing that, at the Fairmont.//


Words: failure
Meaning:
n   ----------//\n   1 lack of success:\n   2 unsuccessful person/thing:\n   3 failure to do something:\n   4 business:\n   5 machine/body part:\n   6 crops:  ----------//\n  1 LACK OF SUCCESS:   [U and C] a lack of success in achieving or doing something//  → success//  --Winston is not someone who accepts failure easily.//  failure to do sth//  --the conference’s failure to reach an agreement//  end/result in failure //  --Harry’s plans ended in failure.//\n  2 UNSUCCESSFUL PERSON/THING:   [C] someone or something that is not successful//  → success//  --I always felt a bit of a failure at school.//  a total/complete failure //  --The advertising campaign was a total failure.//\n  3  failure to do sth:  an act of not doing something which should be done or which people expect you to do//  --Failure to produce proof of identity could result in prosecution.//\n  4 BUSINESS:   [U and C] a situation in which a business has to close because of a lack of money//  --Business failures in Scotland rose 10% last year.//\n  5 MACHINE/BODY PART:   [U and C] an occasion when a machine or part of your body stops working properly//  --The cause of the crash was engine failure.//  heart/kidney/liver etc failure //  --He died from kidney failure.//  failure in//  --a failure in the computer system//\n  6 CROPS:   [U and C] an occasion when crops do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather//  --a series of crop failures //


Words: faint
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: faindre,  feindre  ’to pretend’;   FEIGN]//\n  1 difficult to see, hear, smell etc:  --She gave a faint smile.//  --a very faint noise//  --the faint light of dawn//\n  2  a faint hope/possibility/chance etc:  a very small or slight hope etc//  --There’s still a faint hope that they might be alive.//\n  3  not have the faintest idea:  to not know anything at all about something//  --I don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about.//\n  4 feeling weak and as if you are about to become unconscious because you are very ill, tired, or hungry:  --The heat made him feel quite faint .//  faint with//  --I was faint with hunger.//  -- faintly adv //  --Everyone looked faintly surprised.//  --The sun shone faintly through the clouds.//  -- faintness n  [U] //    damn sb/sth with faint praise at damn4 (6)//\nfaint 2 v [I] \n  1 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time:   pass out//  --Several fans fainted in the blazing heat.//\n  2  I nearly/almost fainted:   spoken used to say that you were very surprised by something//  --I nearly fainted when they told me the price.//\nfaint 3 n [singular]   an act of becoming unconscious//  in a (dead) faint //  --She fell down in a faint.//


Words: faint-hearted
Meaning:
adj \n  1 not trying very hard, because you do not want to do something, or you are not confident that you can succeed:   half-hearted//  --She made a rather faint-hearted attempt to stop him from leaving.//\n  2  sth is not for the faint-hearted:  used humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort//


Words: fair
Meaning:
adj   ----------//\n   1 reasonable and acceptable:\n   2 treating everyone equally:\n   3 quite large:\n   4 hair/skin:\n   5 according to the rules:\n   6 level of ability:\n   7 weather:\n   8 have had more than your fair share of something:\n   9 give somebody a fair crack of the whip:\n  10 give somebody/get a fair shake:\n  11 by fair means or foul:\n  12 all’s fair in love and war:\n  13 pleasant/attractive:\n  14 fair enough:\n  15 to be fair:\n  16 be fair!:\n  17 fair’s fair:\n  18 fair comment:\n  19 you can’t say fairer than that:\n  20 it’s a fair cop:\n  21 with your own fair hands:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]ger  ’beautiful’]//\n  1 REASONABLE AND ACCEPTABLE:  a fair situation, system, way of treating people, or judgment seems reasonable, acceptable, and right//  → unfair//  --All we are asking for is a fair wage.//  --[hA124]150 is a fair price.//  fair trial/hearing //  --the right to a fair trial//  --What do you think is the fairest solution?//  --The report is a fair summary of the issues facing us.//  it is fair to do sth//  --It seems fair to give them a second chance.//  it’s only fair (that) (=used to say that it is right to do something) //  --It’s only fair that we tell him what’s happening.//  it’s fair to say (that) (=used when you think what you are saying is correct or reasonable) //  --I think it’s fair to say that by then he had lost the support of most of his staff.//  it’s not fair on sb//  --I can’t carry on working such long hours. It’s not fair on my family.//\n  2 TREATING EVERYONE EQUALLY:  treating everyone in a way that is right or equal//  → unfair//  --Why does Eric get to go and I don’t? It’s not fair !//  --Life isn’t always fair.//  fair to//  --The old law wasn’t fair to women.//  it’s only fair (that) //  --You pay him $10 an hour - it’s only fair that I should get the same.//  --My boss expects a lot - but he’s very fair.//\n  3 QUITE LARGE:   a fair size/amount/number/bit/distance etc//   especially  BrE quite a large size, number etc//  --I’ve still got a fair amount of work left to do.//  --We had travelled a fair way (=quite a long distance) by lunch time.//  there’s a fair chance (that)/of sth (=it is quite likely that something will happen) //  --There’s a fair chance we’ll be coming over to England this summer.//\n  4 HAIR/SKIN:  someone who is fair, or who has fair hair or skin, has hair or skin that is very light in colour//  → dark//\n  5 ACCORDING TO THE RULES:  a fair fight, game, or election is one that is played or done according to the rules//  → unfair//\n  6 LEVEL OF ABILITY:  neither particularly good nor particularly bad//   average//  --Her written work is excellent but her practical work is only fair.//\n  7 WEATHER:  weather that is fair is pleasant and not windy, rainy etc//   fine//  --It should be generally fair and warm for the next few days.//\n  8  have had more than your fair share of sth:  to have had more of something, especially something unpleasant, than seems reasonable//  --Poor old Alan! He’s had more than his fair share of bad luck recently.//\n  9  give sb a fair crack of the whip:   BrE  informal to give someone the opportunity to do something, especially so that they can show that they are able to do it//\n  10  give sb/get a fair shake:   AmE  informal to treat someone, or to be treated, in a way that gives everyone the same chances as everyone else//  --Women don’t always get a fair shake in business.//\n  11  by fair means or foul:  using any method to get what you want, including dishonest or illegal methods//\n  12  all’s fair in love and war:  used to say that in some situations any method of getting what you want is acceptable//\n  13 PLEASANT/ATTRACTIVE:   old use  or  literary pleasant and attractive//  --a fair maiden//\n  14  spoken  fair enough:   especially BrE used to say that you agree with someone’s suggestion or that something seems reasonable//   OK//  --’I think we should split the bill.’ ’Fair enough.’//\n  15  spoken  to be fair:  used when adding something after someone has been criticized, which helps to explain or excuse what they did//   in fairness//  --She should have phoned to tell us what her plans were although, to be fair, she’s been very busy.//\n  16  spoken  be fair!:   especially BrE used to tell someone not to be unreasonable or criticize someone too much//  --Now Pat, be fair, the poor girl’s trying her hardest!//\n  17  spoken  fair’s fair:  used when you think it is fair that someone should do something, especially because of something that has happened earlier//  --Come on, fair’s fair - I paid last time so it’s your turn.//\n  18  spoken  fair comment:   BrE used to say that a remark or criticism seems reasonable//\n  19  spoken  you can’t say fairer than that:   BrE used to say that an offer you are making to someone is the best and fairest offer they can possibly get//  --I’ll give you [hA124]25 for it - you can’t say fairer than that, can you?//\n  20  spoken  it’s a fair cop:   BrE used humorously to admit that you should not be doing something that someone has caught you doing//\n  21  spoken  with your own fair hands:   BrE if you do something with your own fair hands, you do it yourself without any help - used humorously//    have a fair idea of sth at idea//\nfair 2 n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: feire, from  Latin feriae  ’holidays’]//\n  1  also funfair  BrE a form of outdoor entertainment, at which there are large machines to ride on and games in which you can win prizes:  American Equivalent:  carnival//\n  2  AmE an outdoor event, at which there are large machines to ride on, games to play, and sometimes farm animals being judged and sold:  state/county fair //\n  3  book/antiques/craft/trade etc fair:  an event at which people or businesses show and sell their products//  --the Frankfurt Book Fair//  --an antiques fair//  --a trade fair (=where companies show their newest products) //  --a craft fair (=where people sell handmade products such as jewellery, paintings etc) //\n  4  job/careers fair:  an event where people go to get information about different kinds of jobs//\n  5  BrE an outdoor event with games and things to eat and drink, usually organized to get money for a school, club etc:   fete//\n  6  BrE  old-fashioned a market where animals and farm products are sold:  --a horse fair//\nfair 3 W3S2 adv \n  1  win (sth)/beat sb fair and square:  to win a competition, sports match etc honestly and without cheating//\n  2  play fair:  to do something in a fair and honest way//  --In international trade, very few countries play fair.//


Words: fair game
Meaning:
n [U]   if someone or something is fair game, it is acceptable, reasonable, or right to criticize them//  --The young star’s behavior made her fair game for the tabloid press.//


Words: Fair Isle
Meaning:
1 one of the  Shetland Islands:\n  2 in  shipping forecasts, an area of the northeast Atlantic Ocean which includes Orkney and the Shetland Islands:


Words: fair play
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 playing according to the rules of a game without cheating:  --rules designed to ensure fair play //\n  2 fair treatment of people without cheating or being dishonest:  --the British tradition of fair play//  --This kind of behavior violates many people’s sense of fair play .//    turnabout is fair play at turnabout//


Words: fair-haired boy
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE  old-fashioned informal   someone who is likely to succeed because someone in authority likes them//  British Equivalent:  blue-eyed boy//  --the boss’s fair-haired boy//


Words: fair-minded
Meaning:
adj   able to understand and judge situations fairly and always considering other people’s opinions//  --He’s a fair-minded man - I’m sure he’ll listen to what you have to say.//


Words: fairly
Meaning:
adv \n  1 [+ adjective/adverb] more than a little, but much less than very:    quite//  --The house had a fairly large garden.//  --She speaks English fairly well.//  --The instructions seem fairly straightforward. see usage note  rather//\n  2 in a way that is fair, honest, and reasonable:  --I felt I hadn’t been treated fairly.//\n  3  BrE  old-fashioned used to emphasize the degree, force etc of an action:  --He fairly raced past us on his bike.//


Words: fairness
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 the quality of being fair:  --the basic fairness of the judicial system//\n  2  in fairness (to sb):  used after you have just criticized someone, in order to add something that explains their behaviour or performance//   to be fair//  --Tardelli had a poor match, although in fairness he was playing with a knee injury.//


Words: fairy
Meaning:
n   plural  fairies  [C] //  [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: faerie  ’fairyland’, from  fae  ’fairy’, from  Latin fatum  ’fate’]//\n  1 a small imaginary creature with magic powers, which looks like a very small person:\n  2  old-fashioned  not polite an offensive word for a homosexual man:


Words: fairy godmother
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a woman with magic powers who saves someone from trouble, in a story:\n  2 someone who helps people when they are in trouble:


Words: fairy tale
Meaning:
also fairy story  n [C] \n  1 a children’s story in which magical things happen:\n  2 a story that someone has invented and is difficult to believe:


Words: fairyland
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U] an imaginary place where fairies live:\n  2 [singular] a place that looks very beautiful and special:  --At night, the harbor is a fairyland.//


Words: fairytale
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   extremely happy, lucky etc in a way that usually only happens in children’s stories//  --a fairytale romance//  --The kiss was a fairytale ending to the evening.//


Words: fait accompli
Meaning:
n [singular]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: ’established fact’]//  something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed//


Words: faith
Meaning:
W2   n   ----------//\n   1 trust/confidence in somebody/something:\n   2 religion:\n   3 break faith with somebody/something:\n   4 keep faith with somebody/something:\n   5 good faith:\n   6 bad faith:\n   7 an act of faith:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: feid, from  Latin fides;   FIDELITY]//\n  1 TRUST/CONFIDENCE IN SOMEBODY/SOMETHING:   [U] a strong feeling of trust or confidence in someone or something//  have faith (in sb/sth) //  --I still have faith in him.//  --’Have faith, Alexandra,’ he said.//  lose faith (in sb/sth) //  --The public has lost faith in the government.//  destroy/restore sb’s faith (in sb/sth) //  --It’s really helped restore my faith in human nature.//\n  2 RELIGION:  a)  [U] belief and trust in God//  --deep religious faith//  faith in//  --my faith in God//  b)  [C] one of the main religions in the world//  --People from all faiths are welcome.//  the Jewish/Muslim/Hindu etc faith //  --members of the Jewish faith//\n  3  break faith with sb/sth:  to stop supporting or believing in a person, organization, or idea//  --How could he tell them the truth without breaking faith with the Party?//\n  4  keep faith with sb/sth:  to continue to support or believe in a person, organization, or idea//\n  5  good faith:  honest and sincere intentions//  --He proposed a second meeting as a sign of his good faith.//  --The woman who sold me the car claimed she had acted in good faith  (=had not meant to deceive me) .//\n  6  bad faith:  intentions that are not honest or sincere//\n  7  an act of faith:  something you do that shows you trust someone completely//  --Allowing Ken to be in charge of the project was a total act of faith.//


Words: faith community
Meaning:
n [C]   a group of people who share a particular set of religious beliefs//  --In any faith community there are varying levels of commitment.//


Words: faithful
Meaning:
adj \n  1 [usually before noun] remaining loyal to a particular person, belief, political party etc and continuing to support them:  --Hollis was a good and faithful friend .//  --years of faithful service to the company//  --our faithful family dog, Bogey//  --Eileen became a faithful member of the church.//  faithful to//  --He remained faithful to his principles to the last.//\n  2 [usually before noun] representing an event or an image in a way that is exactly true or that looks exactly the same:  --a faithful account of what had happened//  --a faithful reproduction of the original picture//\n  3 if you are faithful to your wife, boyfriend etc, you do not have a sexual relationship with anyone else:  faithful to//  --Do you think Bob’s always been faithful to you?//\n  4 [only before noun] able to be trusted or depended on:  --my faithful old Toyota//  -- faithfulness n  [U] //\nfaithful 2 n \n  1  the faithful [plural] :  a) the people who are very loyal to a leader, political party etc and continue to support them//  --Hess still has the support of the party faithful .//  b) the people who believe in a religion//  --church bells calling the faithful to evening prayer//\n  2 [C] a loyal follower, supporter, or member:  --A handful of old faithfuls came to the meeting.//


Words: faithfully
Meaning:
adv \n  1 in a loyal way:  --He had served the family faithfully for 40 years.//  --Ann faithfully promised never to tell my secret.//\n  2 in a regular way:  --She wrote faithfully in her journal every day.//  --Every year, we faithfully make a trip up there to see him.//\n  3  Yours faithfully:   BrE the usual polite way of ending a formal letter, which you have begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam//    Yours sincerely at sincerely//


Words: faithless
Meaning:
adj  formal   someone who is faithless cannot be trusted//  --a faithless friend//  -- faithlessness n  [U] //


Words: fake
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a copy of a valuable object, painting etc that is intended to deceive people:  --The painting was judged a fake.//  --Jones can spot a fake from 20 feet away.//\n  2 someone who is not what they claim to be or does not have the skills they say they have:  --Her psychologist turned out to be a fake.//\nfake 2 adj [usually before noun] \n  1 made to look like a real material or object in order to deceive people:  --fake fur//  --a fake ID card//  --a fake $20 dollar bill//\n  2 not real and seeming to be something it is not, in order to deceive people:  --I gave a fake name.//  --She was speaking with a fake German accent.//  --a fake smile of friendliness//\nfake 3 v   [Date: 1700-1800; Origin:  Probably from  German fegen  ’to sweep, polish’]//\n  1 [T] to make something seem real in order to deceive people:  --She faked her father’s signature on the cheque.//  --The insurance company suspected that he had faked his own death.//  --The results of the experiments were faked.//\n  2 [I and T] to pretend to be ill, interested etc when you are not:  --I thought he was really hurt but he was faking it .//\n  3 [I and T] to pretend to move in one direction, but then move in another, especially when playing sport:  --He faked a pass and then handed the ball off to Perry.//  fake out [fake sb → out] phr v//  to deceive someone by making them think you are planning to do something when you are really planning to do something else//


Words: fakir
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Arabic; Origin: faqir  ’poor man’]//  a travelling Hindu or Muslim holy man//


Words: falcon
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: , probably from an ancient  Germanic language]//  a bird that kills and eats other animals and can be trained to hunt//


Words: Falklands
Meaning:
also the Falkland Islands   the Falklands//  a group of islands, under British control, in the southwest Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. The Argentinians believe that the islands belong to Argentina, and call them the Malvinas.//


Words: Falklands War
Meaning:
the   a war in the Falkland Islands between the UK and Argentina in 1982. Both countries say that the Islands belong to them. Argentina wanted control of the Islands, but the British kept control after the war.//


Words: fall
Meaning:
v   past tense  fell /fel/past participle  fallen /f[hA350][hA359]l[hA353]n $ f[hA361][hA359]l-///  ----------//\n   1 move downwards:\n   2 stop standing/walking etc:\n   3 decrease:\n   4 become:\n   5 belong to a group:\n   6 fall short of something:\n   7 fall victim/prey to something/somebody:\n   8 night/darkness/dusk falls:\n   9 silence/a hush/sadness etc falls:\n  10 start doing something:\n  11 fall into place:\n  12 fall to pieces/bits:\n  13 be falling to pieces/bits:\n  14 fall flat:\n  15 fall foul of somebody/something:\n  16 fall by the wayside:\n  17 fall from grace/favour:\n  18 fall from a great height:\n  19 fall into the hands/clutches of somebody:\n  20 fall into a trap/pitfall:\n  21 fall into step:\n  22 fall into line:\n  23 hang down:\n  24 light/shadow:\n  25 special event/celebration:\n  26 lose power:\n  27 be taken by an enemy:\n  28 be killed:\n  29 hit:\n  30 it’s as easy as falling off a log:\n  31 voice/sound:\n  32 fall between two stools:\n  33 fall on stony ground:\n  34 fall from somebody’s lips:\n  35 the stress/accent/beat falls on something:  Phrasal verbs//   fall about//   fall apart//   fall away//   fall back//   fall back into something//   fall back on somebody/something//   fall behind (somebody/something)//   fall down//   fall for somebody/something//   fall in//   fall into something//   fall in with somebody/something//   fall off//   fall on/upon somebody/something//   fall out//   fall over//   fall through//   fall to somebody/something//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: feallan]//\n  1 MOVE DOWNWARDS:   [I] to move or drop down from a higher position to a lower position//  --The tree was about to fall.//  --The book fell from his hands.//  --Enough rain had fallen to flood the grounds.//  fall down//  --Rob fell down the stairs.//  --She flushed and her eyes fell  (=she looked down) .//\n  2 STOP STANDING/WALKING ETC:   [I] to suddenly go down onto the ground after you have been standing, walking, or running, especially without intending to//  --I fell and hit my head.//  slip/stumble/trip etc and fall //  --He slipped and fell on the ice.//  fall down//  --Lizzie fell down and hurt her knee.//  --Peter was playing by the river when he fell in  (=fell into the water) .//  fall to/on your knees (=move down to the ground so that your body is resting on your knees) //  --She fell to her knees beside his body.//    fall flat on your face at flat3 (5)//\n  3 DECREASE:   [I] to go down to a lower level, amount, price etc, especially a much lower one//  → rise//  --The rate of inflation was falling.//  --The island is warm all year round and winter temperatures never fall below 10 degrees.//  --He believes that educational standards are falling.//  fall from//  --Advertising revenue fell from $98.5 million to $93.3 million.//  fall to//  --The number of subscribers had fallen to 1000.//  fall sharply/steeply (=by a large amount) //  --London share prices fell sharply yesterday.//\n  4 BECOME:   [I, linking verb] to start to be in a new or different state//  fall adj//  --I’ll stay with her until she falls asleep .//  --I think that I’ve fallen in love with Angela.//  --She fell ill with flu.//  --Albert fell silent and turned his attention to his food.//  fall into//  --The house was empty for many years and fell into disrepair.//  --One false step can mean falling into debt.//  --He fell into despair.//\n  5 BELONG TO A GROUP:   [I always + preposition] to belong to or be part of a particular group, area of responsibility, range of things, or type of things//  fall into//  --Many illnesses fall into the category of stress-related illnesses.//  --Leaders fall into two categories.//  fall within//  --The judge said that this matter did not fall within the scope of the auditor’s duties.//  fall under//  --The job falls under the heading of ’sales and marketing’.//  --Meat and poultry production fall under the control of the Agriculture Department.//\n  6  fall short of sth:  to be less than the amount or standard that is needed or that you want//  --This year’s profit will fall short of 13%.//  --He would sack any of his staff who fell short of his high standards.//\n  7  fall victim/prey to sth/sb:  to get a very serious illness or be attacked or deceived by someone//  --Breastfed babies are less likely to fall victim to stomach disorders.//  --Young men are more likely to fall victim to violence.//\n  8  night/darkness/dusk falls:  if night etc falls, it starts to become dark at the beginning of the night//  --It grew colder as night fell.//  --Darkness had fallen by the time we reached home.//\n  9  silence/a hush/sadness etc falls:   literary used to say that a person, group, or place becomes quiet, sad etc//  --A long silence fell between us.//\n  10 START DOING SOMETHING:   [I] to start doing something or being involved with something, often without intending to//  --I fell into conversation with some guys from New York.//  --He had fallen into the habit of having a coffee every time he passed the coffee machine.//\n  11  fall into place:  a) if parts of a situation that you have been trying to understand fall into place, you start to understand how they are connected with each other//  --Suddenly, all the details started falling into place.//  b) if the parts of something that you want to happen fall into place, they start to happen in the way that you want//  --I was lucky because everything fell into place at exactly the right time.//\n  12  fall to pieces/bits:  a) to break into many pieces//   fall apart//  --The book had been well used and finally fell to pieces.//  b) if something such as a plan or a relationship falls to pieces, it stops working properly//   fall apart//  --The family is falling to pieces.//\n  13  be falling to pieces/bits:  if something is falling to pieces, it is in very bad condition, especially because it is very old//   be falling apart//  --The house is falling to pieces.//\n  14  fall flat:  if a joke, remark, or performance falls flat, it fails to interest or amuse people//  --Marlow’s attempts at jokes fell flat.//\n  15  fall foul of sb/sth:  to do something which makes someone angry or which breaks a rule, with the result that you are punished//  --He is worried that his teenage kids will fall foul of the law .//\n  16  fall by the wayside:  to fail, or to stop being done, used, or made//  --Health reform was one of his goals that fell by the wayside.//  --Luxury items fall by the wayside during a recession.//\n  17  fall from grace/favour:  to stop being liked by people in authority//  --He fell from grace for the first time when he was convicted of drink-driving.//\n  18  fall from a great height:  to be forced to leave an important job or position, or lose the respect that people had for you//\n  19  fall into the hands/clutches of sb:  if something or someone falls into the hands of an enemy or dangerous person, the enemy etc gets control or possession of them//  --He wants to prevent the business falling into the hands of a competitor.//  --We must not let these documents fall into the wrong hands .//\n  20  fall into a trap/pitfall:  to make a mistake that many people make//  --Don’t fall into the trap of feeling guilty.//\n  21  fall into step:  a) to start to walk next to someone else, at the same speed as them//  fall into step beside/with//  --Holly slowed her pace and fell into step with the old man.//  b) to start doing something in the same way as the other members of a group//  fall into step with//  --The other countries on the Council are expected to fall into step with the US.//\n  22  fall into line:  to obey someone or do what other people want you to do, especially when you do not want to do it at first//  --Most countries have signed the treaty but some are reluctant to fall into line.//\n  23 HANG DOWN:   [I always + adverb/preposition] to hang down loosely//  fall over//  --His dark hair fell over his face.//\n  24 LIGHT/SHADOW:   [I always + adverb/preposition] to shine on a surface or go onto a surface//  --The last rays of sunlight were falling on the fields.//  --Arthur’s shadow fell across the doorway.//\n  25 SPECIAL EVENT/CELEBRATION:   [I always + adverb/preposition] to happen on a particular day or at a particular time//  --I’d like to dedicate this record to all whose anniversaries fall at this time of year.//  fall on//  --Her birthday will fall on a Friday this year.//\n  26 LOSE POWER:   [I] if a leader or a government falls, they lose their position of power//  --The previous government fell after only 6 months in office.//\n  27 BE TAKEN BY AN ENEMY:   [I] if a place falls in a war or an election, a group of soldiers or a political party takes control of it//  fall to//  --The city fell to the advancing Russian armies.//\n  28 BE KILLED:   [I] to be killed in a war//   die//\n  29 HIT:   [I always + adverb/preposition] to hit a particular place or a particular part of someone’s body//  fall on//  --The first punch fell on his nose.//\n  30  it’s as easy as falling off a log:   spoken used to say that something is very easy to do//\n  31 VOICE/SOUND:   [I] if someone’s voice or a sound falls, it becomes quieter or lower//  → rise//\n  32  fall between two stools:   BrE to be neither one type of thing nor another, or be unable to choose between two ways of doing something//\n  33  fall on stony ground:   BrE if a request, suggestion, joke etc falls on stony ground, it is ignored or people do not like it//\n  34  fall from sb’s lips:   literary if words fall from someone’s lips, they say them//\n  35  the stress/accent/beat falls on sth:  used to say that a particular part of a word, phrase, or piece of music is emphasized or is played more loudly than the rest//  --In the word ’report’, the stress falls on the second syllable.//    be/fall under a spell at spell2 (3),  fall on your feet at foot1 (19),  sb’s face fell at face1 (2),  stand or fall by/on at stand1 (33)//  fall about phr v//  to laugh a lot about something//  --It was so funny everyone just fell about laughing .//  fall apart phr v//\n  1 if an organization, system, relationship etc falls apart, it stops being effective or successful:  --Don’t be reckless or your plans may fall apart.//  --The minister claimed that the health service was falling apart at the seams .//\n  2  be falling apart:  to be in very bad condition//  --Tommy’s old bicycle was rusty and falling apart.//\n  3 to break into pieces:  --The book fell apart in my hands.//\n  4 to be unable to deal with your personal or emotional problems:  --She had to get some rest or she was going to fall apart.//\n  5  sb’s world/life falls apart:  if someone’s world or life falls apart, something very bad and serious happens which changes their life//  --When his wife left him, his world fell apart.//  fall away phr v//\n  1 to slope down:  --From where we stood, the ground fell away sharply to the valley floor.//\n  2 to become separated from something after being fixed to it:  --The paint was falling away in patches.//\n  3 if a feeling falls away, you stop having it, usually suddenly:  --The view from the top was wonderful and our tiredness fell away.//\n  4  BrE to decrease:   fall//  → rise//  --Demand for our more theoretical courses has fallen away.//  fall back phr v//\n  1 if soldiers fall back, they move back because they are being attacked:   retreat//  --He yelled for his men to fall back.//\n  2 to move backwards because you are very surprised, frightened etc:  --Scott fell back a pace in astonishment.//\n  3  BrE to decrease:   fall//  → rise//  --When inflation started to rise, house prices fell back.//  fall back into [fall back into sth] phr v//  to go back to doing something or behaving in a way which you did before//  --I was amazed at how easily I fell back into the old routine.//  fall back on / [fall back on sb/sth] phr v//  to use something or depend on someone’s help when dealing with a difficult situation, especially after other methods have failed//  have sb/sth to fall back on//  --She has no relatives to fall back on.//  --Where negotiation fails, they must fall back on the law.//    fallback//  fall behind (/) [fall behind (sb/sth)] phr v//\n  1 to go more slowly than other people so that they gradually move further ahead of you:  --His mother was chatting and didn’t notice that he had fallen behind.//  --She hurt her ankle and had fallen behind the others.//\n  2 to become less successful than other people, companies, countries etc:  --After her time in hospital, Jenny’s parents are afraid she has fallen behind educationally.//  --Companies that are not market-driven risk falling behind the competition.//\n  3 to fail to finish a piece of work or pay someone money that you owe them at the right time:  fall behind  (somebody/something)  with/on//  --After losing his job, he fell behind with his mortgage payments.//  --The project has fallen behind schedule .//  fall down phr v//\n  1  be falling down:  if a building is falling down, it is in very bad condition//  --The bridge is falling down and will need a million dollars to repair it.//\n  2 to fail because of a particular reason or in a particular way:  --That’s where the whole argument falls down.//  fall down on//  --He is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job.//  --The local authority is falling down on the job of keeping the streets clean.//  fall for / [fall for sb/sth] phr v//\n  1 to be tricked into believing something that is not true:  --He is too smart to fall for that trick.//\n  2 to start to love someone:  --That was the summer I worked at the fairground, and met and fell for Lucy.//\n  3 to like a place as soon as you see it:  fall in phr v//\n  1 if the roof, ceiling etc falls in, it falls onto the ground:   collapse//\n  2 to start walking or forming a line of people behind someone else:  fall in behind//  --His men fell in behind him and they left.//  fall into [fall into sth] phr v//\n  1 to move somewhere quickly by relaxing your body and letting it fall on something:  --She turned and fell into his arms.//  --We fell into bed, exhausted.//\n  2 to start doing something by chance:  --I fell into the job really.//  fall in with / [fall in with sb/sth] phr v//\n  1 to accept someone’s ideas, decisions etc and not disagree with them:  --Once she explained her problem, he was happy to fall in with her plans.//\n  2 to become friendly with a person or group of people after meeting them by chance:   get in with//  --She fell in with the wrong crowd in her teens.//  fall off phr v//\n  1  fall off (sth):  if part of something falls off, it becomes separated from the main part//  --The door handle keeps falling off.//  --A button had fallen off her jacket.//\n  2 if the amount, rate, or quality of something falls off, it decreases:   fall//  → rise//  --Audience figures fell off during the second series of the programme.//\n  3  sb nearly/almost fell off their chair:   spoken used to say that someone was very surprised when something happened//  --When I saw my brother on the stage I nearly fell off my chair.//    fall off the back of a lorry at lorry//  fall on/upon / [fall on/upon sb/sth] phr v//\n  1 if a duty or job falls on someone, they are responsible for doing it:  --The responsibility usually falls on the mother.//\n  2  literary to eagerly start eating or using something:  --She fell on the food as if she hadn’t eaten for days.//\n  3  literary to suddenly attack or get hold of someone:  --Some of the older boys fell on him and broke his glasses.//\n  4  sb’s eyes/gaze/glance fall(s) on sth:  if your eyes etc fall on something, you notice it//  --His eyes fell on her bag. ’Are you going somewhere?’//\n  5  fall on hard/bad times:  to experience difficulties and problems in your life such as not having enough money//  --The aim is to raise money for workers who have fallen on hard times.//    fall on deaf ears at deaf(5)//  fall out phr v//\n  1 to have a quarrel:  fall out with//  --Carrie’s always falling out with people.//\n  2 if a tooth or your hair falls out, it is then no longer attached to your body:  --The drugs made her hair fall out.//\n  3 if soldiers fall out, they stop standing in a line and move away to different places:  fall over phr v//\n  1 to fall onto the ground or to fall from an upright position:  --Tommy fell over and cut his knee badly.//  --Her bike fell over.//\n  2  fall over sth:  to hit your foot against something by mistake and fall to the ground//   trip over//  --She fell over the dog and broke her front teeth.//\n  3  fall over yourself to do sth:  to be very eager to do something, especially something you do not usually do//  --People were falling over themselves to help her.//  fall through phr v//  if an agreement, plan, sale etc falls through, it is not completed successfully//  --The studio planned to make a movie of the book but the deal fell through.//  fall to / [fall to sb/sth] phr v//\n  1 if a duty or job falls to someone, they are responsible for doing it, especially when this is difficult or unpleasant:  -- It fell to me to give her the bad news.//\n  2  written to start doing something:  --They fell to work with a will.//  fall to doing sth//  --He fell to thinking about how nice a warm bath would be.//\nfall 2 n   ----------//\n   1 movement down:\n   2 reduction:\n   3 season:\n   4 loss of power/success:\n   5 fall from grace:\n   6 defeat:\n   7 falls:\n   8 sport:\n   9 snow/rocks:\n  10 the Fall:  ----------//\n  1 MOVEMENT DOWN:   [C] movement down towards the ground or towards a lower position//  --the first fall of autumn leaves//  --The rise and fall of the dancers’ bodies create a pattern.//  --Mrs Evans had a fall  (=fell to the ground) and broke her leg.//  --He stretched out his hands to break his fall  (=prevent himself from falling too quickly and hurting himself) .//\n  2 REDUCTION:   [C] a reduction in the amount, level, price etc of something//  → rise//  fall in//  --There has been a fall in oil prices.//  sharp/steep fall //  --the sharp fall in the birth rate in European countries//  fall of//  --Their industrial output went down again in December, which meant a fall of 2.2% over the year.//\n  3 SEASON:   [singular]  AmE the season between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes slightly colder//   autumn//  --Eleanor plans to go to Southwestern Community College this fall.//  --The area is beautiful in the fall.//\n  4 LOSS OF POWER/SUCCESS:   [singular] a situation in which someone or something loses their position of power or becomes unsuccessful//  fall from//  --The president lived on for twenty years after his fall from power.//  --the story of Napoleon’s rise and fall  (=period of success followed by failure) //  --Rumours are that the company is heading for a fall  (=is likely to fail soon) .//\n  5  fall from grace:  a situation in which someone stops being respected by other people or loses their position of authority, especially because they have done something wrong//  --He was the head of the intelligence service until his fall from grace.//\n  6 DEFEAT:   [singular] a situation in which a country, city etc is defeated by an enemy//  fall of//  --the fall of Jerusalem in AD70//\n  7  falls:   also  Falls//   [plural] a place where a river suddenly goes straight down over a cliff//  --The spray from the falls is so dense that you can hardly see.//  --Niagara Falls//\n  8 SPORT:   [C] an act of forcing your opponent onto the ground in wrestling or judo//\n  9 SNOW/ROCKS:   [C] an amount of snow, rocks etc that falls onto the ground//  fall of//  --Fresh falls of snow were forecast.//  --The road is blocked by a rock fall.//\n  10  the Fall:   also  the fall//  the occasion in the Bible when God punished Adam and Eve by making them leave the Garden of Eden//


Words: fall guy
Meaning:
n [C]  informal  especially AmE \n  1 someone who is punished for someone else’s crime or mistake:   scapegoat//  --Browne claims that the company was simply looking for a fall guy.//\n  2 someone who is easily tricked or made to seem stupid:


Words: fall-off
Meaning:
also  falling-off BrE n [singular]   a decrease in the level, amount, or number of something//   fall//  → rise//  fall-off in//  --a fall-off in profits//


Words: fallacious
Meaning:
adj  formal   containing or based on false ideas//  --Such an argument is misleading, if not wholly fallacious.//  -- fallaciously adv //


Words: fallacy
Meaning:
n   plural  fallacies //  [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: fallacia, from  fallere  ’to deceive’]//\n  1 [C] a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true:   misconception//  --It’s a common fallacy that a neutered dog will become fat and lazy.//\n  2 [U and C]  formal a weakness in someone’s argument or ideas which is caused by a mistake in their thinking:    pathetic fallacy//


Words: fallback
Meaning:
n [C]   something that can be used or done if a supply, method etc fails//  --It’s wise to have an extra video player as a fallback.//  --Do you have a fallback option?//    fall back on sb/sth at fall1 //


Words: fallen
Meaning:
v   the past participle of fall1//\nfallen 2 adj \n  1 [only before noun] on the ground after falling down:  --The road was blocked by a fallen tree.//  --fallen leaves//\n  2  a fallen woman:   old-fashioned a woman who has had a sexual relationship with someone she is not married to//\n  3  the fallen [plural]  formal soldiers who have been killed in a war:


Words: fallible
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: fallibilis, from  Latin fallere  ’to deceive’]//  able to make mistakes or be wrong//  → infallible//  --Humans are fallible.//  --These surveys are often a rather fallible guide to public opinion.//  -- fallibility/f[zB024]l[hA369]b[hA366]l[hA369]ti/ n  [U] //


Words: fallopian tube
Meaning:
n [C]  medical   [Date: 1700-1800; Origin:  Gabriel  Fallopius (1523-62), Italian scientist who studied the structure of bodies]//  one of the two tubes in a female through which eggs move to the uterus//


Words: fallout
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 the dangerous radioactive dust which is left in the air after a nuclear explosion and which slowly falls to earth:  --protection against radioactive fallout //\n  2 the results of a particular event, especially when they are unexpected:  --The political fallout of the affair cost him his job.//


Words: fallow
Meaning:
adj   [Language: Old English; Origin: fealg]//\n  1 fallow land is dug or ploughed but is not used for growing crops:  --They let the land lie fallow for a year.//\n  2  fallow period:  a time when nothing is done or achieved//  --The band went through a fallow period in the late 90s.//


Words: Falls Road
Meaning:
the Falls Road//  a street in the Roman Catholic part of  Belfast in  Northern Ireland where a lot of fighting has taken place since the 1960s.//    Shankhill Road//


Words: false
Meaning:
W3S3   adj   ----------//\n   1 untrue:\n   2 wrong:\n   3 not real:\n   4 not sincere:\n   5 false economy:\n   6 under false pretences:\n   7 false move/step:\n   8 false imprisonment/arrest:  ----------//  [Date: 900-1000; Language: Latin; Origin: falsus, from  fallere  ’to deceive’]//\n  1 UNTRUE:  a statement, story etc that is false is completely untrue//  --Please decide whether the following statements are true or false. //  --false accusations//\n  2 WRONG:  based on incorrect information or ideas//  --I don’t want to give you any false hopes .//  --The statement gives us a false impression that we understand something when we do not.//  --We often make false assumptions about people of other cultures.//  -- a false sense of security  (=a feeling of being safe when you are not really safe) //\n  3 NOT REAL:  a) not real, but intended to seem real and deceive people//  --The drugs were hidden in a suitcase with a false bottom.//  --The man had given a false name and address.//  b) artificial//  false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc //\n  4 NOT SINCERE:  not sincere or honest, and pretending to have feelings that you do not really have//  --She’s so false.//  --a false laugh//  --’You played brilliantly.’ ’Not really,’ Ian replied with false modesty .//\n  5  false economy:  something that you think will save you money but which will really cost you more//  --It’s a false economy not to have travel insurance.//\n  6  under false pretences:  if you get something under false pretences, you get it by deceiving people//  --He was accused of obtaining money under false pretences.//\n  7  false move/step:  a small movement or action that will result in harm//  -- One false move and you’re dead.//\n  8  false imprisonment/arrest:  the illegal act of putting someone in prison or arresting them for a crime they have not committed//


Words: false alarm
Meaning:
n [C]   a situation in which people wrongly think that something bad is going to happen//  --Fire fighters responded to a false alarm at one of the college dormitories.//  --The patient was okay - it was a false alarm.//


Words: false dawn
Meaning:
n [C]  formal   a situation in which something good seems likely to happen, but it does not//  --The ceasefire turned out to be another false dawn.//


Words: false friend
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a word in a foreign language that is similar to one in your own, so that you wrongly think they both mean the same thing:\n  2 someone who seems to be your friend but is not:


Words: false positive
Meaning:
n [C]   something that is wrongly thought or shown to be a particular thing, especially after a scientific test or research//  --50% of the 170 compounds were judged to be carcinogenic, but some of these might be false positives.//  --Many substances give false positive reactions in allergy skin testing.//


Words: false start
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 an unsuccessful attempt to begin a process or event:  --After several false starts, the concert finally began.//\n  2 a situation at the beginning of a race when one competitor starts too soon and the race has to start again:


Words: false teeth
Meaning:
n [plural]   a set of artificial teeth worn by someone who has lost their natural teeth//   dentures//


Words: falsehood
Meaning:
n  formal \n  1 [C] a statement that is untrue:   lie//  --Saunders is deliberately telling a falsehood.//\n  2 [U] the practice of telling lies:   lying//  --No one had accused me of falsehood before.//\n  3 [U] the state of not being true:  --Most people believe in right and wrong, truth and falsehood.//


Words: falsetto
Meaning:
n   plural  falsettos  [C] //  [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Italian; Origin: Latin falsus;   FALSE]//  a very high male voice//  -- falsetto adv //


Words: falsify
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  falsified present participle  falsifying third person singular  falsifies  [T] //  to change figures, records etc so that they contain false information//  --The file was altered to falsify the evidence.//  -- falsification/f[hA350][hA359]ls[hA369]f[hA369]ke[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ f[hA361][hA359]l-/ n  [U and C] //  --the falsification of records//


Words: Falstaff
Meaning:
a character in the plays  Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2) and  The Merry Wives of Windsor by William  Shakespeare. His full name is Sir John Falstaff, and he is a friend of the prince who later becomes King Henry V. Falstaff is a fat, friendly old man, who enjoys having fun, drinks too much alcohol, and is not always completely honest.//


Words: falter
Meaning:
v   [Date: 1300-1400; Origin:  Perhaps from a  Scandinavian language]//\n  1 [I] to become weaker and unable to continue in an effective way:  --The economy is showing signs of faltering.//  --My mother’s grip upon the household never faltered.//\n  2 [I and T] to speak in a voice that sounds weak and uncertain, and keeps stopping:  --Laurie’s voice faltered as she tried to thank him.//  --’I can’t,’ she faltered.//\n  3 [I] to become less certain and determined that you want to do something:  --We must not falter in our resolve.//\n  4 [I] to stop walking or to walk in an unsteady way because you suddenly feel weak or afraid:  --She faltered for a moment.//


Words: faltering
Meaning:
adj \n  1 nervous and uncertain or unsteady:  --a baby’s first faltering steps//\n  2 becoming less effective or successful:  --the faltering Mideast peace talks//  -- falteringly adv //


Words: fame
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin fama  ’report, fame’]//  the state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements//  win/achieve/gain/find fame //  --Streisand won fame as a singer before she became an actress.//  rise/shoot to fame //  --Plant shot to fame in the seventies as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.//  international/worldwide/national fame //  --At that time, the Beatles were at the height of their fame .//  --The town’s only claim to fame  (=the only reason why it is well known) is that Queen Elizabeth I once visited it.//  --He set off to find fame and fortune .//  of ... fame//   (=used to show what someone is famous for) //  --Hugh Grant, of ’Notting Hill’ fame//


Words: famed
Meaning:
adj  written   well-known//   famous//  --the famed literary critic Nathan Hall//  famed for//  --the island of Lontar, famed for its nutmeg and cloves//


Words: familial
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]  formal   connected with a family or typical of a family//   family//  --familial obligations//  --familial relationships//


Words: familiar
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: familier, from  Latin familia;   FAMILY]//\n  1 someone or something that is familiar is well-known to you and easy to recognize:  --a familiar tune//  look/sound familiar //  --The voice on the phone sounded familiar.//  familiar to//  --The signs of drug addiction are familiar to most doctors.//  --It was a relief to be back in familiar surroundings .//  --Beggars on the street are becoming a familiar sight .//  --This kind of situation was all too familiar  (=very familiar) to John.//  --Her face seems vaguely familiar , but I can’t quite place her.//\n  2  be familiar with sth:  to have a good knowledge or understanding of something//  --Are you familiar with this type of machine?//  --I’m not really familiar with her poetry, sorry to say.//\n  3  be on familiar terms with sb:  to know someone well and be able to talk to them in an informal way//  --He’s on familiar terms with all the teachers.//\n  4 talking to someone as if you know them well although you do not:  familiar with//  --I thought he was being a bit familiar with my wife.//\n  5 informal and friendly in speech, writing etc:  --The novel is written in an easy, familiar style.//    familiarly//\nfamiliar 2 n [C]   a cat or other animal that lives with a witch and has magical powers//


Words: familiarity
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 a good knowledge of a particular subject or place:  familiarity with//  --In fact his familiarity with the Bronx was pretty limited.//\n  2 the quality of being well-known to you:  --I miss the familiarity of home.//\n  3 a relaxed way of speaking to someone or behaving with someone:  --He treated her with the easy familiarity of an equal.//\n  4  familiarity breeds contempt:  an expression meaning that if you know someone too well, you find out their faults and respect them less//


Words: familiarize
Meaning:
also  familiarise BrE   v   familiarize yourself/sb with sth//  to learn about something so that you understand it, or to teach someone else about something so that they understand it//  --Employees must familiarize themselves with the health and safety manual.//  -- familiarization/f[hA353]m[hA366]li[hA353]ra[hA366]ze[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ -r[hA353]-/ n  [U] //  --a one-day familiarization course//


Words: family
Meaning:
n   plural  families //  ----------//\n   1 closely related group:\n   2 all your relations:\n   3 children:\n   4 family size/pack etc:\n   5 group of animals/things:\n   6 she’s/he’s family:\n   7 in the family way:  ----------//  [Date: 1400-1500; Origin: familia  ’people living in a house’, from  famulus  ’servant’]//\n  1 CLOSELY RELATED GROUP:   [C] a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children//  --Do you know the family next door?//  --The Webb family still has its farm over there.//  [also + plural verb]  BrE //  --The family now live in London.//  -- The whole family  had caught colds. //  -- For younger  members of the family,  there is an outdoor play area. //  -- This house isn’t big enough for  a family of seven . //  -- My  family  has always been  close . //  -- Is there a history of heart disease in your  immediate family ? //  -- He lost contact with his  extended family . //  --  the traditional  nuclear family  //  -- children living in a  one-parent family  //  -- The Royal Family  must now rethink its attitude to marriage. //  --the break-up of the  family unit //\n  2 ALL YOUR RELATIONS:   [C,U also + plural verb British English] all the people you are related to, including those who are now dead//  --I’m moving to Detroit because I have some family there.//  --My family come from Scotland originally.//  in sb’s family//  --That painting has been in our family (=been owned by our family) for 200 years.//  --Asthma runs in the family  (=is common in the family) .//\n  3 CHILDREN:   [C] children//  --Couples with young families wouldn’t want to live here.//  --They’re getting married next year, and hope to start a family  (=have children) straight away.//  bring up/raise a family //  --the problems of bringing up a family on a very low income//\n  4  family size/pack etc:  a container or package containing a large amount of a product//\n  5 GROUP OF ANIMALS/THINGS:   [C]  technical a group of related animals, plants, languages etc//  the cat/parrot/squirrel etc family //  --The cat family includes lions and tigers.//  --Spanish and Italian are part of the Romance language family.//\n  6  she’s/he’s family:   informal used to emphasize your connection with someone who is related to you//\n  7  in the family way:   old-fashioned  pregnant//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  the whole family/all the family //  member of a family/family member //  a family of three/four/five etc //  a close/close-knit family  (=a family whose members have a close relationship) //  immediate family  (=closest relations) //  nuclear family  (=a family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children) //  family background  (=the sort of family someone comes from) //  one-parent family/single-parent family //  the Royal Family  (=the King or Queen and their family) //  family home/car/holiday etc //  a family film/show etc (=that is suitable for children as well as adults) //  family life //  family resemblance  (=when members of the same family look like each other) //  family gathering (=when members of a family who do not live together arrange to meet) //  family unit //  ----------//


Words: family circle
Meaning:
n [C usually singular]   a group of people who are closely related to each other - used especially when emphasizing that someone does or does not belong to this group//


Words: family man
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a man who enjoys being at home with his wife or partner and children:\n  2 a man with a wife or partner and children:


Words: family planning
Meaning:
n [U]   the practice of controlling the number of children that are born by using contraception//  --a family planning clinic//


Words: Family Planning Association
Meaning:
the   FPA a British organization which gives free advice on family planning. There is a similar organization in the US called  Planned Parenthood.//


Words: family practice
Meaning:
n [U]   a part of medical practice in the US in which doctors learn to treat general health problems of people of all ages//


Words: family room
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a room in a house where the family can play games, watch television etc:\n  2 a hotel room which has enough space for several people, especially parents and children, to sleep:\n  3 a room in a pub in Britain where children are allowed to sit:


Words: family tree
Meaning:
n [C]   a drawing that gives the names of all the members of a family over a long period of time, and shows how they are related to each other//


Words: family values
Meaning:
n [plural]   traditional ideas about what a family should be like, which emphasize the importance of marriage - used especially when talking about politics//  --The party places great emphasis on family values.//


Words: famine
Meaning:
n [U and C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin fames  ’hungry condition’]//  a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die//  --the great potato famine in Ireland//  severe/widespread famine //  --Widespread famine had triggered a number of violent protests.//  --A million people are facing famine .//


Words: famished
Meaning:
adj [not before noun]  informal   [Date: 1300-1400; Origin: fame  ’to make hungry’ (1300-1400), from  Latin fames;   FAMINE]//  extremely hungry//   starving//  --What’s for supper? I’m famished.//


Words: famous
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fameus, from  Latin fama;   FAME]//\n  1 :  a) known about by many people in many places//  --a famous actor//  --Many famous people have stayed in the hotel.//  --The Eiffel Tower is a  famous landmark  (=a famous place or building that is easy to recognize) .//  famous for//  --France is famous for its wine.//  famous as//  --Virginia is famous as the birthplace of several US presidents.//  --Da Vinci’s world-famous portrait of the Mona Lisa//  b)  the famous [plural] people who are famous//  --a nightclub used by  the rich and famous //\n  2  famous last words:   spoken used when someone has said too confidently that they can do something or that something will happen//  ----------//  WORD FOCUS: famous //  similar words: well-known,  celebrated,  renowned,  eminent,  noted,  legendary //  famous for doing something bad: notorious,  infamous //  not famous: little-known,  unknown,  obscure //  a famous person: celebrity,  celeb (informal),  star //  ----------//


Words: Famous Five
Meaning:
the   the main characters in a series of British books for children by Enid  Blyton, mostly written in the 1940s and 1950s. They are a group of two boys, two girls, and a dog called Timmy. They come from  middle-class families and go to private schools, but they have a lot of exciting adventures together during the school holidays.//


Words: famously
Meaning:
adv \n  1  get on/along famously:   old-fashioned to have a friendly relationship with someone//\n  2 in a way that is famous:  --The trouble with common sense, as Voltaire famously observed, is that it is not very common.//


Words: fan
Meaning:
n [C]   [Sense: 1; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: fanatic]//  [Sense: 2; Date: 700-800; Language: Latin; Origin: vannus]//\n  1 someone who likes a particular sport or performing art very much, or who admires a famous person:  --Hundreds of football fans began rioting in the streets.//  fan of//  --He’s a big fan of Elvis Presley.//  fan mail/letters (=letters sent to famous people by their fans) //\n  2 :  a) a machine with turning blades that is used to cool the air in a room by moving it around//  --a ceiling fan//  b) a flat object that you wave with your hand which makes the air cooler//\nfan 2 v [T]   past tense and past participle  fanned present participle  fanning //\n  1 to make air move around by waving a fan, piece of paper etc so that you feel cooler:  fan yourself//  --People in the audience were fanning themselves with their programmes.//\n  2  literary to make someone feel an emotion more strongly:   fuel//  --Her resistance only fanned his desire.//  fan the flames (of sth) //  --The book will serve to fan the flames of debate like no other.//\n  3  fan a fire/flame etc:  to make a fire burn more strongly by blowing or moving the air near it//  --Then the wind rose, fanning a few sparks in the brush.//  fan out phr v//\n  1 if a group of people fan out, they walk forwards while spreading over a wide area:\n  2  fan sth → out:  to spread out a group of things that you are holding so that they make a half-circle//  --Fan the cards out, then pick one.//\n  3 if something such as hair or clothing fans out, it spreads out in many directions:


Words: fanatic
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: fanaticus  ’made wild or mad by the gods’, from  fanum  ’religious building’]//\n  1 someone who has extreme political or religious ideas and is often dangerous:   extremist//  --fanatics who represent a real danger to democracy//  --a religious fanatic //\n  2 someone who likes a particular thing or activity very much:   enthusiast//  --a health food fanatic//  --a fitness fanatic//  -- fanatical adj //  --a fanatical sportsman//  --He was fanatical about tidiness.//  -- fanatically/-kli/ adv //


Words: fanaticism
Meaning:
n [U]   extreme political or religious beliefs - used to show disapproval//   extremism//  --The bombing symbolizes the worst of religious fanaticism .//


Words: fancier
Meaning:
n [C]   pigeon/horse etc fancier//  someone who breeds or is interested in a particular kind of animal or plant//


Words: fanciful
Meaning:
adj \n  1 imagined rather than based on facts - often used to show disapproval:  --a fanciful story//  --The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful.//\n  2 full of unusual and very detailed shapes or complicated designs:  --fanciful decorations//  -- fancifully adv //


Words: fancy
Meaning:
S3   v   past tense and past participle  fancied present participle  fancying third person singular  fancies  [T] //  ----------//\n   1 like/want:\n   2 sexual attraction:\n   3 fancy yourself:\n   4 fancy yourself (as) something:\n   5 think something will be successful:\n   6 fancy!/fancy that!:\n   7 think/believe:  ----------//\n  1 LIKE/WANT:   BrE  informal to like or want something, or want to do something//   feel like//  --Fancy a quick drink, Emma?//  fancy doing sth//  --Sorry, but I don’t fancy going out tonight.//\n  2 SEXUAL ATTRACTION:   BrE  informal to feel sexually attracted to someone//  --All the girls fancied him.//\n  3  fancy yourself:   BrE  informal to behave in a way that shows you think you are very attractive or clever//  --That bloke on the dance floor really fancies himself.//\n  4  fancy yourself (as) sth:   BrE to believe, usually wrongly, that you have particular skills or are a particular type of person//  --He fancies himself an artist.//  --She fancies herself as another Madonna.//\n  5 THINK SOMETHING WILL BE SUCCESSFUL:   BrE to think someone or something is likely to be successful in something//  --Which team do you fancy this year?//  --I don’t fancy our chances of getting a ticket this late.//\n  6  fancy!/fancy that!:   BrE  spoken used to express your surprise or shock about something//  --’The Petersons are getting divorced.’ ’Fancy that!’//  --Fancy seeing you here!//\n  7 THINK/BELIEVE:   literary to think or believe something without being certain//  fancy (that)//  --She fancied she heard a noise downstairs.//\nfancy 2 n   plural  fancies //  ----------//\n   1 liking/wish:\n   2 tickle somebody’s fancy:\n   3 idea:\n   4 imagination:  ----------//  [Date: 1400-1500; Origin: fantasy]//\n  1 LIKING/WISH:   [singular]  especially BrE //  a) a feeling, especially one that is not particularly strong or urgent, that you like someone or want to have something//  take a fancy to sb/sth (=decide that you like someone or want to have something) //  --Mr Hill took a real fancy to Clara.//  --Wanting to go to Mexico was just a passing fancy  (=the feeling did not last long) .//  --Because of its high cost, a carpet is not an item that you change as the fancy takes you  (=whenever you want) .//  b)  take/catch your fancy//  if something takes or catches your fancy, you like it or want to have it//  --Did you see anything that took your fancy?//\n  2  tickle sb’s fancy:   informal to seem attractive or amusing to someone//  --The idea of playing a joke on her tickled his fancy.//\n  3 IDEA:   [C]  old-fashioned an idea or opinion that is not based on fact//  --Oh, that was just a fancy of his.//\n  4 IMAGINATION:   [U]  literary imagination or something that you imagine//    flight of fancy at flight(6)//\nfancy 3 S3 adj   comparative  fancier superlative  fanciest //\n  1 fancy hotels, restaurants, cars etc are expensive and fashionable:   swanky//  --Harry took me to a fancy restaurant for our anniversary.//  fancy prices  BrE  (=very high and often unreasonable prices) //\n  2 having a lot of decoration or bright colours, or made in a complicated way:  --fancy soaps in seashell shapes//  --I just want a basic sports coat - nothing fancy .//\n  3 complicated and needing a lot of skill:  → straightforward//  --I can’t do all that fancy stuff on the computer.//  --Negotiating a deal can take some fancy footwork  (=skill at making deals) .//\n  4 [only before noun]  AmE fancy food is of a high quality:


Words: fancy dress
Meaning:
n [U]  BrE   clothes that you wear, especially to parties, that make you look like a famous person, a character from a story etc//  --an invitation to a fancy-dress party //


Words: fancy man
Meaning:
n [C]  old-fashioned   a man that a married woman has a sexual relationship with, who is not her husband//


Words: fancy woman
Meaning:
n [C]  old-fashioned   a woman that a married man has a sexual relationship with, who is not his wife//


Words: fancy-free
Meaning:
adj   able to do anything you like because you do not have a family or other responsibilities//  --Ten years ago I was footloose and fancy-free .//


Words: fandango
Meaning:
n   plural  fandangos  [C] //  [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Spanish]//  a fast Spanish or South American dance, or the music for this dance//


Words: fanfare
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: French]//\n  1 [C] a short loud piece of music played on a trumpet to introduce an important person or event:\n  2 [U] a lot of activity, advertising, or discussion relating to an event:  --The deal was announced with much fanfare.//


Words: fang
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin:]//  a long sharp tooth of an animal such as a snake or wild dog//


Words: fanlight
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  especially BrE a small window above a door or a larger window:  American Equivalent:  transom//\n  2  AmE a window shaped like a half-circle:


Words: Fannie Mae
Meaning:
a US financial institution which buys and sells  loans and  mortgages to banks and other institutions, but does not deal directly with ordinary borrowers//


Words: fanny
Meaning:
n   plural  fannies  [C]  informal //  [Date: 1900-2000; Origin:  From the female name  Fanny]//\n  1  AmE the part of your body that you sit on:   bottom//\n  2  BrE  taboo  informal a very offensive word for a woman’s outer sex organs. Do not use this word:   genitals//


Words: Fanny Hill
Meaning:
a book written in 1749 by John Cleland about the sexual adventures of a young woman, Fanny Hill. It is written in a very  elegant style but has many sex scenes.//


Words: Fantasia
Meaning:
trademark   (1940) a US film made by Walt  Disney, which consists of a number of different short  cartoons, each one with its own piece of  classical music//


Words: fantasia
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Italian; Origin: Latin phantasia;   FANTASY]//  a piece of music that does not have a regular form or style//


Words: fantasize
Meaning:
also  fantasise BrE   v [I and T]   to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen//  fantasize about//  --Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world.//  fantasize that//  --I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars.//


Words: fantastic
Meaning:
S3   adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: fantastique, from  Greek phantastikos, from  phantasia;   FANTASY]//\n  1 extremely good, attractive, enjoyable etc:  --You look fantastic!//  --It’s a fantastic place, really beautiful!//\n  2  spoken used when someone has just told you something good:   excellent, wonderful//  --’I’ve passed my driving test.’ ’Fantastic!’//  --That’s fantastic news!//\n  3 a fantastic amount is extremely large:   huge//  --Kids spend fantastic amounts of money on CDs.//\n  4 a fantastic plan, suggestion etc is not likely to be possible:  --a fantastic scheme//\n  5 [only before noun] a fantastic story, creature, or place is imaginary and is very strange and magical:   fantastical//  --fantastic tales of dragons and fairy queens//  -- fantastically/-kli/ adv //


Words: fantastical
Meaning:
adj   strange, unreal, and magical//   fantastic//  --fantastical creatures with golden wings and lions’ faces//


Words: fantasy
Meaning:
n   plural  fantasies //  [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fantasie, from  Latin phantasia, from  Greek,  ’appearance, imagination’]//\n  1 [U and C] an exciting and unusual experience or situation you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen:  --I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.//  --sexual fantasies//  --Young children sometimes can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality.//  --He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.//\n  2 [singular, U] an idea or belief that is based only on imagination, not on real facts:  --Memories can sometimes be pure fantasy, rather than actual recollections.//\n  3 [C] a story, film etc that is based on imagination and not facts:  --a surrealist fantasy set in a South American village//


Words: fantasy football
Meaning:
n [U]   a game in which lots of people make imaginary football teams by choosing real players. They get points according to how well the players do in real games, and the winner is the person whose team gets the most points//


Words: fanzine
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1900-2000; Origin:  FAN11 +  magazine]//  a magazine written by and for people who admire and support a popular musician, a sports team etc//


Words: FAO
Meaning:
the \n  1 the Food and Agriculture Organization a part of the  United Nations whose aim is to increase food production, especially in poorer countries, for example by teaching better farming skills. It is also responsible for sending food to areas where there is seriously little food.:\n  2 for the attention of a note written on a letter or envelope when you want a particular person in an organization to see it or deal with it:


Words: far
Meaning:
adv   comparative  farther /f[hA35A][hA359][hA171][hA353] $ f[hA35A][hA359]r[hA171][hA353]r/ or  further /f[hA362][hA359][hA171][hA353] $ f[hA362][hA359]r[hA171][hA353]r///  superlative  farthest /f[hA35A][hA359][hA171][hA369]st $ f[hA35A][hA359]r-/ or  furthest /f[hA362][hA359][hA171][hA369]st $ f[hA362][hA359]r-///  ----------//\n   1 distance:\n   2 a lot/very much:\n   3 progress:\n   4 time:\n   5 go too far:\n   6 go so far/as far as to do something:\n   7 so far:\n   8 so far so good:\n   9 far from something:\n  10 far from it:\n  11 far and wide:\n  12 by far/far and away:\n  13 somebody will/would/should etc go far:\n  14 as/so far as I’m concerned:\n  15 as/so far as something is concerned:\n  16 as/so far as I know/I can remember/I can tell/I can see etc:\n  17 far be it from me to do something:\n  18 as far as it goes:\n  19 not go far:\n  20 in so far as/insofar as/in as far as:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: feorr]//\n  1 DISTANCE:  a) a long distance//    a long way//  --Have you driven far?//  --Since I changed jobs, I have to travel further to get to work.//  --Let’s see who can jump the furthest!//  far from//  --The children don’t go far from home.//  far away//  --She wants to move as far away from here as possible.//  --They could hear the sound of water not far away.//  far down//  --He lives further down the street.//  further afield (=further away from where you are now) //  --If you want to go further afield, there are bicycles for hire.//  further north/south etc//  --Many birds fly further south in the autumn.//  --The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see  (=all the distance you could see) .//  --The lake is about 4 miles away, but we probably won’t get that far  (=won’t go as far as that place) .//  b)  how far//  used when asking the distance between two places, or when talking about the distance between two places//  --How far is it to the station?//  --The man didn’t say how far it was to the next town.//  c)  as far as sth//  to a place or point, but not beyond it//  --They managed to get as far as the Spanish border.//\n  2 A LOT/VERY MUCH:  very much, or to a great degree//  far better/easier etc //  --The new system is far better than the old one.//  --There are a far greater number of women working in television than twenty years ago.//  far more/less //  --I enjoyed it far more than I expected.//  far too much/long/busy etc //  --That’s far too much to pay.//  --It would take me far too long to explain.//  far above/below/beyond//  --He bought it for a price that was far beyond (=much more than) its real value.//  --The teacher said that her writing skills were far below average.//  --We’ve kept the original features of the house as far as possible  (=as much as possible) .//  -- How far  do those old, outdated laws affect today’s legislation?//  --His style was far removed  (=very different) from that of Picasso.//  not far off/out/wrong (=close to being correct) //  --I guessed it would cost $100 and it was $110, so I was not far out.//\n  3 PROGRESS:  used to talk about how much progress someone makes, or how much effect something has//  --He started to explain, but he didn’t get far  (=he did not succeed in saying very much) before Mary interrupted him.//  get as far as doing sth //  --They had got as far as painting the kitchen.//  --Many people felt that the new law did not go far enough  (=did not have a big enough effect, so that more needed to be done) .//\n  4 TIME:  a long time in the past or the future, or a long time into a particular period//  far into//  --We talked far into the night.//  far ahead//  --They want to plan much further ahead than the next two or three years.//  --The first petrol-driven car was produced as far back as 1883.//    far-off//\n  5  go too far:   also take/carry sth too far //  to do something too extreme//  --One day she will go too far.//  --Some people thought he had gone too far in his criticism of the police.//\n  6  go so far/as far as to do sth:   spoken to do or say something extreme//  --The government went so far as to try to arrest opposition leaders.//  --I wouldn’t go so far as to say that we agreed on the subject.//\n  7  so far:   also  thus far formal //  until now//  --So far we have not had to borrow any money.//  --They’re delighted with the replies they’ve received from the public thus far.//\n  8  so far so good:   spoken used to say that things have been happening successfully until now//  --We’ve reached the semi-finals. So far so good.//\n  9  far from sth:  used to say that something very different is true or happens//  --Conditions are still far from ideal.//  far from doing/being sth//  --Far from helping the situation, you’ve just made it worse.//\n  10  far from it:   spoken used to say that the opposite of what has just been said is true//  --’Are you bored?’ ’Far from it. I could listen all night.’//  --Local people aren’t objecting - far from it.//\n  11  far and wide:  over a large area//  --His fame spread far and wide.//  --People came from far and wide  (=came from many places) to see the concert.//\n  12  by far/far and away:  used to say that something is much better, worse etc than anything else//  --Watching sport was by far the most popular activity on Saturday afternoons.//  --Spring is far and away the best time to visit the islands.//\n  13  sb will/would/should etc go far:  used to say that you think someone will be successful in the future//  --He was the best student in his year, and everyone was sure he would go far.//\n  14  as/so far as I’m concerned:   spoken used when giving your opinion about something//  --As far as I’m concerned she can come home whenever she likes.//\n  15  as/so far as sth is concerned:   spoken used when you want to talk about a particular thing//  --As far as money’s concerned, there shouldn’t be a problem.//\n  16  as/so far as I know/I can remember/I can tell/I can see etc:   spoken used to say that you think that something is true, although it is possible that you do not know all the facts or cannot remember completely//  --There weren’t any buildings there at all, as far as I can remember.//  --As far as I can see, there’s nothing else to discuss.//\n  17  far be it from me to do sth:   spoken used when saying that you do not want to criticize someone or say what they should do, especially when this is what you are really about to do//  --Far be it from me to try and teach you your job, but don’t you think you should have been more careful?//\n  18  as far as it goes:  used to say that an idea, suggestion, plan etc is satisfactory, but only to a limited degree//  --His theories are fine, as far as they go.//\n  19  not go far:  a) if money does not go far, you cannot buy very much with it//  --My salary doesn’t go very far these days.//  b) if a supply of something does not go far, it is not enough//  --The coffee won’t go far if everyone wants a cup.//\n  20  in so far as/insofar as/in as far as:   formal to the degree that//  --The research suggests that the drug will be successful, in so far as one can draw conclusions from such a small sample size.//  ----------//  HINT sense 1 //  Far is used mainly in questions and negative sentences. In other kinds of sentences use a long way away The airport is quite a long way away (NOT is quite far). //  ----------//\nfar 2 adj   comparative  farther  or  further //  superlative  farthest  or  furthest //\n  1 a long distance away:  → near//  --We can walk to my house from here. It isn’t far.//  --You could see the mountains in the far distance.//\n  2  the far side/end/corner etc:  the side, end etc that is furthest from you//  → near//  --They crossed the bridge and walked along the far side of the stream.//  --There was a piano in the far corner of the room.//\n  3  the far north/south etc:  the part of a country or area that is furthest in the direction of north, south etc//  --It will become windy in the far north and west.//\n  4  the far left/right:  people who have extreme left-wing or right-wing political opinions//  --The candidate for the far right got ten percent of the vote.//\n  5  be a far cry from sth:  to be very different from something//  --The company lost [hA124]3 million, which is a far cry from last year’s [hA124]60 million profit.//


Words: Far East
Meaning:
n   the Far East//  the countries in the east of Asia, such as China, Japan, Korea etc//  -- Far Eastern adj //    Middle East,  Near East//


Words: Far From the Madding Crowd
Meaning:
(1874) a novel by Thomas  Hardy about people living in a country village in the west of England during  Victorian times. The title of the book, which Hardy took from a famous poem by Thomas  Gray, is often used as a phrase to mean the peacefulness and quietness of the country.//


Words: far gone
Meaning:
adj [not before noun]  informal   very sick, drunk, crazy etc//  --She’s pretty far gone - can you drive her home?//


Words: Far Side
Meaning:
The  trademark   a  cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a story in a newspaper)  by the US artist Gary Larson, showing strange, silly situations, especially ones involving animals that behave like human beings//


Words: far-fetched
Meaning:
adj   extremely unlikely to be true or to happen//  --All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ’intelligent’ homes.//


Words: far-flung
Meaning:
adj \n  1 very distant:  far-flung corners/places/regions etc //  --expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe//  --people flying to far-flung destinations//\n  2 spread out over a very large area:  --Email enables far-flung friends to keep in touch.//


Words: far-off
Meaning:
adj  literary \n  1 a long way from where you are:   distant//  a far-off land/country/place etc //  --visitors from a far-off land//  --far-off galaxies//\n  2 a long time ago:  --in those far-off days when we were young//


Words: far-reaching
Meaning:
adj   having a great influence or effect//  far-reaching reforms/proposals/changes //  --These countries need to carry out far-reaching reforms to modernize their economies.//  far-reaching implications/impact/effects //  --Tourism has had far-reaching effects on the island’s culture.//


Words: far-sighted
Meaning:
adj \n  1 far-sighted people, ideas, or plans are wise because they show an understanding of what will happen in the future:  --far-sighted investments//  --a far-sighted politician//\n  2  especially  AmE able to see or read things clearly only when they are far away from you:  → short-sighted//  British Equivalent:  long-sighted//  -- far-sightedness n  [U] //


Words: Faraday
Meaning:
Michael   (1791-1867) a British scientist who discovered the relationship between electricity and  magnetism and produced the first  dynamo (=a machine that changes some other form of power into electricity) //


Words: faraway
Meaning:
adj \n  1 [only before noun]  literary a long distance away:   distant//  --She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places.//  --faraway noises//\n  2  a faraway look:  an expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different//  --His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea.//


Words: farce
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin farcire  ’to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)’; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them]//\n  1 [singular] an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable:  --She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish.//\n  2 [U and C] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used:


Words: farcical
Meaning:
adj \n  1 a situation or event that is farcical is very silly and badly organized:  --Opposition leaders described the government’s plans as ’farcical’.//\n  2 a farcical play or film is a humorous one in which the characters become involved in silly and complicated situations:  -- farcically/-kli/ adv //


Words: fare
Meaning:
n   [Language: Old English; Origin: faru  ’journey’]//\n  1 [C] the price you pay to travel somewhere by bus, train, plane etc:  bus/train/air/cab fare //  --Air fares have shot up by 20%.//  half-fare/full-fare //  --Children under 14 travel half-fare. see usage note  cost1 //\n  2 [U]  written food, especially food served in a restaurant or eaten on a special occasion:  --traditional Christmas fare//\n  3 [C] a passenger in a taxi:\n  4 [U] something that is offered to the public, especially as entertainment:  --The movie is suitable family fare .//\nfare 2 v   fare well/badly/better etc//  to be successful, unsuccessful etc//  --Although Chicago has fared better than some cities, unemployment remains a problem.//  --He wondered how Ed had fared in the interview.//


Words: farewell
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U and C]  old-fashioned the action of saying goodbye:  --Mourners gathered to bid farewell to the victims of the plane tragedy.//  --a farewell speech//\n  2  farewell party/dinner/drink etc:  a party or dinner that you have because someone is leaving a job, city etc//  --40 of her colleagues gathered for her farewell presentation.//\nfarewell 2 interjection  old use   goodbye//


Words: Farewell to Arms
Meaning:
A   (1929) a novel by Ernest  Hemingway about the romantic relationship between a US man who is working as an  ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I//


Words: farm
Meaning:
W2S3   n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: ferme  ’rent, lease’, from  Latin firmus  ’firm, fixed’]//\n  1 an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals:  --a 300-hectare farm//  --farm workers//  --farm animals//  --Joe had worked on the farm all his life.//  a pig/dairy/cattle etc farm //  --He runs a pig farm in Lincolnshire.//\n  2 the main house on a farm where the farmer lives:    factory farm at factory farming,  fish farm,  funny farm//  ----------//  HINT sense 1 //  Say on a/the farm, not ’in a/the farm’. //  ----------//\nfarm 2 v [I and T] \n  1 to use land for growing crops or keeping animals:  --The family has farmed here for generations.//  --The land has been farmed organically since 1995.//\n  2  farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc:  fish and animals that have been raised on farms, and not caught from the wild//  farm out [farm sb/sth → out] phr v//\n  1 to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself:  farm somebody/something → out to//  --The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.//\n  2 to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after - used to show disapproval:  farm somebody/something → out to//  --At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends.//


Words: farmers’ market
Meaning:
n [C]   a place where farmers bring their fruit, vegetables, meat, and other products to sell directly to people in a town or city//


Words: farming
Meaning:
n [U]   the practice or business of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm//  sheep/dairy/livestock etc farming //  organic/intensive farming //  --the farming industry//


Words: Farnborough Air Show
Meaning:
the   a large international event, held every two years at Farnborough in the south of England, where different types of aircraft are shown and planes perform  aerobatics to entertain the public//


Words: Farrakhan
Meaning:
Louis   (1933- ) the leader of the Nation of Islam, a black rights organization, since the 1970s. He was born in New York City, and his real name is Louis Eugene Walcott.//


Words: farrier
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: ferreor, from  ferrer  ’to fit with iron’]//  someone who makes shoes for horses’ feet//    blacksmith//


Words: fart
Meaning:
v [I]  not polite   [Language: Old English; Origin: feortan]//  to make air come out of your bowels//   break wind//  fart about/around phr v//  to waste time not doing very much//  --Stop farting around and get on with your work!//\nfart 2 n \n  1 [C]  not polite an act of making air come out of your bowels:\n  2  old fart:   informal a stupid and uninteresting older person//


Words: farther
Meaning:
adv \n  1 a greater distance than before or than something else; a comparative form of ’far’:   further//  --We decided not to go any farther.//  farther away/apart/down/along etc //  --The boats were drifting farther and farther apart.//  --a resort town farther up the coast//  farther south/north etc //  --Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina.//  --Most of them were locals, but some had come from farther afield  (=a greater distance away) .//\n  2 if you do something farther, you do it more or to a greater degree:   further//  --We’d better investigate farther.//  --The police decided not to take the matter any farther  (=do more about it) .//  ----------//  HINT //  In spoken English it is more usual to use further. //  ----------//\nfarther 2 adj [only before noun]   more distant; a comparative form of ’far’//   further//  --A table stood at the farther end of the kitchen.//


Words: farthest
Meaning:
adv   at or to the greatest distance away; the superlative form of ’far’//  --My sister was the one who travelled farthest.//  farthest away/apart etc //  --She lived farthest away from school of all of us.//  ----------//  HINT sense 1 //  In spoken English it is more usual to use furthest. //  ----------//\nfarthest 2 adj  also furthest   [Date: 1300-1400; Origin: further]//  the most distant; the superlative form of ’far’//  --the farthest corners of the globe//


Words: farthing
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: feorthung, from  feortha  ’fourth, quarter’]//  an old British coin that was worth one quarter of a penny//


Words: fascia
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian; Origin: Latin,  ’band’]//\n  1 a dashboard:\n  2 a long board above a shop with the shop’s name on it:


Words: fascinate
Meaning:
v [T not in progressive]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: fascinatus, from  fascinum  ’use of (evil) magic’]//  if someone or something fascinates you, you are attracted to them and think they are extremely interesting//  --The idea of travelling through time fascinates me.//


Words: fascinated
Meaning:
adj [not before noun]   extremely interested by something or someone//  --I was fascinated by her voice.//  fascinated to see/hear/learn etc //  --Ed was fascinated to see gorillas in the wild.//


Words: fascinating
Meaning:
S3   adj   extremely interesting//  --a fascinating book//  --That sounds absolutely fascinating .//  find sb/sth fascinating //  --I found him quite fascinating.//  -- fascinatingly adv //


Words: fascination
Meaning:
n \n  1 [singular, U] the state of being very interested in something, so that you want to look at it, learn about it etc:    obsession//  fascination for/with//  --Police knew of his fascination with guns.//  in fascination//  --The children watched in fascination.//\n  2 [U and C] something that interests you very much, or the quality of being very interesting:  hold/have a fascination for sb//  --India will always hold a great fascination for me.//  --The fascination lay in the mystery of what was inside the box.//


Words: fascism
Meaning:
n [U]   a right-wing political system in which people’s lives are completely controlled by the state and no political opposition is allowed//


Words: fascist
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: Italian; Origin: Fascista, from  fascio  ’group of things tied together’]//\n  1 someone who supports fascism:  --The fascists came to power in 1933.//\n  2  informal someone who is cruel and unfair and does not like people to argue with them:  --My last boss was a real fascist.//\n  3  informal someone who has extreme right-wing opinions:  -- fascist adj //  --Mussolini’s fascist regime//


Words: fashion
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fa[hA168]on, from  Latin factio  ’act of making’, from  facere  ’to do, make’]//\n  1 [singular, U] something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time:  fashion for//  --the fashion for so-called ’discovery methods’ of learning //  fashion in//  --The emerging science of photography was already changing fashions in art.//  --Eastern religions used to  be the fashion  in the 60s.//  --His ideas are coming back into fashion  (=they are becoming popular again) .//  --Their music will never  go out of fashion  (=stop being fashionable) .//  --Self-help books are now  all the fashion  (=they are very fashionable) .//\n  2 [C, U] a style of clothes, hair etc that is popular at a particular time:  --They sold  the latest fashions  from Europe (=the most recent fashions) .//  --The 1960s space-age look has influenced both  men’s  and  women’s  fashions.//  --Hats  are in fashion  again this year (=they are fashionable) .//  --Grey  is out of fashion  now (=it is no longer fashionable) .//  --extreme designs which will go out of fashion  as quickly as they came in (=stop being fashionable) //  --Fur coats were considered to  be the height of fashion  and sophistication (=were thought to be very fashionable) .//  --Teenage girls are very  fashion conscious  (=they are very concerned about wearing the latest fashions) .//\n  3 [U] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles:  --a leading men’s  fashion magazine  //  --the fall  fashion shows  in New York, Milan, and Paris//  --She used to be one of the world’s top  fashion models  .//  -- fashion photographer  Richard Avedon//  --The dark-eyed Italian is set to take  the fashion world  by storm (=become very successful in the world of fashion) .//  --She hopes to find work in the fashion industry  (=all the companies and people who are involved in fashion) .//  --a 22-year-old student at the London College of Fashion//\n  4  in a ... fashion:  in a particular way//  --Please leave the building in an orderly fashion.//  --Perhaps they could sit down and discuss things in a civilised fashion. //  --She will be working out her problems  in her own fashion   (=in the way that she usually does this) and should be allowed to do so.//\n  5  after a fashion:  not very much, not very well, or not very effectively//  --’Can you speak Russian?’ ’After a fashion.’ //\n  6  after the fashion of sb:  in a style that is typical of a particular person//  --Her early work is very much after the fashion of Picasso and Braque.//\n  7  like it’s going out of fashion:   informal use this to emphasize that someone does something a lot or uses a lot of something//  --Danny’s been  spending money like it’s going out of fashion .//    parrot fashion at parrot1 (2)//\nfashion 2 v [T] \n  1 to shape or make something, using your hands or only a few tools:  fashion sth from sth//  --He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood.//  fashion sth into sth//  --Jamie could take a piece of wood and fashion it into a wonderful work of art.//\n  2 [usually passive] to influence and form someone’s ideas and opinions:  --We are all unique human beings, fashioned by life experiences.//


Words: fashion statement
Meaning:
n [C]   something that you own or wear that is considered new or different, and that is intended to make other people notice you//  --Mobile phones make a big fashion statement.//


Words: fashionable
Meaning:
adj \n  1 popular, especially for a short period of time:  → unfashionable//  --Strong colours are very fashionable at the moment.//  it is fashionable (for sb) to do sth//  --It suddenly became fashionable for politicians to talk about green issues.//\n  2 popular with, or used by, rich people:  → unfashionable//  a fashionable resort/area/address etc //  --He runs a very fashionable restaurant near the Harbor.//  -- fashionably adv //  --fashionably dressed young ladies//


Words: fast
Meaning:
W3S2   adv   ----------//\n   1 moving quickly:\n   2 in a short time:\n   3 fast asleep:\n   4 be stuck/held fast:\n   5 be getting/be going nowhere fast:\n   6 not so fast:\n   7 fast by something:  ----------//\n  1 MOVING QUICKLY:  moving quickly//  --Slow down - you’re driving too fast.//  --a fast-moving river//  --Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could) .//\n  2 IN A SHORT TIME:  happening in a short time//  --Kids grow up fast these days.//  --The survivors needed help fast.//  --How fast can you get the job done?//  fast becoming/disappearing/approaching etc //  --Access to the Internet is fast becoming a necessity.//  -- It all happened so fast I didn’t even notice I was bleeding.//\n  3  fast asleep:  sleeping very deeply//  --Nick was lying on the sofa, fast asleep.//\n  4  be stuck/held fast:  to become or be firmly fixed and unable to move//  --The boat was stuck fast in the mud.//  --She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast.//\n  5  be getting/be going nowhere fast:   informal to not succeed in making progress or achieving something//  --I kept asking her the same question, but I was getting nowhere fast.//\n  6  not so fast:   spoken used to tell someone not to be too eager to do or believe something//  --Not so fast. We’ve got to prove it first, haven’t we?//\n  7  fast by sth:   literary very close to something//  --fast by the river//    play fast and loose with sb at play1 (30),  stand fast at stand1 (25),  thick and fast at thick2 (2)//  ----------//  WORD FOCUS: fast //  moving very quickly: at high speed,  like lightning,  at top speed,  flat out //  doing something quickly: quick,  rapid,  swift,  prompt,  speedy //  happening quickly: rapid,  speedy,  meteoric,  at an alarming rate,  in no time //  ----------//\nfast 2 adj   ----------//\n   1 moving quickly:\n   2 in a short time:\n   3 clock:\n   4 fast track:\n   5 fast road:\n   6 fast film/lens:\n   7 colour:\n   8 sports:\n   9 fast and furious:\n  10 somebody is a fast worker:\n  11 fast talker:\n  12 woman:\n  13 make something fast:\n  14 fast friends:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]st  ’firm’]//\n  1 MOVING QUICKLY:  moving or able to move quickly//  --a fast car//  --He’s one of the fastest runners in the world.//\n  2 IN A SHORT TIME:  doing something or happening in a short time//  --The subway is the fastest way to get downtown.//  --The company must give a faster response to clients’ requests.//  --The rainforests are being chopped down at an alarmingly fast rate.//  --I’m a fast learner.//\n  3 CLOCK:   [not before noun] a clock that is fast shows a later time than the real time//  --That can’t be the time - my watch must be fast.//  five minutes/an hour etc fast //  --I always keep my watch 15 minutes fast.//\n  4  fast track:  a way of achieving something more quickly than is normally done//  on the fast track//  --a young actress on the fast track to fame and success//\n  5  fast road:  a road on which vehicles can travel very quickly//\n  6  fast film/lens:  a film or lens(2) that can be used when there is little light, or when photographing something that is moving very quickly//\n  7 COLOUR:  a colour that is fast will not change when clothes are washed//    colourfast//\n  8 SPORTS:  a fast surface is one on which a ball moves very quickly//\n  9  fast and furious:  done very quickly with a lot of effort and energy, or happening very quickly with a lot of sudden changes//  --Arsenal’s opening attack was fast and furious.//\n  10  sb is a fast worker:   informal used to say that someone can get what they want very quickly, especially in starting a sexual relationship with another person//\n  11  fast talker:  someone who talks quickly and easily but is often not honest or sincere//\n  12 WOMAN:   old-fashioned becoming involved quickly in sexual relationships with men//  --fast cars and fast women//\n  13  make sth fast:  to tie something such as a boat or tent firmly to something else//\n  14  fast friends:   literary two people who are very friendly for a long time//    fast food,  fast-forward,  fast lane,  make a fast buck at buck1 (1),  pull a fast one at pull1 (10)//\nfast 3 v [I]   [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]stan]//  to eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious reasons//  --Muslims fast during Ramadan.//\nfast 4 n [C]   a period during which someone does not eat, especially for religious reasons//  --Gandhi drank some orange juice to break  (=end) his three-week fast .//


Words: fast lane
Meaning:
n \n  1  the fast lane:   informal an exciting way of life that involves dangerous and expensive activities//  --Brenda is a lady who loves life in the fast lane .//\n  2 [C usually singular] the part of a big road where people drive fastest:  --I broke down in the fast lane of the M6.//


Words: fast track
Meaning:
n [singular]   the fast track to something is the fastest way of achieving it//  --Many saw independence as the fast track to democracy.//


Words: fast-forward
Meaning:
v [I and T] \n  1 to wind a tape or video forwards quickly without playing it:\n  2 to move quickly to a later point in a story:  fast-forward to//  --Fast-forward to America at the turn of the century.//  -- fast-forward n  [U] //


Words: fast-track
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   happening or making progress more quickly than is usual//  --a fast-track procedure for adoption//


Words: fasten
Meaning:
v   ----------//\n   1 clothes/bag etc:\n   2 window/gate etc:\n   3 attach something to something:\n   4 hold something tightly:\n   5 fasten your eyes/gaze on somebody/something:\n   6 fasten your attention on somebody/something:  Phrasal verbs//   fasten on/upon something//   fasten onto somebody/something//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]stnian; related to   FAST2]//\n  1 CLOTHES/BAG ETC:   also fasten up //  a)  [T] to join together the two sides of a coat, shirt, bag etc so that it is closed//   do up//  → unfasten//  --’I’m going now,’ she said, fastening her coat.//  --Fasten your seat belt.//  b)  [I] to become joined together with buttons, hooks etc//   do up//  --I was so fat that my skirt wouldn’t fasten.//\n  2 WINDOW/GATE ETC:   [I and T] to firmly close a window, gate etc so that it will not open, or to become firmly closed//  → unfasten//  --Make sure all the windows are securely fastened before you leave.//\n  3 ATTACH SOMETHING TO SOMETHING:   [T] to attach something firmly to another object or surface//  fasten sth with sth//  --Fasten the edges of the cloth together with pins.//  fasten sth to sth//  --They fastened the rope to a tree.//\n  4 HOLD SOMETHING TIGHTLY:   [I and T] to hold something firmly with your hands, legs, arms, or teeth//  fasten sth around/round sth//  --She fastened her arms around his neck.//  fasten around/round//  --A strong hand fastened round her wrist.//  fasten on/onto//  --Their long claws allow them to fasten onto the rocks and hold firm.//\n  5  fasten your eyes/gaze on sb/sth:  to look at someone or something for a long time//  --He rose, his eyes still fastened on the piece of paper.//\n  6  fasten your attention on sb/sth:  to think a lot about one particular thing or person//  --He was working quietly, all his attention fastened on the task.//  fasten on/upon [fasten on/upon sth] phr v//  to give particular attention to something because you think it is important or interesting//  --My mother fastened on the word "unsafe".//  fasten onto / [fasten onto sb/sth] phr v//\n  1 to give particular attention to something because you think it is important or interesting:\n  2 to follow someone and stay with them, especially when they do not want you to:   latch onto somebody//  --The dog seemed lost and fastened onto us.//


Words: fastener
Meaning:
[C] \n  1 something that you use to join something together, such as a button on a piece of clothing:  --shoes with velcro fasteners//\n  2 something that is used to keep a door, window etc firmly shut:


Words: fastidious
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: fastidiosus, from  fastidium  ’strong dislike’]//  very careful about small details in your appearance, work etc//   meticulous//  --people who are fastidious about personal hygiene and appearance//  -- fastidiously adv //  -- fastidiousness n  [U] //


Words: fastness
Meaning:
n [C]  literary   a place that is safe because it is difficult to reach//   stronghold//  --mountain fastnesses//


Words: Fastnet
Meaning:
the   a famous  yachting race held every two years from the south of England up to the Fastnet Rock near Ireland//


Words: fat
Meaning:
W3S2   adj   comparative  fatter superlative  fattest //  ----------//\n   1 flesh:\n   2 object:\n   3 money:\n   4 fat chance:\n   5 (a) fat lot of good/use:\n   6 fat cat:\n   7 in fat city:\n   8 grow fat on something:\n   9 a fat lip:\n  10 approval:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]tt]//\n  1 FLESH:  weighing too much because you have too much flesh on your body//  → thin//  --Are you suggesting I’m too fat?//  --a short fat man in his early fifties//  --You’ll get fat if you eat all that chocolate.//  --He looks much fatter than in his photo.//\n  2 OBJECT:  thick or wide//  → thin//  --Dobbs was smoking a fat cigar.//  --a big fat book//\n  3 MONEY:   [only before noun]  informal containing or worth a large amount of money//  --a fat cheque //  --Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits .//\n  4  fat chance:   informal used to say that something is very unlikely to happen//  fat chance of//  --’You can go to bed now and sleep easy.’ ’Fat chance of that!’//\n  5  (a) fat lot of good/use:   spoken not at all useful or helpful//  --Fat lot of use you are in the kitchen.//\n  6  fat cat:   informal someone who has too much money, especially someone who is paid too much for their job - used in order to show disapproval//  --the fat cats at the top who have recently been given obscene pay increases//\n  7  in fat city:   AmE  old-fashioned having plenty of money//\n  8  grow fat on sth:  to become rich because of something  used to show disapproval//  --The finance men had grown fat on managing other people’s money.//\n  9  a fat lip:   informal a lip that is swollen because it has been hit//  --My friend was badly injured with bruised ribs and a fat lip.//\n  10 APPROVAL:   informal another spelling of phat; used to show approval, especially of someone or something that is fashionable, interesting, or attractive//  fat/phat beats (=music that sounds good) //  --Check out these fat beats.//  -- fatness n  [U] //  --a rise in fatness in children//  ----------//  WORD CHOICE: fat, overweight, obese, chubby, plump, big, well-built //  In general, people do not like to be called fat. But some ways to say ’fat’ are less rude than others.//  fat is a very direct word. You might use it about yourself but it will usually cause offence if you use it about someone else : I’m so fat at the moment! //  overweight  is a more polite way to say that someone is fatter than they usually are or than they should be : She is a little overweight. //  obese  is a word used especially by doctors to describe people who are very fat, in a way that is bad for their health. //  chubby  is a more informal word and is used especially of children or of rounded body parts such as cheeks or knees. //  plump  means fat and rounded in a pleasant way : a plump, motherly woman //  big and well-built are fairly polite ways to describe someone with a large, strong, or fat body : For big men like him, air travel can be uncomfortable. //  ----------//\nfat 2 n \n  1 [U] a substance that is stored under the skin of people and animals, that helps to keep them warm:  --Rolls of fat bulged over his collar.//  --I didn’t like the meat - there was too much fat on it.//\n  2 [U and C] an oily substance contained in certain foods:  --Cream has a high fat content .//  high/low in fat //  --This cheese is relatively low in fat.//  --You should think about reducing your fat intake  (=the amount of fat you eat) .//  high-fat/low-fat //  --a low-fat diet//    saturated fat//\n  3 [U and C] an oily substance taken from animals or plants and used in cooking:  --Place the chicken in the hot fat.//\n  4  the fat is in the fire:  used to say that there will be trouble because of something that has happened//\n  5  live off the fat of the land:  to get enough money to live comfortably without doing much work//\n  6  run to fat:  to start to become fat, especially because you are getting older or do not do much exercise//    chew the fat at chew1 (4),  puppy fat//


Words: fat camp
Meaning:
n [C]  informal   a place where children who are fat go to lose weight and to exercise, especially in the summer//


Words: fat farm
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE  informal   a place where people who are fat can go to lose weight and improve their health//    health farm//


Words: fatal
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin fatalis, from  fatum;   FATE]//\n  1 resulting in someone’s death:  --potentially fatal diseases//  fatal accident/illness/injury etc //  --a fatal climbing accident//  --If it is not treated correctly, the condition can prove fatal  (=be fatal) .//\n  2 having a very bad effect, especially making someone fail or stop what they are doing:  fatal to//  --Disunity finally proved fatal to the rebels’ cause.//  --There was one fatal flaw  (=serious weakness) in his argument.//  --His presidential hopes suffered a fatal blow in New Hampshire.//  fatal mistake/error //  --Telling your employees they’re unimportant is a fatal error.//


Words: fatalism
Meaning:
n [U]   the belief that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening//  -- fatalist n  [C] //


Words: fatalistic
Meaning:
adj   believing that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening//  --a fatalistic approach to life//  -- fatalistically/-kli/ adv //


Words: fatality
Meaning:
n   plural  fatalities //\n  1 [C] a death in an accident or a violent attack:  --a 50% increase in the number of traffic fatalities//\n  2 [U]  formal the fact that a disease is certain to cause death:  --The most serious form of skin cancer has a 30 percent fatality rate.//\n  3 [U]  formal the feeling that you cannot control what happens to you:


Words: fatally
Meaning:
adv \n  1 in a way that causes death:  fatally injured/wounded //  --Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion.//\n  2 in a way that will make something fail or be unable to continue:  fatally flawed/weakened/damaged etc //  --Bolton’s idea was fatally flawed.//  --He has been fatally undermined by his own finance minister.//


Words: fate
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin fatum  ’what has been spoken (by the gods)’, from  fari  ’to speak’]//\n  1 [C usually singular] the things that will happen to someone, especially unpleasant events:  --I wouldn’t wish such a fate on my worst enemy.//  fate of//  --No one knows what the fate of the hostages will be.//  --  The rest of Europe was to  suffer  the same  fate . //  --  A meeting to  decide the fate of  the factory is to be held today. //  -- She wanted to prevent other children from  meeting the same fate . //  -- They had abandoned him and  left  him  to  his  fate . //  --Spencer’s father had died young, and he feared that the same  fate awaited him. //  --They would rather starve to death than  accept  the  fate  of slavery. //  -- She seemed placidly  resigned to  her  fate . //  --  the  fate  that  befell  a captured rebel general //  -- Nothing is known of Green’s origins or  ultimate fate , only that he was involved in building the church.//\n  2 [U] a power that is believed to control what happens in people’s lives:  --Fate plays cruel tricks sometimes.//  a twist/quirk of fate (=something unexpected that happens) //  --By a strange twist of fate Smith’s first match is against the team that gave him the sack last season.//\n  3  a fate worse than death:  something terrible that might happen to you - often used humorously//  --He had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death.//\n  4  the Fates:  the three goddesses who, according to the ancient Greeks, controlled what happened to people//    tempt fate at tempt(3)//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  suffer a fate //  seal/decide/settle somebody’s fate  (=make it certain that something will happen to someone) //  meet the same/a similar fate //  leave/abandon somebody to their fate  (=leave someone when something terrible could happen to them) //  the fate awaiting somebody (=what will happen to someone) //  accept a fate //  resign yourself to your fate  (=accept it) //  a fate befalls somebody  (=they suffer a particular fate) //  somebody’s ultimate fate (=the final things that happen) //  ----------//


Words: fated
Meaning:
adj   certain to happen or to do something because a mysterious force is controlling events//   destined//  be fated to do sth//  --I’m fated to spend my last years in an old folks’ home.//    ill-fated//


Words: fateful
Meaning:
adj [usually before noun]   having an important, especially bad, effect on future events//  fateful day/night/year etc //  --The goalkeeper on that fateful day in 1954 was Fred Martin of Aberdeen.//  --When his rent was raised, he made the fateful decision to move north.//  -- fatefully adv //


Words: Fates
Meaning:
the   in Greek and Roman  mythology, the three goddesses who decided what should happen in each person’s life//


Words: father
Meaning:
n [C]   ----------//\n   1 parent:\n   2 priest:\n   3 fathers:\n   4 god:\n   5 the father of something:\n   6 from father to son:\n   7 like father like son:\n   8 a bit of how’s your father:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]der]//\n  1 PARENT:  a male parent//  --Ask your father to help you. //  --Andrew was very excited about becoming a father.//  --He’s been like a father to me.//  a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children) //  --The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.//  --Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.//\n  2 PRIEST:   Father//  a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic church//  --I have sinned, Father.//  --Father Devlin//    Holy Father//\n  3  fathers [plural] people related to you who lived a long time ago:   ancestors//  --Our fathers were exiles from their native land.//    forefather//\n  4 GOD:   Father//  a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion//  --our Heavenly Father //\n  5  the father of sth:  the man who was responsible for starting something//  --Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.//\n  6  from father to son:  if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents//  --This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.//\n  7  like father like son:  used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad//\n  8  a bit of how’s your father:   BrE  informal the act of having sex - used humorously//    city fathers,  founding father//\nfather 2 v [T] \n  1 to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant:  --Hodgkins fathered seven children.//\n  2  formal to start an important new idea or system:  --Bevan fathered the concept of the National Health Service.//  father on [father sth on sb] phr v//   formal to claim that someone is responsible for something when they are not//  --A collection of Irish stories was fathered on him.//


Words: Father Brown
Meaning:
a priest  in stories by the British writer G. K. Chesterton, who solves crimes by his knowledge of human nature.//


Words: Father Christmas
Meaning:
n [singular]  BrE   an imaginary man who wears red clothes, has a long white beard, and is said to bring presents to children at Christmas//   Santa Claus//


Words: father figure
Meaning:
n [C]   an older man who you trust and respect//  father figure to/for//  --Ken was a father figure to all of us.//


Words: Father of the Church plural
Meaning:
Fathers of the Church   one of the several important teachers of the early Christian church whose writings are used to answer any difficult points of faith or practice//


Words: fathering
Meaning:
n [U]   the skills and activities involved in being a father//  --Don’t get me wrong, fathering certainly has changed.//


Words: fatherly
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   kind and gentle in a way that is considered typical of a good father//  --He took my arm in a fatherly way.//  --fatherly advice//


Words: fathom
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]thm]//  a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to six feet or about 1.8 metres//\nfathom 2  also fathom out  v [T]   to understand what something means after thinking about it carefully//   work out//  --I still can’t fathom out what she meant.//  fathom how/why/where etc//  --Mark couldn’t fathom why she resented him so much.//


Words: fatigue
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Latin fatigare  ’to make tired’]//\n  1 [U] very great tiredness:   exhaustion//  with fatigue//  --Sam’s face was grey with fatigue.//  from fatigue//  --He’s suffering from physical and mental fatigue.//\n  2 [U]  technical a weakness in metal or wood, caused when it is bent or stretched many times, which is likely to make it break:  -- metal fatigue //\n  3  fatigues [plural] loose-fitting army clothes:


Words: fatten
Meaning:
v \n  1 [I and T] to make an animal become fatter so that it is ready to eat, or to become fat and ready to eat:\n  2 [T] to make an amount larger:  --These projects simply serve to fatten the pockets of developers.//  fatten up [fatten sb/sth → up] phr v//  to make a person or animal fatter//  --My parents are always trying to fatten me up.//


Words: fatty
Meaning:
adj   containing a lot of fat//  --Avoid fatty foods.//\nfatty 2   plural  fatties  n [C]  informal //  an insulting word for someone who is fat//


Words: fatuous
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: fatuus  ’stupid, tasteless’]//  very silly or stupid//   idiotic//  --fatuous questions//  -- fatuously adv //  -- fatuousness n  [U] //


Words: fatwa
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Arabic]//  an official order made by an important Islamic religious leader//


Words: faucet
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fausset  ’something that closes a hole in a container’, from  Late Latin falsare  ’to make false’]//  the thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe//  British Equivalent:  tap//


Words: Faulkner
Meaning:
William   (1897-1962) a US writer of novels about the  South of the US, such as  The Sound and the Fury and  As I Lay Dying. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.//


Words: fault
Meaning:
W3S2   n [C]   ----------//\n   1 responsible for mistake:\n   2 at fault:\n   3 something wrong with something:\n   4 somebody’s character:\n   5 through no fault of her/my etc own:\n   6 crack:\n   7 generous/loyal/honest etc to a fault:\n   8 tennis:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: faute, from  Latin fallere;   FAIL1]//\n  1 RESPONSIBLE FOR MISTAKE:  if something bad that has happened is your fault, you should be blamed for it, because you made a mistake or failed to do something//  --I’m really sorry - it’s all my fault.//  be sb’s fault (that)//  --It’s your fault we’re late.//  --I didn’t sleep well that night, but it was my own fault .//  be sb’s fault for doing sth//  --It’s my fault for not making your new job clearer.//\n  2  at fault:  if someone is at fault, they are responsible for something bad that has happened//  --The police said that the other driver was at fault.//  --Some people claim that it is the UN that is at fault.//\n  3 SOMETHING WRONG WITH SOMETHING:  a) something that is wrong with a machine, system, design etc, which prevents it from working properly//  --a design fault//  fault in//  --It sounds as if there’s a fault in one of the loudspeakers.//  b) something that is wrong with something, which could be improved//   flaw//  --There are two serious faults in Hobsbawm’s discussion of nationalism.//  -- For all its faults  (=in spite of its faults) we love this city.//  c) a mistake in the way that something was made, which spoils its appearance//  fault in//  --The sweater had a fault in it and I had to take it back.//\n  4 SOMEBODY’S CHARACTER:  a bad or weak part of someone’s character//  --His worst fault is his arrogance.//  --I may have my faults , but ingratitude is not one of them.//  -- For all his faults  (=in spite of his faults) he was a good father.//\n  5  through no fault of her/my etc own:  used to say that something bad that happened to someone was not caused by them//  --Through no fault of our own we are currently two players short.//\n  6 CRACK:  a large crack in the rocks that form the Earth’s surface//  --the San Andreas fault in Northern California//\n  7  generous/loyal/honest etc to a fault:  extremely generous, kind etc//  --Barry’s kind, caring and generous to a fault.//\n  8 TENNIS:  a mistake made when a player is serving the ball in tennis//    double fault,  find fault with sb/sth at find1 (14)//  ----------//  WORD CHOICE: fault, blame, mistake //  If someone causes something bad, you can say that it is  their fault  or that they are  to blame : The accident was my fault. |  Nobody is to blame for what happened.  //  !! Do not say that someone ’has the/a etc fault’ : We didn’t think that it was our fault OR that we were to blame (NOT that we had any fault). //  !!  Do not say that something is ’someone’s blame’. //  Use  fault to mean something that is wrong with a machine or system, or something that you could criticize about a person or thing : The car engine had developed a fault. |  The book’s only fault is that it is too long. //  Use  mistake to mean something that is wrong in someone’s grammar, spelling, calculations, decisions etc : Please correct any mistakes (NOT faults) in my letter . //  ----------//\nfault 2 v [T usually passive]   to criticize someone or something for a mistake//  --The judge cannot be faulted on his decision.//  it is hard/difficult to fault sb/sth //  --You might not like O’Donnel’s arrogance, but it’s hard to fault what he does on the field.//


Words: fault-tolerant
Meaning:
adj   fault-tolerant computer/machine//  a computer that continues working even if it has a fault or when there is a fault in a program//


Words: faulty
Meaning:
adj \n  1 not working properly, or not made correctly:  --Customers may ask for a refund if the goods are faulty.//  --a faulty gene that causes breast cancer//\n  2 a faulty way of thinking about something contains a mistake, so that you make a wrong decision:  --an idea based on a faulty understanding of biology//


Words: faun
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: faunus, from  Faunus Roman god of nature and farms]//  an ancient Roman god with the body of a man and the legs and horns of a goat//


Words: fauna
Meaning:
n [U and C]  technical   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Late Latin; Origin: Fauna wife or sister of Faunus;   FAUN]//  all the animals living in a particular area or period in history//    flora//


Words: Faust
Meaning:
Johann  also Dr Faustus   a German doctor and  scholar of the early 16th century, who practised magic. A story developed about him that he had "sold his soul to the Devil" in exchange for knowledge and power. Many stories and pieces of music have been written about him, including the plays Dr Faustus by Christopher  Marlowe and Faust by  Goethe.//


Words: fauvism
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: fauvisme, from  fauve  ’wild animal’]//  a style of painting that uses pure bright colours, which was developed in the early 20th century//


Words: faux
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]  especially  AmE   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: Latin falsus;   FALSE]//  artificial, but made to look real//  --faux pearls//


Words: faux pas
Meaning:
n   plural  faux pas /-p[hA35A][hA359]z/ [C] //  [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: ’false step’]//  an embarrassing mistake in a social situation//


Words: fava bean
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: Italian; Origin: fava, from  Latin faba  ’bean’]//  a large flat pale green bean//  British Equivalent:  broad bean//


Words: fave
Meaning:
n [C]  informal   [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: favorite]//  a favourite person or thing//  --a band that’s a college fave//  -- fave adj //


Words: favour
Meaning:
BrE  favor AmE   n   ----------//\n   1 help:\n   2 support/approval:\n   3 popular/unpopular:\n   4 advantage:\n   5 choose something instead:\n   6 do somebody/something no favours:\n   7 unfair support:\n   8 do me/us a favour!:\n   9 gift:\n  10 sex:  ----------//\n  1 HELP:   [C] something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to them//  --Could you do me a favour and tell Kelly I can’t make it?//  --He hired John  as a favour to  his father.//  --Paul, can I ask you a favor ?//  --I owed him a favour so I couldn’t say no.//  --She helps me out when I have too much to do, and I return the favour when I can.//  -- Do yourself a favour and make sure you get some time to yourself.//\n  2 SUPPORT/APPROVAL:   [U] support, approval, or agreement for something such as a plan, idea, or system//  in favour of sth//  --Senior ministers spoke in favour of the proposal.//  --I talked to Susie about it, and she’s all in favor  (=completely approves) of going.//  find/gain/win favour //  --The idea may find favor with older people.//  in sb/sth’s favour//  --The vote was 60-59 in the government’s favor.//  --In Sweden and other countries, nuclear power has lost favor .//  look on/view/regard sth with favour  formal  (=support something, and want to help it succeed) //  --Employers are more likely to look with favour on experienced candidates.//  -- All in favour  (=used when asking people to vote on something by raising a hand) ?//  vote/decide in favour of sth (=vote or decide to support something) //  --288 members voted in favor of the ban.//  find/rule in favour of sb  formal  (=make a legal decision that supports someone) //\n  3 POPULAR/UNPOPULAR:   [U] when someone or something is liked or approved of by people, or not liked or approved of//  be in favour (with sb)//  --The island is very much in favour as a holiday destination.//  be out of favour (with sb)//  --The stock is currently out of favor with investors.//  find/gain/win favour //  --Radcliffe’s books began to find favour with the reading public.//  come/be back in favour (=become popular again) //  --Fountain pens have come back in favour.//  fall/go out of favour (=stop being approved of) //  --Grammar-based teaching methods went out of favour in the 60s and 70s.//\n  4 ADVANTAGE:   in sb’s favour//  if something is in someone’s favour, it gives them an advantage over someone else//  --Conditions on court are very much in Williams’ favour.//  --The new rules should actually work in your favor .//  --Duncan had his height and weight in his favour during the fight.//  the odds are (stacked) in sb’s favour (=someone has a big advantage) //\n  5 CHOOSE SOMETHING INSTEAD:   do sth in favour of sth//  if you decide not to use one thing in favour of another, you choose the other one because you think it is better//  --Plans for a tunnel were rejected in favour of a bridge.//\n  6  do sb/sth no favours:  not do sb/sth any favours //  to do something that makes someone or something look worse than they are, or that does not help at all//  --Low interest rates don’t do savers any favours.//\n  7 UNFAIR SUPPORT:   [U] support that is given to one person or group and not to others, in a way that does not seem fair//  --Teachers should not show favour to any pupil.//\n  8  do me/us a favour!:   BrE  spoken used when you are annoyed because someone has asked a silly question or done something to upset people//  --Do us a favour, Mike, and shut up!//  --’Did you like it?’ ’Do me a favour!’//\n  9 GIFT:   [C]  AmE a party favor//\n  10 SEX:   favours [plural]  old-fashioned when you allow someone to have sex with you//  --She shared her sexual favors with many men.//    curry favour (with sb) at curry2 ,  without fear or favour at fear1 (6),  be thankful/grateful for small favours at small1 (13)//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  do somebody a favour  (=do something for someone) //  as a favour (to somebody) (=because you want to be kind, not because you have to) //  ask somebody a favour/ask a favour of somebody  (=ask someone to do something for you) //  owe somebody a favour  (=feel that you should do something for someone because they have done something for you) //  return a favour  (=do something for someone because they have done something for you) //  be doing somebody a favour  (=used to say that something that seems bad will benefit someone) //  do yourself a favour (=do something good for yourself) //  a personal favour //  a political favour //  ----------//\nfavour 2 W3  BrE  favor AmE v [T]   ----------//\n   1 prefer:\n   2 give an advantage:\n   3 help:\n   4 look like:  Phrasal verbs//   favour somebody with something//  ----------//\n  1 PREFER:  to prefer someone or something to other things or people, especially when there are several to choose from//  --Both countries seem to favour the agreement.//  --loose clothing of the type favoured in Arab countries//  favour sb/sth over sb/sth//  --Florida voters favored Bush over Gore by a very small margin.//\n  2 GIVE AN ADVANTAGE:  to treat someone much better than someone else, in a way that is not fair//  --a tax cut that favours rich people//  favour sb over sb//  --a judicial system that favours men over women//\n  3 HELP:  to provide suitable conditions for something to happen//  --The current economy does not favour the development of small businesses.//\n  4 LOOK LIKE:   old-fashioned to look like one of your parents or grandparents//  favour with [favour sb with sth] phr v//  to give someone something such as a look or reply//  --McIntosh favoured her with a smile.//


Words: favourable
Meaning:
BrE  favorable AmE   adj \n  1 a favourable report, opinion, or reaction shows that you think that someone or something is good or that you agree with them:  --favourable film reviews//  --The response has been overwhelmingly favorable.//\n  2 suitable and likely to make something happen or succeed:  --The disease spreads quickly under favourable conditions .//  favourable for/to//  --a financial environment that is favorable to job creation//\n  3 if a loan, agreement, rate etc is favourable, the conditions of it are reasonable and not too expensive or difficult:  --a favourable interest rate//  --the favorable terms of the settlement//\n  4 making people like or approve of someone or something:  --A smart appearance makes a favourable impression at an interview.//  -- favourably adv //


Words: favoured
Meaning:
BrE  favored AmE   adj [only before noun] \n  1 receiving special attention, help, or treatment, sometimes in an unfair way:  --a list of favoured customers//  --China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the US//\n  2 chosen or preferred by many people:  --Brittany is a favoured holiday destination for families.//\n  3 a favoured team, player etc is one that is expected to win:  be favoured to do sth//  --Silva is favoured to win a medal in the marathon.//\n  4 having desirable qualities:  --a house in a favoured position on a hill//


Words: favourite
Meaning:
W3S3  BrE  favorite AmE   adj [only before noun] \n  1 your favourite person or thing is the one that you like the most:  --a child’s favourite toy//  --What’s your favourite colour?//  --a favorite spot for picnickers//\n  2  favourite son:  a politician, sports player etc who is popular with people in the place that they come from//\nfavourite 2  BrE  favorite AmE n [C] \n  1 something that you like more than other things of the same kind :  --Can we have strawberries? They’re my favourite.//  an old/firm/particular favourite //  --a sweater that’s an old favorite//  favourite with//  --Roald Dahl’s books are firm favourites with children.//\n  2 someone who is liked and treated better than others by a teacher or parent:  --You always were Dad’s favourite.//  play favorites  AmE  (=treat one person better than others) //  --The manager insisted he doesn’t play favorites.//    favouritism//\n  3 the team, player etc that is expected to win a race or competition:  favourite to do sth//  --Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup.//  --Atwood was the hot favourite for the Booker Prize.//


Words: favouritism
Meaning:
BrE  favoritism AmE   n   when you treat one person or group better than others, in an unfair way//  --their favouritism towards their first son//


Words: Fawkes
Meaning:
Guy   (1570-1606) an English  Roman Catholic who was killed as punishment for his part in a secret plan, known as the  Gunpowder Plot, to destroy the Houses of Parliament by causing an explosion on November 5th, 1605.  Guy Fawkes’ Night is celebrated every year on November 5th in the UK.//


Words: fawn
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: faon  ’young animal’, from  Latin fetus;   FETUS]//\n  1 [C] a young deer:\n  2 [U] a pale yellow-brown colour:\nfawn 2 adj   having a pale yellow-brown colour//\nfawn 3 v [I]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fagnian  ’to show great happiness’, from  f[zB024]gen;   FAIN]//  to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you something//  fawn on/over//  --I refused to fawn over her or flatter her.//  -- fawning adj //


Words: fax
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: facsimile]//\n  1 [C] a letter or message that is sent in electronic form down a telephone line and then printed using a special machine:  --Did you get my fax?//  2 [C]  also fax machine //  a machine used for sending and receiving faxes//  --What’s your fax number?//\n  3 [U] the system of sending letters and messages using a fax machine:  by fax//  --You can book tickets by fax or on-line.//\nfax 2 v [T]   to send someone a letter or message using a fax machine//  fax sb sth//  --She asked me to fax her the details.//  fax sth (through/on) to sb//  --The contract should be faxed to him today.//


Words: fay
Meaning:
n [C]  literary   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fae;   FAIRY]//  a fairy(1) - used especially in poetry//


Words: faze
Meaning:
v [T]  informal   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin: feeze  ’to drive away, frighten’, from  Old English fesian]//  if a new or difficult situation fazes you, it makes you feel confused or shocked, so that you do not know what to do//  --John was embarrassed, but it didn’t faze Mike a bit.//


Words: FBI
Meaning:
n   the FBI//   the Federal Bureau of Investigation the police department in the US that is controlled by the central government, and that deals with crimes that break national laws rather than state laws//    CIA//


Words: FDA
Meaning:
the   Food and Drug Administration a US government organization which makes sure that foods and drugs are safe enough to be sold. It decides which chemicals can legally be added to food, which medical drugs are safe, and how information about food and drugs should be shown on containers. //


Words: FDIC
Meaning:
the   the Federal Deposity Insurance Corporation a US government organization which exists to protect people’s bank accounts. If your bank is a member of the FDIC and it cannot pay its debts, the FDIC will pay you the amount that you kept in the bank, up to $100,000.//


Words: fealty
Meaning:
n [U]  old-fashioned   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: fealte, from  Latin fidelitas;   FIDELITY]//  loyalty to a king, queen etc//


Words: fear
Meaning:
n   [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]r  ’sudden danger’]//\n  1 [U and C] the feeling you get when you are afraid or worried that something bad is going to happen:  --The boy’s eyes were full of fear.//  fear of//  --a fear of flying//  --There are fears that share prices could decrease still further.//  fear for//  --The girl’s parents expressed fears for her safety.//  --Their worst fears became a reality.//  --an  irrational fear of spiders//  --As it turned out, their fears were groundless .//  --They looked at one another  in fear .//  --Thousands of people are in fear of their lives following the shootings.//  --Ordinary people lived in fear of being arrested by the secret police.//  --People must be able to express their views  without fear .//  --Rachel was shaking with fear .//  --She wept as the policeman confirmed her worst fears .//  --What hopes and fears do you have for the future?//\n  2  for fear (that):   , for fear of sth //  because you are worried that you will make something happen//  --She finally ran away for fear that he would kill her.//  for fear of doing sth//  --He got to the station early, for fear of missing her.//\n  3  no fear!:   BrE  informal used humorously to say that you are definitely not going to do something//  --’Are you going to Bill’s party tonight?’ ’No fear!’//\n  4 [U] the possibility or danger that something bad might happen:  -- There’s no fear of  revolt now.//\n  5  put the fear of God into sb:   informal to make someone feel that they must do something, by making sure they know what will happen if they do not do it//  --The Italian manager must have put the fear of God into his team.//\n  6  without fear or favour:   BrE  formal in a fair way//  --The law must be enforced without fear or favour.//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  fear that //  your deepest/worst/greatest fear //  irrational fear  (=a fear that is not reasonable or based on logic) //  groundless fear  (=a fear that you need not have because what you are afraid of does not happen) //  deep-seated fear  (=a very strong fear that is difficult to change) //  in fear (of something) //  be in fear of/for your life  (=afraid that you may be killed) //  be/live in fear (of something) (=be always afraid of something) //  without fear (of something) //  trembling/shivering/shaking with fear //  paralysed with fear  (=so afraid that you cannot move) //  confirm somebody’s fears  (=show that what you are afraid of has happened) //  allay/dispel somebody’s fears  (=stop someone from being afraid) //  somebody’s hopes and fears //  WORD CHOICE: fear, afraid, frightened //  fear  (noun) is the feeling of being afraid. Do not say that you ’have fear’. Use  be afraid  or  be frightened : My whole body was paralysed with fear. |  She was suddenly very afraid. |  We were too frightened to speak . //  The verb  to fear is used mainly in literature or newspapers, and not usually in speech : She feared that he would not be found alive.| Fearing more riots, the government made concessions. //  It is more usual to say that someone  is afraid  or  is frightened : My parents are afraid that I’ll get involved with drugs. | People were frightened of being mugged. //  ----------//\nfear 2 W2 v \n  1 [I and T] to feel afraid or worried that something bad may happen:  --Fearing violence, the group asked for police protection.//  fear (that)//  --Police fear that there may be further terrorist attacks.//  fear to do sth//   formal //  --Women feared to go out at night.//  fear for sb//  --His wife seemed depressed, and he feared for his children.//  fear for sb’s safety/life //  --a terrifying ordeal in which she feared for her life//  --Hundreds of people are feared dead in the ferry disaster.//\n  2  fear the worst:  to think that the worst possible thing has happened or might happen//  --When Tom heard about the accident he immediately feared the worst.//\n  3 [T] to be afraid of someone and what they might do:  --As a leader, he was distrusted and even feared.//\n  4  I fear:   formal used when telling someone that you think that something bad has happened or is true//  I fear (that)//  --I fear that there is little more we can do.//  I fear so/I fear not //  --’Were they satisfied?’ ’I fear not.’//\n  5  fear not/never fear:   formal used to tell someone not to worry//  --Never fear, he’ll be with us soon.//    God-fearing//


Words: fearful
Meaning:
adj \n  1  formal frightened that something might happen:  --a shy and fearful child//  fearful of//  --People are fearful of rising crime in the area.//  fearful that//  --Officials are fearful that the demonstrations will cause new violence.//\n  2  BrE extremely bad:   awful, terrible//  --The room was in a fearful mess.//\n  3 [only before noun]  written very frightening:   terrifying//  --a fearful creature//  -- fearfulness n  [U] //


Words: fearfully
Meaning:
adv \n  1 in a way that shows you are afraid:  --She glanced fearfully over her shoulder.//\n  2 [+ adjective/adverb]  BrE  old-fashioned extremely:  --She’s fearfully clever.//


Words: fearless
Meaning:
adj   not afraid of anything//  --These dogs are absolutely fearless.//  --a fearless explorer//  -- fearlessly adv //  -- fearlessness n  [U] //


Words: feasible
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: faisible, from  faire  ’to do, make’]//  a plan, idea, or method that is feasible is possible and is likely to work//  --a feasible solution//  economically/technically/politically etc feasible //  --It was no longer financially feasible to keep the community centre open.//  -- feasibly adv //  -- feasibility/fi[hA359]z[hA369]b[hA366]l[hA369]ti/ n  [U] //  --a feasibility study//


Words: feast
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: feste  ’occasion of celebration’, from  Latin festum]//\n  1 a large meal where a lot of people celebrate a special occasion:    banquet//  --a wedding feast //  --The king promised to hold a great feast for all his people.//\n  2 a very good large meal:  --all the ingredients for a spaghetti feast//  midnight feast (=a meal eaten secretly at night by children) //\n  3 an occasion when there are a lot of enjoyable things to see or do:  feast for//  --Next week’s film festival should be a real feast for cinema-goers.//  --The play is also a visual feast .//\n  4 a day or period when there is a religious celebration:  --the feast day of St. Francis//    movable feast//\nfeast 2 v \n  1  feast on/upon sth:  to eat a lot of a particular food with great enjoyment//  --We feasted on chicken and roast potatoes.//\n  2  feast your eyes on sb/sth:  to look at someone or something with great pleasure//  --If you like luxury cars, feast your eyes on these.//\n  3 [I] to eat and drink a lot to celebrate something:


Words: feat
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fait  ’thing done’, from  Latin factum;   FACT]//  something that is an impressive achievement, because it needs a lot of skill, strength etc to do//  remarkable/considerable/incredible etc feat //  --They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.//  feat of//  --an incredible feat of engineering//  perform/accomplish/achieve a feat //  --the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world alone//  no mean feat (=something that is difficult to do) //  --It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece.//


Words: feather
Meaning:
S3   n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fether]//\n  1 one of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body:  --an ostrich feather//  feather bed/pillow etc (=a bed etc that is filled with feathers) //\n  2  a feather in your cap:  something you have done that you should be proud of//    light as a feather at light2 (4),  birds of a feather at bird(5),  ruffle sb’s feathers at ruffle1 (2)//\nfeather 2 v [T] \n  1  feather your nest:  to get money by dishonest methods//\n  2 to put feathers on an arrow:    tar and feather sb at tar2 (3)//


Words: feather bedding
Meaning:
n [U]   the practice of letting workers keep their jobs even if they are not needed or do not work well//


Words: feathered
Meaning:
adj \n  1 having feathers, or made from feathers:\n  2  feathered friend:   informal a bird - used humorously//


Words: featherweight
Meaning:
n [C]   a boxer who weighs less than 57.15 kilograms, and who is heavier than a bantamweight but lighter than a lightweight//


Words: feature
Meaning:
W1S2   n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: feture  ’shape, form’, from  Latin facere  ’to do, make’]//\n  1 a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical:  --Air bags are a standard feature in most new cars.//  feature of//  --An important feature of Van Gogh’s paintings is their bright colours.//  common feature //  --Striped tails are a common feature of many animals.//  --The room’s only redeeming feature  (=thing that makes it acceptable) was that it was cheap.//  main/important/significant etc feature //  --The most distinctive feature of the dinosaurs was their size.//  --One of the distinguishing features  (=features that are different from other things of the same sort) of modern banking is its dependence on computers.//\n  2 a piece of writing about a subject in a newspaper or a magazine, or a special report on television or on the radio:  feature on//  --a special feature on holidaying with your dog//\n  3 [usually plural] a part of someone’s face, such as their eyes, nose etc:  --He had fine delicate features.//  --Her eyes were her best feature.//\n  4 a part of the land, especially a part that you can see:  --Hedges are an important feature of the landscape in Britain.//\n  5 a film being shown at a cinema:  --There were a couple of short cartoons before the main feature.//  double feature (=when two films are shown together) //\nfeature 2 W3 v \n  1 [I and T] to include or show something as a special or important part of something, or to be included as an important part:  --The exhibition features paintings by contemporary artists.//  --a cruise ship featuring extensive spa facilities//  feature in//  --A study of language should feature in an English literature course.//  be featured in sth//  --Pupils visited some of the websites featured in the article.//  feature prominently/strongly/heavily etc //  --Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.//  feature sb as sth//  --The film featured Marlon Brando as the Godfather.//\n  2 [T] to show a film, play etc:  --The Retro Theatre is featuring films by Frank Capra this week.//


Words: feature film
Meaning:
n [C]   a full-length film that has a story and is acted by professional actors, and which is usually shown in a cinema//


Words: febrile
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: febrilis, from  Latin febris  ’fever’]//\n  1  literary full of nervous excitement or activity:  --a febrile imagination//\n  2  medical relating to or caused by a fever:


Words: February
Meaning:
n [U and C]  written abbreviation Feb.   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: Februarius, from  Februa, Roman religious ceremony in February to make things pure]//  the second month of the year, between January and March//  next/last February //  --Mum died last February.//  in February//  --We can do it in February.//  on February 6th//  --She was allowed home on February 6th.//  on 6th February//   BrE //  --Francis was born on 6th February 1928.//  February 6//   AmE //  --I finally arrived February 6.//


Words: feces
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: , plural of  faex  ’waste material’]//  the American spelling of faeces//  -- fecal/fi[hA359]k[hA368]l/ adj //


Words: feckless
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Scottish English; Origin: feck  ’effect, larger part’, from  effect]//  lacking determination, and not achieving anything in your life//  --Alice’s feckless younger brother//  -- fecklessly adv //  -- fecklessness n  [U] //


Words: fecund
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: fecond, from  Latin fecundus]//  able to produce many children, young animals, or crops//   fertile//  -- fecundity/f[hA366]k[hA356]nd[hA369]ti/ n  [U] //


Words: Fed
Meaning:
the 1  informal \n  1 a short form of the Federal Reserve Bank:\n  2 a short form of the Federal Reserve System:


Words: fed
Meaning:
v   the past tense and past participle of feed1//    fed up//\nfed 2 n [C]  AmE  informal   [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: federal]//  a police officer in the FBI//


Words: fed up
Meaning:
adj    informal annoyed or bored, and wanting something to change//  --She felt tired and a bit fed up.//  fed up with//  --I’m really fed up with this constant rain.//  --Anna got fed up with waiting.//


Words: federal
Meaning:
W3   adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: foedus  ’formal agreement or joining together’]//\n  1 a federal country or system of government consists of a group of states which control their own affairs, but which are also controlled by a single national government which makes decisions on foreign affairs, defence etc:  --Switzerland is a federal republic.//\n  2 relating to the central government of a country such as the US, rather than the government of one of its states:  --federal law//  --federal taxes//


Words: Federal Aviation Administration
Meaning:
the  , the FAA   a US government organization which is responsible for making sure that aircraft and  airports are safe for people to use. There is a similar organization in the UK called the  Civil Aviation Authority.//


Words: Federal Communications Commission
Meaning:
the   the FCC a US government organization which makes rules that control broadcasting on radio, television,  cable and  satellite television in the US//


Words: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Meaning:
the FRY  , the Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)   the official name for Serbia and Montenegro, two states of the former country of Yugoslavia, in Eastern Europe. Population: 10,406,750 (1991). Capital: Belgrade. It has existed as a country since 1992.//


Words: Federal Reserve Bank
Meaning:
the  also the Fed  informal   the FRB the US  central bank, which is divided into twelve banks, each operating in a different area of the US according to the Federal Reserve System. The ’Fed’ has an important influence on US economic policy, because it fixes the rate of  interest that banks must pay when they borrow money.//


Words: Federal Reserve System
Meaning:
the  also the Fed  informal   the national banking system in the US, according to which the Federal Reserve Bank operates//


Words: federation
Meaning:
n \n  1 [C] a group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group:  --the National Federation of Women’s Institutes//\n  2 [C] a group of states that have joined together to form a single group:  --the Russian Federation//\n  3 [U] when groups of people, states etc join together to form a larger group:


Words: fee
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fe,  fief, from  Medieval Latin feudum;   FEUDAL]//  an amount of money that you pay to do something or that you pay to a professional person for their work//  --school fees//  --The health club charges an annual membership fee .//  --Cable TV subscribers pay monthly fees .//  entrance/entry fee (=fee to enter a place) //  --Park entrance fees have gone up to $15.//  --The run, to raise money for breast cancer, has a [hA124]10 entry fee  (=fee to enter a competition) .//  doctor’s/lawyer’s/accountant’s etc fees //  legal/medical fee //  --The insurance company paid all my medical fees.//  --My solicitor charges a flat fee  (=an amount that does not change) for handling the sale of a house.//   see usage note  cost1  see usage note  pay2 //


Words: fee-paying
Meaning:
adj  BrE \n  1  fee-paying school:  a school which you have to pay to go to//\n  2  fee-paying student/patient:  a student or patient who pays for their education or medical treatment//


Words: feeble
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: feble, from  Latin flebilis  ’causing tears, weak’]//\n  1 extremely weak:  --His voice sounded feeble and far away.//  --She was too feeble to leave her room.//\n  2 not very good or effective:  --a feeble excuse//  --a rather feeble committee//


Words: feeble-minded
Meaning:
adj \n  1 stupid or not sensible:  --a feeble-minded policy//\n  2  old use having much less than average intelligence:  -- feeble-mindedness n  [U] //


Words: feed
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  fed /fed///  ----------//\n   1 give food:\n   2 plant:\n   3 animal/baby:\n   4 well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed:\n   5 computer:\n   6 supply something:\n   7 put something into something:\n   8 increase emotion:\n   9 feed an addiction/need etc:\n  10 information:\n  11 sport:\n  12 feed lines/jokes to somebody:\n  13 feed your face:\n  14 tv/radio:\n  15 feed somebody a line:  Phrasal verbs//   feed back//   feed into something//   feed off something//   feed on something//   feed somebody up//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: fedan; related to  food]//\n  1 GIVE FOOD:   [T] //  a) to give food to a person or animal//  --Have you fed the cat?//  feed yourself//  --She was too weak to feed herself.//  feed sth to sb//  --Several children were feeding bread to the ducks.//  feed sb on/with sth//  --They were fed well on her mother’s home cooking.//  b) to provide enough food for a group of people//  --groceries to feed a family of five//  --The prison is required to feed and clothe the prisoners.//\n  2 PLANT:   [T] to give a special substance to a plant, which helps it grow//  --Feed the tomatoes once a week.//  feed sth with sth//  --Feed houseplants with a liquid fertiliser.//\n  3 ANIMAL/BABY:   [I] if a baby or an animal feeds, they eat//  --Frogs generally feed at night.//  --Let your baby feed as long as she wants.//\n  4  well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed:  having plenty of food or not enough food//  --a well-dressed, well-fed woman//\n  5 COMPUTER:   [T always + adverb/preposition] to put information into a computer over a period of time//  feed sth into sth//  --Figures are fed into the computer, which then predicts the likely profit.//\n  6 SUPPLY SOMETHING:   [T] to supply something, especially a liquid, gas, or electricity//  --The public baths are fed by natural springs.//  feed sth to sth//  --The sound is fed directly to the headphones.//  feed sth with sth//  --Laura crouched by the fire, feeding it with dry sticks.//\n  7 PUT SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING:   [T] to put something into something else, especially gradually and through a small hole//  feed sth into/through sth//  --A tube was fed down the patient’s throat into her stomach.//  feed sth into sth//  --She fed her last two coins into the machine for a cup of coffee.//  --Shelton fed the electricity meter .//\n  8 INCREASE EMOTION:   [T] to increase the strength of an emotion, desire etc//  --Her depression grew, fed by her bitter experiences.//\n  9  feed an addiction/need etc:  to satisfy a strong need, such as a need for a drug//  --He committed both crimes to feed his addiction to heroin.//\n  10 INFORMATION:   [T] to give someone information or ideas over a period time//  feed sb with sth//  --She feeds the media with stories, which is a way of getting free advertising.//  feed sth to sb//  --US intelligence had been feeding false information to a KGB agent.//\n  11 SPORT:   [T] to throw or hit a ball to someone else on your team, especially so that they can make a point//  feed sth to sb//  --Johnson fed the ball to Kyman, who scored.//\n  12  feed lines/jokes to sb:  to say things to another performer so that they can make jokes//\n  13  feed your face:   informal to eat a lot of food//   stuff yourself//\n  14 TV/RADIO:   [T] to send a television or radio programme somewhere so that it can be broadcast//\n  15  feed sb a line:   informal to tell someone something which is not true, so that they will do what you want//    breast-feed,  force-feed,  spoon-feed,  mouth to feed at mouth1 (10)//  feed back phr v//  to give advice or criticism to someone about something they have done//  feed back on//  --We’re just waiting for the manager to feed back on it.//  feed sth → back (to sb)//  --I am grateful to all those who fed back their comments.//  --They feed back to the government the reactions of the people affected.//  feed into [feed into sth] phr v//  to have an effect on something or help to make it happen//  --The influence of Italian designer fashion feeds into sports fashion.//  feed off [feed off sth] phr v//\n  1 if an animal feeds off something, it gets food from it:  --birds that feed off the seeds from trees//\n  2 to use something to increase, become stronger, or succeed - sometimes used to show disapproval:  --fad diets that feed off our desire to be thin//  feed on [feed on sth] phr v//\n  1 if an animal feeds on a particular food, it usually eats that food:  --Owls feed on mice and other small animals.//\n  2 if a feeling or process feeds on something, it becomes stronger because of it:  --Prejudice feeds on ignorance.//  feed up [feed sb up] phr v//  to give someone a lot of food to make them more healthy//  American Equivalent:  fatten up//\nfeed 2 n   ----------//\n   1 baby:\n   2 animal food:\n   3 supply:\n   4 tv/radio/computer:\n   5 meal:  ----------//\n  1 BABY:   [C]  BrE one of the times when you give milk to a small baby//  --the two a.m. feed//\n  2 ANIMAL FOOD:   [U] food for animals//  --fish feed//\n  3 SUPPLY:   [C] a tube or piece of equipment which supplies a machine with something, especially fuel//\n  4 TV/RADIO/COMPUTER:   [U and C] when a television or radio signal, computer information etc is sent somewhere, or the connection that is used to do this//  --a live satellite feed from the space station//\n  5 MEAL:   [C]  old-fashioned a big meal//


Words: feedback
Meaning:
S3   n [U] \n  1 advice, criticism etc about how successful or useful something is:  --How can I provide feedback without making someone angry?//  feedback on//  --Try to give each student some feedback on the task.//\n  2 a very unpleasant high noise, caused when a microphone is too close to an amplifier:


Words: feeder
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a container with food for animals or birds:  --a bird feeder//\n  2 something that provides supplies for something else:  --The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River.//  --The length of the feeder pipe is 50m.//\n  3 a piece of equipment that supplies something to a machine:  --the printer’s paper feeder//\n  4 a person or animal that eats in a particular way:  --Catfish are bottom feeders. (=they feed at the bottom of rivers) //\n  5 a small road, railway line, or  airline service that takes traffic to a main road, line, or service:


Words: Feeding of the Five Thousand
Meaning:
the   a story from the  Bible in which Jesus performs a  miracle by providing food for 5000 people with only five  loaves of bread and two fish. People sometimes use this phrase humorously to talk about a situation in which they have to provide a meal for a lot of people.//  --We have Beth’s family and mine coming for Christmas, so it’ll be like the Feeding of the Five Thousand.//


Words: feel
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  felt /felt///  ----------//\n   1 feeling/emotion:\n   2 notice:\n   3 feel smooth/dry etc:\n   4 feel good/strange/exciting etc:\n   5 have an opinion:\n   6 feel like (doing) something:\n   7 touch:\n   8 feel around/on/in etc something (for something):\n   9 feel the force/effects/benefits etc of something:\n  10 feel the need to do something:\n  11 feel your way:\n  12 feel free:\n  13 I know (just/exactly) how you feel:\n  14 not feel yourself:\n  15 feel your age:\n  16 feel the cold/heat:\n  17 feel a death/a loss etc:  Phrasal verbs//   feel for somebody//   feel somebody → out//   feel somebody → up//   feel up to something//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: felan]//\n  1 FEELING/EMOTION:   [linking verb, T] to experience a particular physical feeling or emotion//  --Do you still feel hungry?//  --You can never tell what he’s feeling.//  --Stop exercising if you feel any pain.//  feel fine/good/comfortable etc //  --I’m feeling a little better today.//  --Marie immediately felt guilty.//  feel as if/as though //  --When his dad left, he felt as though his world had turned upside-down.//  --I felt like I’d really achieved something.//\n  2 NOTICE:   [T not in progressive] to notice something that is happening to you, especially something that is touching you//  --She felt his warm breath on her cheek.//  --The earthquake was felt as far south as San Diego.//  feel sb/sth do sth//  --She felt his arms go round her.//  feel yourself doing sth//  --I felt myself blushing.//\n  3 FEEL SMOOTH/DRY ETC:   [linking verb] to give you a particular physical feeling, especially when you touch or hold something//  feel smooth/cold/damp etc //  --Her hands felt rough.//  --The house felt hot and stuffy.//  feel as if/as though //  --My leg feels as if it’s broken.//  --It’s nice fabric - it feels like velvet.//\n  4 FEEL GOOD/STRANGE/EXCITING ETC:   [linking verb] if a situation, event etc feels good, strange etc, that is the emotion or feeling that it gives you//  --After twenty years, seeing him again felt very strange.//  feel ... to be/do sth//  -- It felt wonderful to be wearing clean clothes again.//  --How does it feel to be 40?//  --It’s been a year since her daughter died, but to her, it still feels like yesterday.//\n  5 HAVE AN OPINION:   [T not usually in progressive] to have a particular opinion, especially one that is based on your feelings, not on facts//  feel (that)//  --Some of the parents felt the school wasn’t doing enough about bullying.//  feel about//  --How would you feel about working with Nicole for a while?//  --The experience of rape can change how a woman feels about her body.//  feel sure/certain (=think that something is definitely true) //  --She felt sure she’d made the right decision.//\n  6  feel like (doing) sth:   spoken to want to have something or do something//  --He didn’t feel like going to work.//  --Do you feel like another drink?//\n  7 TOUCH:   [T] to touch something with your fingers to find out about it//  --She felt his forehead. Perhaps he had a temperature.//  --Mum, feel this stone. Isn’t it smooth?//  feel how hard/soft/rough etc sth is//  --He could feel how damp his shirt was against his chest.//\n  8  feel around/on/in etc sth (for sth):  to search for something with your fingers//  --She felt in her bag for a pencil.//\n  9  feel the force/effects/benefits etc of sth:  to experience the good or bad results of something//  --The local economy is beginning to feel the effects of the recession.//\n  10  feel the need to do sth:  to believe that you need to do something//  --Children who can talk to their parents feel less need to try drugs.//\n  11  feel your way:  a) to move carefully, with your hands out in front of you, because you cannot see properly//  --Silently, she felt her way across the room.//  b) to do things slowly and carefully, because you are not completely sure about a new situation//  feel your way towards//  --The European Union is still feeling its way towards common policies.//\n  12  feel free:   spoken used to tell someone that they can do something if they want to//  --’Could I use your phone for a minute?’ ’Feel free.’//  feel free to do sth//  --Please feel free to make suggestions.//\n  13  I know (just/exactly) how you feel:   spoken used to express sympathy with someone or with a remark they have just made//  --I know how you feel, Mark, but maybe it’s better not to confront him.//\n  14  not feel yourself:   spoken to not feel as healthy or happy as usual//  --I don’t know what’s wrong. I just don’t feel quite myself.//\n  15  feel your age:  to realize that you are not as young or active as you used to be//  --Looking at his grandson made him really feel his age.//\n  16  feel the cold/heat:  to suffer because of cold or hot weather//  --Old people tend to feel the cold more.//\n  17  feel a death/a loss etc:  to react very strongly to a bad event, especially someone’s death//  --Susan felt her grandmother’s death more than the others.//  feel for [feel for sb] phr v//  to feel sympathy for someone//  --At the Center, the other mothers know what it’s like, and they really feel for you.//  feel out [feel sb → out] phr v//  to find out what someone’s opinions or feelings are, without asking them directly//  --I thought I’d feel out some of my colleagues before the meeting.//  feel up [feel sb → up] phr v//  to touch someone sexually, without their permission//  feel up to [feel up to sth] phr v//  to have the strength, energy etc to do something//  --I just didn’t feel up to going.//\nfeel 2 S3 n \n  1 [singular] a quality that something has that makes you feel or think a particular way about it:  --Despite their age, the photographs have a modern feel.//  feel about//  --The restaurant has a nice relaxed feel about it.//\n  2 [singular] the way that something feels when you touch it:  feel of//  --I like the feel of this cloth.//  --a soft feathery feel//\n  3  have/get/give a feel for sth:   informal to have or develop an understanding of something and skill in doing it//  --exercises that give a child a feel for numbers and measurements//\n  4 [U] when you use your hands, body etc to feel something:   touch//  by feel//  --She found the light switch by feel.//


Words: feel-good
Meaning:
adj \n  1  feel-good film/programme/music etc:  a film etc whose main purpose is to make you feel happy//\n  2  feel-good factor:   especially BrE a feeling among ordinary people that everything is going well, and that they do not need to worry about losing their jobs or spending money//


Words: feeler
Meaning:
n [C usually plural] \n  1 one of the two long things on an insect’s head that it uses to feel or touch things. Some sea animals also have feelers.:\n  2  put out feelers:  to carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do//  --They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.//


Words: feeling
Meaning:
n   ----------//\n   1 anger/sadness/joy etc:\n   2 way somebody thinks/feels:\n   3 opinion:\n   4 have/get a feeling (that):\n   5 general attitude:\n   6 heat/cold/pain etc:\n   7 ability to feel:\n   8 effect of a place/book etc:\n   9 I know the feeling:\n  10 the feeling is mutual:\n  11 bad/ill feeling:\n  12 with feeling:\n  13 a feeling for something:\n  14 emotions not thought:  ----------//\n  1 ANGER/SADNESS/JOY ETC:   [C] an emotion that you feel, such as anger, sadness, or happiness//  feeling of//  --terrible feelings of guilt//  --It’s a great feeling when a wild animal shows you affection.//  --It was the last game of the season, and feelings were running high  (=people were very angry or excited) .//\n  2 WAY SOMEBODY THINKS/FEELS:   feelings [plural] someone’s feelings are their thoughts, emotions, and attitudes//  --He’s considerate of other people’s feelings.//  --Don’t worry. It won’t hurt my feelings if you change your mind.//  --Children only slowly develop the ability to put their feelings into words  (=describe what they are thinking and feeling) .//  --My parents had mixed feelings  (=had both good and bad feelings) about all the changes.//\n  3 OPINION:   [C] a belief or opinion about something, especially one that is influenced by your emotions//  --My personal feeling is that not enough has been done.//  feeling on//  --She has strong feelings on the issue of abortion.//  feeling about//  --a survey on people’s feelings about the candidates//  --His gut feeling  (=opinion based on emotion) was that Burns was probably guilty.//\n  4  have/get a feeling (that):  to think that something is probably true, or will probably happen//  have/get a feeling (that) (that)//  --Leslie suddenly got the feeling that somebody was watching her.//  --He had a sneaking feeling  (=a slight feeling that something is true, without being sure) that they were laughing at him.//  --Garry had a sinking feeling  (=had a sudden bad feeling that something is true) that he was making a mistake.//  have/get a feeling (that) about//  --I have a good feeling about this. I think it’s going to work.//\n  5 GENERAL ATTITUDE:   [U] a general attitude among a group of people about a subject//  --the anti-American feeling in the region//  feeling against/in favour of//  --Johnson underestimated the strength of public feeling against the war in Vietnam.//  --the depth of feeling against nuclear weapons//\n  6 HEAT/COLD/PAIN ETC:   [C] something that you feel in your body, such as heat, cold, tiredness etc//  --I keep getting this funny feeling (=a strange feeling) in my neck.//  feeling of//  --feelings of dizziness//\n  7 ABILITY TO FEEL:   [U] the ability to feel pain, heat etc in part of your body//  --Harry had lost all feeling in his toes.//\n  8 EFFECT OF A PLACE/BOOK ETC:   [singular] the effect that a place, book, film etc has on people and the way it makes them feel//  feeling of//  --the town’s strong feeling of history//  --It gives a feeling of eating outdoors, without having to worry about being rained on.//\n  9  I know the feeling:   spoken said when you understand how someone feels because you have had the same experience//  --’It’s so embarrassing when you can’t remember someone’s name.’ ’I know the feeling.’//\n  10  the feeling is mutual:   spoken said when you have the same feeling about someone as they have towards you//  --My dad hated my boyfriend, and the feeling was mutual.//\n  11  bad/ill feeling:  anger, lack of trust etc between people, especially after an argument or unfair decision//  --The changes have caused a lot of ill feeling among the workforce.//\n  12  with feeling:  in a way that shows you feel very angry, happy etc//  --Chang spoke with great feeling about the injustices of the regime.//\n  13  a feeling for sth:  a) an ability to do something or understand a subject, which you get from experience//  --It’s an orchestra that has always shown a special feeling for Brahms’ music.//  b) a natural ability to do something//   talent//  --She has a natural feeling for mathematical ideas.//\n  14 EMOTIONS NOT THOUGHT:   [U] a way of reacting to things using your emotions, instead of thinking about them carefully//  --The Romantic writers valued feeling above all else.//    no hard feelings at hard1 (19),  hurt sb’s feelings at hurt1 (4)//\nfeeling 2 adj   showing strong feelings//  --a feeling look//  -- feelingly adv //


Words: feet
Meaning:
n   the plural of foot//    get/have cold feet at cold1 (6),  feet of clay at foot1 (26),  have itchy feet at itchy(3)//


Words: feign
Meaning:
v [T]  formal   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: feindre, from  Latin fingere  ’to shape, pretend’]//  to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc//  --Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room.//


Words: feint
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: feinte, from  Old French feindre;   FEIGN]//  a movement or an attack that is intended to deceive an opponent, especially in boxing//\nfeint 2 v [I and T]   to pretend to hit someone in boxing//


Words: feisty
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin: feist  ’small dog’ (1800-1900)]//  having a strong determined character and being willing to argue with people - use this to show approval//  --DiFranco charmed the audience with her feisty spirit.//


Words: feldspar
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: German; Origin: feldspath, from  feld  ’field’ +  spath type of mineral]//  a type of grey or white mineral//


Words: felicity
Meaning:
n  formal   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: felicite, from  Latin felix  ’happy’]//\n  1 [U] happiness:  --domestic felicity//\n  2 [U] the quality of being well-chosen or suitable:  --a felicity of language//\n  3  felicities [plural]  BrE  formal suitable or well-chosen remarks or details:


Words: feline
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: felinus, from  felis  ’cat’]//\n  1 relating to cats or other members of the cat family, such as lions:\n  2 looking like or moving like a cat:  --She moves with feline grace.//\nfeline 2 n [C]  technical   a cat or a member of the cat family, such as a tiger//


Words: Felix the Cat
Meaning:
a  cartoon character in films and newspapers, who first appeared in 1921. He is a black and white cat.//


Words: fell
Meaning:
v   the past tense of fall//\nfell 2 n [C usually plural]   a mountain or hill in the north of England//\nfell 3 v [T usually passive]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fellan; related to   FALL1]//\n  1 to cut down a tree:  --More than 100 trees were felled in just over an hour.//\n  2  written to knock someone down with great force:  --The goalkeeper was felled by a coin thrown from the crowd.//\nfell 4 adj   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: fel, from  Medieval Latin fello;   FELON]//  in one fell swoop//   also  at one fell swoop BrE doing a lot of things at the same time, using only one action//  --A single company can close a factory, eliminating 74,000 jobs in one fell swoop.//


Words: fella
Meaning:
S3   n [C]  spoken  informal   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin:  FELLOW1]//\n  1 a man:  --There’s a fella outside who wants to see you.//\n  2  especially BrE a boyfriend:  --What do you think of Janet’s new fella?//


Words: fellatio
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Latin fellare  ’to suck’]//  the practice of touching a man’s penis with the lips and tongue to give sexual pleasure//    cunnilingus//


Words: Fellini
Meaning:
Federico   (1920-93) an Italian film  director who had an important influence on the cinema. His films, including   La Dolce Vita (1960), and  Eight and a Half (1963), often show a society where people are not moral, and are only interested in pleasure.//


Words: fellow
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: feolaga  ’partner’]//\n  1  old-fashioned a man:  --Paul’s an easy-going sort of fellow.//\n  2  sb’s fellows:   BrE  old-fashioned people that you work with, study with, or who are in the same situation as you//  --Wooderson’s courage earned him the respect of his fellows.//\n  3  AmE a graduate student who has a fellowship in a university:\n  4  especially BrE a member of an important society or a college:  --She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.//    bedfellow//\nfellow 2 W3 adj \n  1  fellow workers/students/countrymen etc:  people that you work with, study with, or who are in the same situation as you//\n  2  our fellow man/men:  other people in general//  --We all have obligations to our fellow men.//


Words: fellow feeling
Meaning:
n [U]  literary   a feeling of sympathy and friendship towards someone because they are like you//  --As an only child myself, I had a fellow feeling for Laura.//


Words: fellow traveller
Meaning:
BrE  fellow traveler AmE n [C]   someone who supports and agrees with the beliefs of an organization, such as the Communist Party, but does not belong to it - used to show disapproval//


Words: fellowship
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U] a feeling of friendship resulting from shared interests or experiences:  --Regular outings contribute to a sense of fellowship among co-workers.//\n  2 [C] a group of people who share an interest or belief, especially Christians who have religious ceremonies together:\n  3 [C]  BrE a job at a university which involves making a detailed study of a particular subject:\n  4 [C] :  a)  especially AmE money given to a student to allow them to continue their studies at an advanced level//    scholarship//  --Florian came to the United States on a Fulbright fellowship.//  b)  AmE a group of officials who decide which students will receive this money//  --He received a gold medal from the Artists’ Fellowship in New York.//


Words: felon
Meaning:
n [C]  law   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin fello  ’person who does evil’]//  someone who is guilty of a serious crime//  --By law, convicted felons  (=criminals who are sent to prison) may not own or use guns.//


Words: felt
Meaning:
v   the past tense and past participle of feel//\nfelt 2 n [U]   [Language: Old English; Origin:]//  a thick soft material made of wool, hair, or fur that has been pressed flat//


Words: felt-tip pen
Meaning:
also felt-tipped pen felt-tip  BrE n [C]   a pen that has a hard piece of felt at the end that the ink comes through//


Words: female
Meaning:
W2S3   adj \n  1 relating to women or girls:  → male//    feminine//  --female voters//  --Over half of the staff is female.//\n  2 belonging to the sex that can have babies or produce eggs:  → male//  --a female spider//\n  3 a female plant or flower produces fruit:  → male//\n  4  technical a female part of a piece of equipment has holes into which the male part can be fitted:  → male//\nfemale 2 W3 n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: femelle (influenced by  male), from  Latin femella  ’girl’]//\n  1 an animal that belongs to the sex that can have babies or produce eggs:  → male//\n  2 a woman or girl:  → male//  --As a group, females performed better on the test than males.//\n  3 a plant that produces flowers or fruit:  → male//


Words: female condom
Meaning:
n [C]   a loose rubber tube with one end closed, that fits inside a woman’s vagina when she is having sex, so that she will not have a baby//


Words: Female Eunuch
Meaning:
The   (1970) a book by Germaine  Greer which is considered to be one of the most important books of the  women’s movement//


Words: feminine
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin femina  ’woman’]//\n  1 having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and pretty:  --Dianne loved pretty feminine things.//\n  2 relating to being female:   female//  --traditional feminine roles//  --Amelia’s report describes the experience from a feminine point of view.//\n  3 a feminine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from masculine or neuter words:    masculine//


Words: Feminine Mystique
Meaning:
The   (1963) a book by Betty  Friedan which discusses the way women behave in US society. It is one of the books that started the  women’s movement in the 1960s. //


Words: femininity
Meaning:
n [U]   qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially qualities that are gentle, delicate, and pretty//    masculinity//  --You don’t have to lose your femininity to be an independent, successful woman.//


Words: feminist
Meaning:
W3   n [C]   someone who supports the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men//  --She’s been an outspoken feminist for over twenty years.//  -- feminist adj  [only before noun] //  --feminist literature//


Words: feminize
Meaning:
also  feminise BrE   v [T]   to change something so that it includes women, is suitable for women, or is considered typical of women//  --women who resist cultural attempts to feminize them//


Words: femme fatale
Meaning:
n   plural  femmes fatales  [C] //  [Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: ’woman who can kill’]//  a beautiful woman who men find very attractive, even though she may make them unhappy//


Words: femur
Meaning:
n [C]  medical   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: ’thigh’]//  the thigh bone//  -- femoral/fem[hA353]r[hA353]l/ adj  [only before noun] //


Words: fence
Meaning:
S3   n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Origin: defense]//\n  1 a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land:\n  2 a wall or other structure that horses jump over in a race or competition:\n  3  informal someone who buys and sells stolen goods:\n  4  sit/be on the fence:  to avoid saying which side of an argument you support//    mend (your) fences at mend1 (4)//\nfence 2 v \n  1 [T] to put a fence around something:  --old farmhouses and fenced gardens//\n  2 [I] to fight with a long thin sword as a sport:\n  3 [I + with] to answer someone’s questions in a clever way in order to get an advantage in an argument:  fence in [fence sb/sth → in] phr v//\n  1 to surround a place with a fence:  --The yard was fenced in to keep out wolves.//\n  2 to make someone feel that they cannot leave a place or do what they want:  --Young mothers often feel fenced in at home.//  fence off [fence sth → off] phr v//  to separate one area from another area with a fence//  --a planting area fenced off from the main garden//


Words: fence-mending
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   fence-mending measures/talks/trip etc//  fence-mending trips, talks etc are between countries who have a disagreement about something, and are meant to try to improve relations between them//  -- fence-mending n  [U] //


Words: fencing
Meaning:
n [U]   foil//\n  1 the sport of fighting with a long thin sword:\n  2 fences or the pieces of wood, metal etc used to make them:


Words: fend
Meaning:
v   [Date: 1200-1300; Origin: defend]//  fend for yourself//  to look after yourself without needing help from other people//  --The kids had to fend for themselves while their parents were away.//  fend off [fend sb/sth off] phr v//\n  1 to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you:   fight somebody → off//  --Tabitha threw up an arm to fend her attacker off.//\n  2 to defend yourself from something such as difficult questions, competition, or a situation you do not want to deal with:  --She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls.//  --The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.//


Words: fender
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  AmE the side part of a car that covers the wheels:  British Equivalent:  wing//\n  2 a low metal wall around a fireplace that prevents burning wood or coal from falling out:\n  3  AmE a curved piece of metal over the wheel of a bicycle that prevents water and mud from flying up:  British Equivalent:  mudguard//


Words: fennel
Meaning:
n [U]   [Language: Old English; Origin: finugl, from  Latin feniculum, from  fenum  ’hay (= dried grass)’]//  a pale green plant whose seeds are used to give a special taste to food and which is also used as a vegetable//


Words: Fens
Meaning:
the   an area of flat land in eastern England which used to be partly covered by the sea and now produces good crops//


Words: feral
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: feralis, from  Latin fera  ’wild animal’]//  feral animals used to live with humans but have become wild//  --feral cats//


Words: Ferdinand and Isabella
Meaning:
King Ferdinand of Spain (1452-1516), and his wife, Queen Isabella of Spain (1451-1504), who were known as the Catholic Monarchs. They are famous for giving  Christopher Columbus the money and ships to make the journey on which he discovered America.//


Words: ferment
Meaning:
v [I and T]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fermenter, from  Latin fermentum  ’yeast’]//  if fruit, beer, wine etc ferments, or if it is fermented, the sugar in it changes to alcohol//  --fermented fruit juice//  -- fermentation/f[hA362][hA359]mente[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ f[hA362][hA359]rm[hA353]n-/ n  [U] //\nferment 2   n [U]   a situation of great excitement or trouble in a country, especially caused by political change//  in ferment//  --In the 1960s, American society was in ferment.//  political/intellectual/cultural etc ferment //  --the artistic ferment of the late sixth century//


Words: Fermi
Meaning:
Enrico   (1901-54) a US scientist, born in Italy, who won a  Nobel Prize for his work on radioactivity and produced the first controlled  nuclear reaction (=a process in which the parts in the centre of an atom are rearranged to form new substances) . //


Words: fern
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fearn]//  a type of plant with green leaves shaped like large feathers, but no flowers//  -- ferny adj //


Words: ferocious
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: ferox  ’wild-looking’, from  ferus  ’wild’]//\n  1 violent, dangerous, and frightening:  --a ferocious, hungry lion//  --a ferocious battle//  --The storm grew more and more ferocious with each second.//\n  2 very strong, severe, and unpleasant:  --The congressman is one of the President’s most ferocious critics.//  --The heat was ferocious.//  --Butler is famous for his ferocious temper.//\n  3 relating to an emotion that is felt very strongly:  --Parker was driven by a ferocious determination to succeed.//  -- ferociously adv //


Words: ferocity
Meaning:
n [U]   the state of being extremely violent and severe//  ferocity of//  --Detectives were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.//


Words: Ferrari
Meaning:
trademark   a very fast type of car made by the Italian company Ferrari, which produces both  sports cars and  racing cars//


Words: ferret
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: furet, from  Latin fur  ’thief’]//  a small animal with a pointed nose, used to hunt rats and rabbits//\nferret 2 v [I] \n  1 [always + adverb/preposition]  informal to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things or inside a drawer, box etc:  ferret around/round/about//  --He started ferreting around in his desk.//  ferret for//  --She ferreted in her bag for a pen.//\n  2 to hunt rats and rabbits using a ferret:  ferret out [ferret sb/sth → out] phr v//\n  1 to succeed in finding something such as a piece of information, that is difficult to find:  --It’s been difficult for reporters to ferret out the facts in this case.//  --Uncle Vernon ferreted out the laundry box from under the stairs.//\n  2  AmE to find and usually get rid of someone who is causing a problem:  --The new program is meant to ferret out problem cops.//


Words: Ferrier
Meaning:
Kathleen   (1912-53) a British singer of  opera and  classical music, famous for her beautiful  contralto voice//


Words: Ferris wheel
Meaning:
n [C]  especially AmE   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin:  G. W. G.  Ferris (1859-96), US engineer]//  a very large upright wheel with seats on it for people to ride on in an amusement park//  British Equivalent:  big wheel//


Words: ferrous
Meaning:
adj  technical   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: ferrum  ’iron’]//  containing or related to iron//  --ferrous metals//


Words: ferrule
Meaning:
n [C]  technical   [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: verrel  (15-19 centuries) (influenced by  Latin ferrum  ’iron’), from  Latin viriola  ’small band worn around the arm’]//  a piece of metal or rubber put on the end of a stick to make it stronger//


Words: ferry
Meaning:
n   plural  ferries  [C] //  a boat that carries people or goods across a river or a narrow area of water//\nferry 2   past tense and past participle  ferried present participle  ferrying third person singular  ferries  v [T always + adverb/preposition] //  [Language: Old English; Origin: ferian  ’to carry, take’]//  to carry people or things a short distance from one place to another in a boat or other vehicle//  ferry sb/sth (from sth) to sth//  --The ship was used to ferry supplies to Russia during the war.//  ferry sb/sth across sth//  --ferrying passengers across the Channel//


Words: fertile
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Latin ferre  ’to carry, bear’]//\n  1 fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops:  --800 acres of fertile cropland//\n  2 able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants:  → infertile//  --Most men remain fertile into old age.//\n  3  a fertile imagination/mind/brain:  an imagination, mind etc that is able to produce a lot of interesting and unusual ideas//\n  4 [only before noun] a fertile situation is one in which something can easily develop and succeed:  --the fertile Philadelphia music scene of the 1960s//


Words: Fertile Crescent
Meaning:
the Fertile Crescent//  an area in the  Middle East in the shape of a  crescent (=a curved shape)  from Israel to the  Gulf, including the land around the rivers  Tigris and  Euphrates. Several important ancient  civilizations had their homes there, such as the  Assyrian and  Sumerian civilizations.//    babylon//    Mesopotamia//


Words: fertility
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 the ability of the land or soil to produce good crops:\n  2 the ability of a person, animal, or plant to produce babies, young animals, or seeds:  → infertility//


Words: fertilize
Meaning:
also  fertilise BrE   v [T] \n  1 to make new animal or plant life develop:  --After the egg has been fertilized, it will hatch in about six weeks.//\n  2 to put fertilizer on the soil to make plants grow:  -- fertilization/f[hA362][hA359]t[hA369]la[hA366]ze[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ f[hA362][hA359]rtl-[hA353]ze[hA366]-/ n  [U] //


Words: fervent
Meaning:
adj   believing or feeling something very strongly and sincerely//  --a fervent appeal for peace//  fervent admirer/believer etc //  --a fervent supporter of human rights//  -- fervently adv //


Words: fervour
Meaning:
BrE  fervor AmE   n [U]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: ferveur, from  Latin fervor, from  fervere  ’to boil’]//  very strong belief or feeling//  --religious fervour//  --revolutionary fervour//  --patriotic fervor//


Words: fess
Meaning:
v   fess up //  to admit that you have done something wrong, although it is not very serious//   own up//  --Come on, fess up! Who ate that last cookie?//


Words: fest
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: German; Origin: Latin festum;   FESTIVE]//  a beer/song/food etc fest//  an informal occasion when a lot of people do a fun activity together, such as drinking beer, singing songs, or eating food//    slugfest//


Words: fester
Meaning:
v [I]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: festre  ’sore hole in flesh’, from  Latin fistula]//\n  1 if an unpleasant feeling or problem festers, it gets worse because it has not been dealt with:  --The dispute can be traced back to resentments which have festered for centuries.//\n  2 if a wound festers, it becomes infected:  --festering sores//\n  3 if rubbish or dirty objects fester, they decay and smell bad:


Words: festival
Meaning:
W3S3   n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin festivus;   FESTIVE]//\n  1 an occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every year:  --the Newport Jazz festival//  festival of//  --the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts//\n  2 a special occasion when people celebrate something such as a religious event, and there is often a public holiday:  --Christmas is one of the main festivals in the Christian Calendar.//  --religious festivals//


Words: Festival Hall
Meaning:
the Festival Hall//   also the Royal Festival Hall //  a large concert hall used especially for performances of  classical music. It is part of the  South Bank centre, on the southern side of the River Thames in London.//


Words: Festival of Britain
Meaning:
a large exhibition in London in 1951 on the bank of the River Thames to show the successes of post-war Britain.//


Words: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Meaning:
a service held just before Christmas in some Christian churches containing readings from the Bible and Christmas  carols//


Words: festive
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: festivus, from  festum  ’ceremony of celebration’]//\n  1 looking or feeling bright and cheerful in a way that seems suitable for celebrating something:  --The atmosphere was festive and jolly.//  --John was obviously in a festive mood .//\n  2  festive occasion:  a day when you celebrate something special such as a birthday//\n  3  the festive season/period/holiday:  the period around Christmas//\n  4 [only before noun] relating to Christmas:  -- festive cheer //  --festive gifts//


Words: festivity
Meaning:
n \n  1  festivities [plural] things such as drinking, eating, or dancing that are done to celebrate a special occasion:  --The festivities started with a procession through the town.//\n  2 [U] a happy feeling that exists when people celebrate something:  --There was an air of festivity in the village.//


Words: festoon
Meaning:
v [T usually passive]   to cover something with flowers, long pieces of material etc, especially for decoration//  be festooned with/in sth//  --Malaga was festooned with banners and flags in honour of the king’s visit.//\nfestoon 2 n [C]  formal   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: feston, from  Latin festum;   FESTIVE]//  a long thin piece of material, flowers etc, used especially for decoration//


Words: feta cheese
Meaning:
n  also feta  [U]   [Date: 1900-2000; Language: Modern Greek; Origin: Italian fetta  ’piece cut off’]//  a white cheese from Greece made from sheep’s milk or goat’s milk//


Words: fetch
Meaning:
S2   v [T]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fetian,  feccan]//\n  1  especially BrE to go and get something or someone and bring them back:  --Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.//  --Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.//  fetch sb/sth from sth//  --Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?//  fetch sb sth/fetch sth for sb//  --Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.//\n  2 to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale - used especially in news reports:  --The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.//\n  3  fetch and carry:  to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant//  --Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?//\n  4  BrE to make people react in a particular way:  --This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.//  fetch up phr v//  [always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere without intending to//  --I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.//  ----------//  HINT sense 1 //  Fetch or bring? See also:  bring//  ----------//\nfetch 2 n   play fetch//  if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you//


Words: fetching
Meaning:
adj   attractive, especially because the clothes you are wearing suit you//  --Your sister looks very fetching in that dress.//


Words: fete
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: fete, from  Latin festum;   FESTIVE]//\n  1  BrE an outdoor event where there are competitions and things to eat and drink, usually organized to get money:  --the church fete//\n  2  AmE a special occasion to celebrate something:  --a farewell fete in honor of the mayor//\nfete 2 v [T usually passive]   to honour someone by holding public celebrations for them//  --The team was feted from coast to coast.//


Words: fetid
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: foetidus, from  foetere  ’to smell bad’]//  having a strong bad smell//   stinking//  --the black fetid water of the lake//  --the dog’s fetid breath//


Words: fetish
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: fetiche, from  Portuguese feiti[hA168]o  ’artificial, false’]//\n  1 a desire for sex that comes from seeing a particular type of object or doing a particular activity, especially when the object or activity is considered unusual:  --a leather fetish//\n  2 something you are always thinking about or spending too much time doing:    obsession//  fetish for/about//  --Sue has a real fetish about keeping everything tidy.//


Words: fetishist
Meaning:
n [C]   someone who gets sexual pleasure from unusual objects or activities//  -- fetishism n  [U] //


Words: fetlock
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Origin:  Probably from   FOOT1 +   LOCK2 ’hair’]//  the back part of a horse’s leg, just above the hoof//


Words: fetter
Meaning:
v [T usually passive]  literary \n  1 to restrict someone’s freedom and prevent them from doing what they want:  --fettered by family responsibilities//\n  2 to put chains on a prisoner’s hands or feet:   chain//


Words: fetters
Meaning:
n [plural]  literary   [Language: Old English; Origin: feter; related to   FOOT1]//\n  1 the things that prevent someone from being free:   constraints//  fetters of//  --breaking the fetters of convention//\n  2 chains that were put around a prisoner’s feet in past times:


Words: fettle
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1700-1800; Origin: fettle  ’to clean, make ready’ (14-19 centuries)]//  in fine/good fettle//   old-fashioned healthy or working properly//


Words: fetus
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: ’giving birth, things born’]//  the usual American spelling of foetus//


Words: feud
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: feide]//  an angry and often violent quarrel between two people or groups that continues for a long time//  feud over//  --a bitter feud over territory//  feud with/between//  --a feud between rival drug organizations//\nfeud 2 v [I]   to continue quarrelling for a long time, often in a violent way//  feud (with sb) over sth //  --The neighboring states are feuding over the rights to the river.//


Words: feudal
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: feudalis, from  feudum  ’land given in return for service’]//  relating to feudalism//  --the feudal system//  --feudal society//


Words: feudalism
Meaning:
n [U]   a system which existed in the Middle Ages, in which people received land and protection from a lord when they worked and fought for him//


Words: feudalistic
Meaning:
adj   based on a system in which only a few people have all the power in a way that seems very old-fashioned//


Words: fever
Meaning:
n   [Date: 900-1000; Language: Latin; Origin: febris]//\n  1 [U and C] an illness or a medical condition in which you have a very high temperature:  --Andy has a fever and won’t be coming into work today.//  --I woke up this morning with a fever and an upset stomach.//  --She’s running a fever  (=has a fever) .//  a high/low/slight fever //  --The usual symptoms are a pink rash with a slight fever.//    hay fever,  scarlet fever,  yellow fever,  glandular fever,  rheumatic fever//\n  2 [singular] a situation in which many people feel very excited or feel very strongly about something:  fever of//  --a fever of excitement on Wall Street//  election/carnival etc fever (=great interest or excitement about a particular activity or event) //  --Soccer fever has been sweeping the nation as they prepare for the World Cup.//\n  3  (at) fever pitch:   BrE if people’s feelings are at fever pitch, they are extremely excited//  --The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.//  --After a second night of rioting, tensions in the city reached fever pitch .//    cabin fever//


Words: fevered
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]  literary \n  1 extremely excited or worried:   feverish//  --the child’s fevered cries//\n  2 suffering from a fever:   feverish//  --She wiped his fevered brow  (=a hot forehead caused by a fever) .//\n  3  a fevered imagination/mind/brain:  a mind that imagines strange things that are not real//  --These stories are merely a product of her fevered imagination.//


Words: feverish
Meaning:
adj \n  1 suffering from a fever:  --She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.//  --There was a feverish blush to his cheeks.//\n  2 very excited or worried about something:  --They waited in a state of feverish anxiety for their mother to come home.//  --The show was about to begin and backstage there were signs of feverish activity  (=activity that is done very quickly because there is not much time) .//  -- feverishly adv //  --Congress is working feverishly to pass the bill.//


Words: few
Meaning:
determiner, pron, adj   comparative  fewer superlative  fewest //  [Language: Old English; Origin: feawa]//\n  1 [no comparative] a small number of things or people:  a few //  --I have to buy a few things at the supermarket.//  --Pam called to say she’s going to be a few minutes late.//  --There were a few people sitting at the back of the hall.//  --There are a few more things I’d like to discuss.//  few of//  --I’ve read a few of her books.//  --I could suggest many different methods, but anyway, here are just a few .//  --There are only a very few  (=not many) exceptions.//  the last/next few //  --The office has been closed for the last few days.//  every few days/weeks etc //  --The plants need to be watered every few days.//  the/sb’s few days/weeks etc //  --She had enjoyed her few days in Monaco.//\n  2  quite a few/a good few/not a few:  a fairly large number of things or people//  --She must have cooked a good few dinners over the years.//  quite a few/a good few/not a few of//  --There were hundreds of protesters, not a few of whom were women.//\n  3 not many or hardly any people or things:  → many//  --low-paid jobs that few people want//  --Many people expressed concern, but few were willing to help.//  --The team that makes the fewest mistakes usually wins.//  few of//  -- Very few of the staff come from the local area.//  --Mr Wingate was full of explanations, but precious few  (=hardly any) of them made sense.//  the few //  --The cathedral was one of the few buildings not destroyed in the war.//  --This hospital is one of the few that are equipped to provide transplant surgery.//  sb’s few belongings/friends etc //  --I gathered together my few possessions.//\n  4  no fewer than:  used to emphasize that a number is large//  --I tried to contact him no fewer than ten times.//\n  5  as few as 5/10 etc:  used to emphasize how surprisingly small a number is//  --Sometimes as few as 20 out of 500 or more candidates succeed in passing all the tests.//\n  6  to name/mention but a few:  used when you are mentioning only a small number of people or things as examples of a large group//  --This is a feature of languages such as Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese, to name but a few.//\n  7  the (privileged/chosen) few:  the small number of people who are treated better than others and have special advantages//  --Such information is made available only to the chosen few.//  --The needs of the many have been ignored -- instead, the priority has been to bring benefits only to the few.//\n  8  be few and far between:  to be rare//  --Jobs are few and far between at the moment.//\n  9  have had a few (too many):   informal to have drunk too much alcohol//  --He looks as if he’s had a few!//  ----------//  WORD CHOICE: a few, few, a little, little, a bit, fewer, less //  a few  and  few  are used before plural nouns. //  a few means ’a small number’ : It will take a few minutes. |  I’ve got a few friends who live nearby. //  few means ’not many’. It emphasizes how small the number is. It is mainly used in writing or formal speech : Few people would deny her talent.| He has few interests outside his work. //  In spoken English or informal writing it is more usual to say  not many : Not many people saw what happened.  //  a little  and  little  are used before uncountable nouns. //  a little means ’some, but not a lot’ : We still have a little time left. //  In spoken British English, it is more usual to say  a bit : ’Are you tired?’ ’A bit.’ | I’ve got a bit of money left. //  little  means ’not much’. It emphasizes how small the amount is. It is mainly used in writing or formal speech : There is now little hope of success. //  In spoken English or informal writing it is more usual to say  not much : There was not much milk left. //  The comparative of  few  is  fewer : Few people have read the book, and even fewer understand it. //  The comparative of  little  is  less : We know little about his adult life, and less about his childhood. //  !!  Sometimes people use  less before a plural noun, but many people think that this is incorrect, so it is better to use  fewer : a village of fewer (NOT less) than 200 inhabitants //  ----------//


Words: fey
Meaning:
adj   [Language: Old English; Origin: f[zB024]ge]//  very sensitive and behaving or talking in a strange way//  --a fey and delicate child//


Words: fez
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Fez, city in Morocco where the hats were originally made]//  a round red hat with a flat top and no brim//


Words: ff
Meaning:
and following used in writing to refer to the pages after the one you have mentioned//  --pages 17ff//


Words: fiance
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: , past participle of  fiancer  ’to promise (in marriage)’]//  the man whom a woman is going to marry//


Words: fiancee
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: fiance used for females]//  the woman whom a man is going to marry//


Words: Fianna Fail
Meaning:
one of the two main political parties in the Republic of Ireland, established in 1926//    Fine Gael//


Words: fiasco
Meaning:
n   plural  fiascoes  or  fiascos  [C] //  [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Italian; Origin: (far) fiasco  ’(to make) a bottle, to fail in a performance’]//  an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing//   disaster//  --The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco .//


Words: fiat
Meaning:
n [C]  formal   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: ’let it be done’, from  fieri  ’to become, be done’]//  an official order given by someone in a position of authority, without considering what other people want//  by fiat//  --The matter was settled by presidential fiat.//


Words: fib
Meaning:
n [C]  spoken   [Date: 1600-1700; Origin:  Perhaps from  fable]//  a small unimportant lie//    white lie//  --He’s been known to tell fibs .//\nfib 2   past tense and past participle  fibbed present participle  fibbing  v [I]  spoken //  to tell a small unimportant lie//  --I think you’re fibbing.//  -- fibber n  [C] //


Words: fiber
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: fibre, from  Latin fibra]//  the American spelling of fibre//


Words: fibre
Meaning:
BrE  fiber AmE   n \n  1 [U] the parts of plants that you eat but cannot digest. Fibre helps to keep you healthy by moving food quickly through your body:  --Fruit and vegetables are high in fibre content .//  --food that is high in dietary fibre //\n  2 [U and C] a mass of threads used to make rope, cloth etc:  natural/synthetic/man-made etc fibre //  --Nylon is a man-made fibre.//\n  3 [C] a thin thread, or one of the thin parts like threads that form natural materials such as wood or carbon:\n  4  nerve/muscle fibres:  the thin pieces of flesh that form the nerves or muscles in your body//\n  5  with every fibre of your being:   literary if you feel something with every fibre of your being, you feel it very strongly//  --He wanted her with every fibre of his being.//    moral fibre at moral1 (2),  optical fibre//


Words: fibre optics
Meaning:
n [U]   the process of using very thin threads of glass or plastic to carry information in the form of light, especially on telephone lines//  --fibre-optic cables//


Words: fibreglass
Meaning:
BrE  fiberglass AmE   n [U]   a light material made from small glass threads pressed together, used for making sports cars, small boats etc//


Words: fibrous
Meaning:
adj   consisting of many fibres or looking like fibres//  --The coconut has a fibrous outer covering.//


Words: fibula
Meaning:
n [C]  medical   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: ’piece of jewelry for fastening clothes’ (because of the shape of the two bones)]//  the outer bone of the two bones in your leg below your knee//


Words: FICA
Meaning:
Federal Insurance Contributions Act in the US, money which is taken from your pay by the government to be used for  Social Security//


Words: fickle
Meaning:
adj   [Language: Old English; Origin: ficol  ’deceiving’]//\n  1 someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about people or things that they like, so that you cannot depend on them - used to show disapproval:  --an unpredictable and fickle lover//\n  2 something such as weather that is fickle often changes suddenly:  -- fickleness n  [U] //  --the fickleness of fame//


Words: fiction
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin fictus, past participle of  fingere  ’to shape, make’]//\n  1 [U] books and stories about imaginary people and events:  → non-fiction//  --romantic fiction//  --historical fiction//\n  2 [C] something that people want you to believe is true but which is not true:  --preserving the fiction of his happy childhood//


Words: fictional
Meaning:
adj   fictional people, events etc are imaginary and from a book or story//  --fictional characters//  --The novel is set in the fictional German town of Kreiswald.//


Words: fictionalize
Meaning:
also  fictionalise BrE   v [T]   to make a film or story about a real event, changing some details and adding some imaginary characters//  --a fictionalized account of his life in Berlin//


Words: fictitious
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: ficticius  ’artificial’, from  fictus;   FICTION]//  not true, or not real//  --a fictitious address//  --The author fills this real town with fictitious characters.//


Words: fictive
Meaning:
adj  AmE   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: fictivus, from  Latin fictus;   FICTION]//  imaginary and not real//  --the fictive world of James Bond//


Words: fiddle
Meaning:
n [C]  informal   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: vitula  ’instrument played at ceremonies’]//\n  1 a violin:\n  2  BrE a dishonest way of getting money:  --an insurance fiddle//  on the fiddle//  --They suspected he was on the fiddle (=getting money dishonestly or illegally) all along.//\n  3  be a fiddle:  to be difficult to do and involve complicated movements of your hands//  --This blouse is a bit of a fiddle to do up.//    fit as a fiddle at fit2 (1),  play second fiddle (to sb) at play1 (22)//\nfiddle 2 v \n  1 [I] to keep moving and touching something, especially because you are bored or nervous:  --Stop fiddling, will you!//  --I sat and fiddled at the computer for a while.//  fiddle with//  --She was at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a deck of cards.//\n  2 [T]  BrE  informal to give false information about something, in order to avoid paying money or to get extra money:  --Bert had been fiddling his income tax for years.//  fiddle the books (=give false figures in a company’s financial records) //\n  3 [I] to play a violin:  fiddle around phr v//  to waste time doing unimportant things//  fiddle around with [fiddle around with sth] phr v//\n  1 to move the parts of a machine in order to try to make it work or repair it:  --I’ve been fiddling around with this old car for months but I still can’t get it to work.//\n  2 to make small unnecessary changes to something - used to show disapproval:   mess around with//  --Why did you let her fiddle about with the remote control?//  --The bus company is always fiddling around with the schedules.//  fiddle with [fiddle with sth] phr v//\n  1 to move part of a machine in order to make it work, without knowing exactly what you should do:  --After fiddling with the tuning I finally got JFM.//\n  2 to move or touch something that does not belong to you, in an annoying way:  --Don’t let him fiddle with my bag.//


Words: fiddler
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 someone who plays the violin, especially if they play folk music:\n  2 someone who gives false information, especially on official documents, in order to pay less money or get more than they should:  --tax fiddlers//  -- fiddling n  [U] //


Words: fiddlesticks
Meaning:
interjection  old-fashioned   said when you disagree with someone, or are slightly annoyed about something//


Words: fiddly
Meaning:
adj  BrE  informal   difficult to do, especially because you have to deal with very small objects//  --Fixing the TV was a fiddly job .//


Words: fidelity
Meaning:
n [U]  formal   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: fidelite, from  Latin fidelitas, from  fides  ’faith, trust’]//\n  1 when you are loyal to your husband, girlfriend etc, by not having sex with anyone else:   loyalty//  → infidelity//  --the importance of marital fidelity  (=in marriage) //\n  2 when you are loyal to a person, an organization, or something that you believe in:   loyalty//  fidelity to//  --his fidelity to the company over 25 years//\n  3  formal how much a film, a piece of written work etc remains unchanged from an earlier piece of work, or the facts that are known:  fidelity to//  --the movie’s fidelity to the original book//    high fidelity//


Words: fidget
Meaning:
v [I]   [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: fidge  ’to move uncontrollably’ (16-19 centuries)]//  to keep moving your hands or feet, especially because you are bored or nervous//  --The kids had started to fidget.//  fidget with//  --Stop fidgeting with your pens!//\nfidget 2 n [C]  informal   someone who is unable to sit or stand still//


Words: fidgety
Meaning:
adj  informal   unable to stay still, especially because of being bored or nervous//  --The boys get fidgety if they can’t play outside.//


Words: fie
Meaning:
interjection  old use   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fi]//  fie on sb//  used to express anger or disapproval towards someone//


Words: Fiedler
Meaning:
Arthur   (1894-1979) a US  conductor (=someone who directs a group of musicians)  who was the conductor of the  Boston Pops for many years//


Words: Field
Meaning:
The  trademark   a British magazine which has articles about the countryside, farming, and sports such as  polo and  cricket//


Words: field
Meaning:
n [C]   ----------//\n   1 farm:\n   2 subject:\n   3 sport:\n   4 practical work:\n   5 competitors:\n   6 magnetic/gravitational/force field:\n   7 coal/oil/gas field:\n   8 the field (of battle):\n   9 field of vision/view:\n  10 snow/ice field:\n  11 field of fire:\n  12 leave the field clear for somebody:\n  13 computers:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: feld]//\n  1 FARM:  an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grass//  --a view of green fields and rolling hills//  field of//  --a field of wheat//  corn/rice/wheat etc field //  --working in the cotton fields//\n  2 SUBJECT:  a subject that people study or an area of activity that they are involved in as part of their work//  field of//  --her work in the field of human rights//  --Peter’s an expert in his field .//  --He’s the best-known American outside the field of  (=not connected with) politics.//\n  3 SPORT:  an area of ground where sports are played//  a baseball/football/cricket etc field //  --the local soccer field//  on/off the field//  --The team have had a bad year, both on and off the field.//  --Fans cheered as the players took the field  (=went onto the field) .//\n  4 PRACTICAL WORK:  work or study that is done in the field is done in the real world rather than in a class or laboratory//  in the field//  --His theories have not yet been tested in the field.//  field trials/testing/research etc //    field trip,  fieldwork//\n  5 COMPETITORS:  a) all the people, companies, products etc that are competing against each other//  --the field of candidates for the presidential election//  be ahead of/lead the field (=be doing better than the others) //  --Germany was leading the field with a figure of 53%.//  b) all the horses or runners in a race//  --Prince led the field  (=was ahead of the others) as they came around the final bend.//\n  6  magnetic/gravitational/force field:  the area in which a natural force is felt or has an effect//  --the Earth’s magnetic field//\n  7  coal/oil/gas field:  a large area of land where coal, oil, or gas is found//  --North Sea oil fields//\n  8  the field (of battle):  the time or place where there is fighting in a war//  --The new tank has yet to be tested in the field.//  --medals won on the field of battle //\n  9  field of vision/view:  the whole area that you are able to see without turning your head//\n  10  snow/ice field:  a large area of land covered with snow or ice//\n  11  field of fire:  the area that you can hit when you shoot from a particular position//\n  12  leave the field clear for sb:  to make it possible for someone to do something or to be successful at something, by not competing with them//  --Josh left the company, leaving the field clear for me.//\n  13 COMPUTERS:  in a computer document, an amount of space made available for a particular type of information//  --an empty field (=not yet written in) //    have a field day at field day//    play the field at play1 (29)//\nfield 2 v [T] \n  1 if you field a team, an army etc, they represent you or fight for you in a competition, election, or war:  --The Ecology Party fielded 109 candidates .//  --We fielded a team of highly talented basketball players.//\n  2 to answer questions, telephone calls etc, especially when there are a lot of them or the questions are difficult:  --The Minister fielded questions on the Middle East and other issues.//  --The press office fielded numerous calls from the media.//\n  3  be fielding:  the team that is fielding in a game of cricket or baseball is the one that is throwing and catching the ball, rather than the one hitting it//  → be batting//\n  4 if you field the ball in a game of cricket or baseball, you stop it after it has been hit:


Words: Field and Stream
Meaning:
trademark   a US magazine that has articles about hunting,  fishing, and other activities that are done outdoors//


Words: field corn
Meaning:
n [U]  AmE   a type of corn grown to feed to animals, rather than to be eaten by people//    sweetcorn//


Words: field day
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  have a field day:   informal to have a chance to do a lot of something you want, especially the chance to criticize someone//  --The newspapers had a field day when the trial finished.//\n  2  AmE a day when students at a school have sports competitions and parents watch:  British Equivalent:  sports day//


Words: field event
Meaning:
n [C]   a sport such as jumping or throwing the javelin in an outdoor competition//    track event//


Words: field goal
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 the act of kicking the ball over the  goal in American football:\n  2 the act of putting the ball through the net to get points in basketball:


Words: field officer
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  BrE someone who works for an organization whose job involves practical outdoor work, especially work connected with the countryside:\n  2 an officer of high rank in the British army:


Words: field test
Meaning:
n [C]   a test of a new piece of equipment, done in the place where it will be used rather than in a laboratory//  -- field-test v  [T] //


Words: field trip
Meaning:
n [C]   an occasion when students go somewhere to learn about a particular subject, especially one connected with nature or science//  --a geography field trip//


Words: fielder
Meaning:
n  also fieldsman  BrE  [C]   one of the players who tries to catch the ball in a game of cricket or baseball//


Words: Fields
Meaning:
W.C.   (1880-1946) a US film actor and  comedian, famous for disliking children and animals, for becoming angry very easily, and for drinking too much alcohol. His films include  My Little Chickadee (1940).//


Words: fieldwork
Meaning:
n [U]   the study of scientific or social subjects, done outside the class or laboratory//  -- fieldworker n  [C] //


Words: fiend
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: feond  ’enemy’]//\n  1 a very cruel, evil, or violent person:  --a heartless fiend//  --Both of them were fighting like fiends.//  a sex/rape fiend (=one who commits very unpleasant sex attacks) //\n  2  television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend:  someone who likes watching television, doing sports etc a lot, or more than is normal//   fanatic//\n  3  drug/dope/cocaine etc fiend:  someone who takes a lot of illegal drugs//\n  4 an evil spirit:


Words: fiendish
Meaning:
adj \n  1 cruel and unpleasant:  --a particularly fiendish practical joke//\n  2 very clever in an unpleasant way:  --a fiendish plan//\n  3 extremely difficult or complicated:  --several fiendish exam questions//  -- fiendishly adv //  -- fiendishness n  [U] //


Words: fierce
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: fiers, from  Latin ferus  ’wild’]//\n  1 done with a lot of energy and strong feelings, and sometimes violent:  --There was fierce fighting in the city.//  fierce attack/opposition/criticism etc //  --The government’s policies came under fierce attack.//  --The plan has evoked a fierce debate.//  -- fierce competition between the companies//\n  2 a fierce person or animal is angry or ready to attack, and looks very frightening:  --fierce guard dogs//  --She turned round, looking fierce.//\n  3 fierce emotions are very strong and often angry:  --These people take fierce pride in their independence.//\n  4 fierce cold, heat, or weather is much colder, hotter etc than usual:  --a fierce wind//\n  5  sth fierce:   AmE  spoken more loudly, strongly etc than usual//  --It was snowing something fierce.//  -- fiercely adv //  -- fierceness n  [U] //


Words: fiery
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1200-1300; Origin:  FIRE1]//\n  1 very red or orange, and looking like fire:  --a fiery sunset//  --leaves that turn fiery red in autumn//\n  2 becoming angry or excited very quickly:  --He has a fiery temper .//\n  3 showing or encouraging anger or excitement:  --a fiery speech//\n  4 fiery food or drink tastes very strong, making part of your body feel hot:


Words: fiesta
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Spanish; Origin: Latin festum;   FESTIVE]//  a religious holiday with dancing, music etc, especially in Spain and South America//


Words: FIFA
Meaning:
Federation Internationale de Football Association the organization that controls international football and organizes the  World Cup competition//


Words: fife
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: German; Origin: pfeife  ’pipe’]//  a musical instrument like a small flute, often played in military bands//


Words: fifteen
Meaning:
number, n   [Language: Old English; Origin: fiftene, from  fif  ’five’ +  tien  ’ten’]//\n  1 the number 15:  --a coastal village fifteen miles south of Tourane//  --They met when she was fifteen (=15 years old) .//\n  2 [C] a team of 15 players in Rugby Union:  -- fifteenth adj  pron //  --in the fifteenth century//  --her fifteenth birthday//  --I’m planning to leave on the fifteenth  (=the 15th day of the month) .//


Words: fifth
Meaning:
adj   [Language: Old English; Origin: fifta, from  fif  ’five’]//\n  1 coming after four other things in a series:  --in the fifth century//  --her fifth birthday//\n  2  fifth wheel:   AmE  informal someone who is not wanted in a particular group of people//  --They’d made her feel like a fifth wheel.//  -- fifth pron //  --I’m planning to leave on the fifth  (=the fifth day of the month) .//  -- fifthly adv //\nfifth 2 n [C] \n  1 one of five equal parts of something:\n  2  AmE an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American gallon(2), sold in bottles:  --a fifth of bourbon//


Words: Fifth Amendment
Meaning:
the \n  1 a part of the  Constitution of the United States which says that you do not have to give information in a court of law which could be used against you, and that you cannot be put in prison or have your property taken away without a proper legal  trial:\n  2  plead/take the Fifth (Amendment):  to refuse to give information against yourself in a court of law. People in the US sometimes use this expression humorously when they do not want to answer a question.//  --"I plead the Fifth", Jack said, when his wife wanted to know where he had been.//\nFifth Avenue  ,  5th Avenue  a street in New York that is famous for its expensive shops//


Words: fifth column
Meaning:
n [C]   a group of people who work secretly to help the enemies of the country where they live or the organization in which they work//  -- fifth columnist n  [C] //


Words: fifty
Meaning:
number, n   [Language: Old English; Origin: fiftig, from  fif  ’five’]//\n  1 the number 50:\n  2  the fifties [plural]  also  the ’50s:   the 1950s//  the years between 1950 and 1959//  --Standards of living rose in the fifties.//  the early/mid/late fifties //  --The play was written in the late fifties.//\n  3  be in your fifties:  to be aged between 50 and 59//  early/mid/late fifties //  --He must be in his early fifties by now.//\n  4  in the fifties:  if the temperature is in the fifties, it is between 50 degrees and 59 degrees//  in the low/mid/high fifties //  --sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties//\n  5 [C] a piece of paper money that is worth 50 dollars or 50 pounds:  --I can give you five tens for that fifty if you want.//  -- fiftieth adj //  --her fiftieth birthday//


Words: fifty-fifty adv
Meaning:
adj  spoken \n  1 if you divide something fifty-fifty, you divide it equally between two people, companies etc:  divide/split/share sth fifty-fifty //  --The companies split the profits fifty-fifty.//  --We’ll share it on a fifty-fifty basis .//  go fifty-fifty (on sth) (=share the cost of something equally) //  --We went fifty-fifty on a new TV set.//\n  2 if there is a fifty-fifty chance of something happening, it is equally likely to happen as not to happen:  -- a fifty-fifty chance of winning//


Words: fig
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: figue, from  Latin ficus]//\n  1 a soft sweet fruit with a lot of small seeds, often eaten dried, or the tree on which this fruit grows:\n  2  not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for sth/sb):   old-fashioned  informal to not be at all concerned about or interested in something or someone//


Words: fig leaf
Meaning:
n [C]   the large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organs//


Words: fight
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  fought /f[hA350][hA359]t $ f[hA361][hA359]t///  ----------//\n   1 war:\n   2 hit people:\n   3 try to do something:\n   4 prevent something:\n   5 compete:\n   6 argue:\n   7 sport:\n   8 emotion:\n   9 law:\n  10 fight your way (through/past etc somebody/something):\n  11 fight a losing battle:\n  12 have a fighting chance:\n  13 fight tooth and nail (for something)/fight something tooth and nail:\n  14 fight to the death/finish:\n  15 fight your own battles:\n  16 fighting spirit:\n  17 fighting words/talk:\n  18 fight fire with fire:\n  19 fight like cat and dog:\n  20 fighting fit:\n  21 fight your corner:\n  22 fight shy of (doing) something:  Phrasal verbs//   fight back//   fight something → down//   fight somebody/something → off//   fight something out//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: feohtan]//\n  1 WAR:   [I and T] to take part in a war or battle//  fight in//  --the families of those who fought in the war//  fight against/with//  --rebel forces fighting against the Russians//  fight about/over/for//  --They fought for control of the islands.//  --Neither country is capable of fighting a long war .//  --Later the Indians fought the Anglo settlers.//\n  2 HIT PEOPLE:   [I and T] if someone fights another person, or if two people fight, they hit and kick the other person in order to hurt them//  fight with//  --Two guys were fighting with each other in the street.//  fight about/over/for//  --They were fighting over a girl.//  --She fought him desperately, kicking and biting.//\n  3 TRY TO DO SOMETHING:   [I and T] to try hard to do or get something//  fight for//  --The men were fighting for higher wages.//  --Stockley is fighting for his life  (=trying to stay alive) , with serious head injuries.//  --She fought her way back into the first team.//  fight to do sth//  --The president was fighting to survive.//\n  4 PREVENT SOMETHING:   [I and T] to try very hard to prevent something or to get rid of something unpleasant that already exists//  fight against//  --People are fighting against repression and injustice.//  --We will fight terrorism, wherever it exists.//\n  5 COMPETE:   [I and T] to take part in an election or compete strongly for something, especially a job or political position//  fight an election/a campaign //  --The prime minister decided to fight an early general election.//  fight (sb) for sth//  --He had to fight several other applicants for the job.//  --Both men were used to fighting for power.//\n  6 ARGUE:   [I] to argue about something//  fight with//  --I heard her fighting with the boss.//  fight about/over//  --They’re fighting about who should do the dishes.//\n  7 SPORT:   [I and T] to take part in a boxing match//  --Ali fought Foreman for the heavyweight title.//\n  8 EMOTION:   [I and T] to try very hard not to have or show a feeling//  --She fought her fear.//  fight with//  --She was clearly fighting with her emotions.//\n  9 LAW:   [T] to try to get something or prevent something in a court of law//  --The insurance company are fighting the claims in court.//\n  10  fight your way (through/past etc sb/sth):  to move somewhere with difficulty, for example because there are so many people around you//  --We fought our way through the crowd.//\n  11  fight a losing battle:  to try to do something that you probably cannot succeed in doing//  --I’m fighting a losing battle on this diet.//\n  12  have a fighting chance:  to have a chance to do something or achieve something if you try very hard//  --Lewis has a fighting chance to win the gold medal.//\n  13  fight tooth and nail (for sth)/fight sth tooth and nail:  to try very hard to do or achieve something, or to prevent something//  --He’s rich now, but he had to fight tooth and nail for it.//\n  14  fight to the death/finish:  to fight until one person or group is dead or completely defeated//\n  15  fight your own battles:  fight for what you want, without needing help from other people//  --Mum, I can fight my own battles now.//\n  16  fighting spirit:  the desire to fight or win//  --In the second half the team showed their true fighting spirit.//\n  17  fighting words/talk:  something you say that shows that you want to fight hard for something//\n  18  fight fire with fire:  to use the same methods as your opponents in an argument, competition etc//\n  19  fight like cat and dog:  if two people fight like cat and dog, they argue a lot because they dislike each other or disagree//  --I didn’t get on with her at work either - we fought like cat and dog.//\n  20  fighting fit:   BrE extremely fit and healthy//\n  21  fight your corner:   BrE to try to persuade people that your ideas about something are right and should be accepted//  --The Prime Minister made it clear that Britain would fight its corner on Europe.//\n  22  fight shy of (doing) sth:   BrE to try to avoid doing something or being involved in something//  --Many women fight shy of motherhood.//  fight back phr v//\n  1 to work hard to achieve or oppose something, especially in a situation where you are losing:  --United fought back and scored a last-minute goal.//  fight back against//  --She was fighting back against the cancer.//\n  2 to use violence or arguments against someone who has attacked you or argued with you:  --The rebels are fighting back.//\n  3  fight sth → back:  to try hard not to have or show a feeling//  --She looked away, fighting back her tears .//  --He fought back the impulse to slap her.//  fight down [fight sth → down] phr v//  to try hard not to have or show a feeling//  --Doug fought down a feeling of panic.//  fight off [fight sb/sth → off] phr v//\n  1 to keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them:  --Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds.//  --The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt.//\n  2 to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself:  --Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college.//\n  3 to try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling:  --Elaine’s fighting off a cold.//  fight out [fight sth out] phr v//  to argue or fight until a disagreement is settled//  --We left them to fight it out .//\nfight 2 W3S2 n   ----------//\n   1 hit:\n   2 achieve/prevent something:\n   3 argument:\n   4 sport:\n   5 battle:\n   6 energy:\n   7 put up a good fight:\n   8 a fight to the death/finish:  ----------//\n  1 HIT:   [C] a situation in which two people or groups hit, push etc each other//  --Sam’s always getting into fights at school.//  fight with//  --He got drunk and had a fight with Jim.//  fight between//  --A fight broke out between the two gangs.//  fight over/about//  --fights over territory//  pick/start a fight //  --The big guy was trying to pick a fight.//  --a street fight //\n  2 ACHIEVE/PREVENT SOMETHING:   [singular] the process of trying to achieve something or prevent something//  fight for//  --the fight for justice and democracy//  --The little girl lost her fight for life  (=fight to stay alive) last night.//  fight against//  --the fight against crime//  fight to do sth//  --the fight to get financial aid//  --You’ll have a fight on your hands  (=it will be difficult) to convince the committee.//\n  3 ARGUMENT:   [C] an argument//  fight with//  --They’ve had a fight with the neighbours.//  fight over/about//  --fights over money//\n  4 SPORT:   [C] a boxing match//  --Are you going to watch the big fight tonight?//\n  5 BATTLE:   [C] a battle between two armies//  fight for//  --the fight for Bunker Hill//\n  6 ENERGY:   [U] energy or the desire to keep fighting for something you want//  --There’s plenty of fight left in your grandmother.//\n  7  put up a good fight:  to work very hard to fight or compete in a difficult situation//  --Our team put up a good fight.//\n  8  a fight to the death/finish:  a fight that continues until one side is completely defeated//


Words: fightback
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   an attempt by someone to get back to a position of strength after they have lost it, especially in sport//  --Arsenal staged a spirited fightback in the second half.//


Words: fighter
Meaning:
n [C]   1  also fighter plane/aircraft/jet //  a small fast military plane that can destroy other planes//  --He was shot down by enemy fighters .//  --a fighter pilot //\n  2 someone who fights, especially as a sport:\n  3 someone who keeps trying to achieve something in difficult situations:  --James is a fighter - he never gives up.//    firefighter,  freedom fighter//


Words: fighting
Meaning:
n [U]   when people or groups fight each other in a war, in the street etc//  fighting between//  -- heavy fighting between government and rebel forces//  -- Fighting broke out in the crowds.//


Words: figment
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: figmentum, from  fingere;   FIGURE1]//  a figment of sb’s imagination//  something that you imagine is real, but which does not exist//


Words: figurative
Meaning:
adj \n  1 a figurative word or phrase is used in a different way from its usual meaning, to give you a particular idea or picture in your mind:    literal//  --He’s my son, in the figurative sense of the word.//\n  2  technical figurative art shows objects, people, or the countryside as they really look:    abstract//  -- figuratively adv //  --They have a taste - figuratively speaking - for excitement.//


Words: figure
Meaning:
n [C]   ----------//\n   1 number:\n   2 amount of money:\n   3 person:\n   4 woman’s body:\n   5 father/mother/authority figure:\n   6 figures:\n   7 mathematical shape:\n   8 painting/model:\n   9 drawing:\n  10 put a figure on it/give an exact figure:\n  11 a fine figure of a man/woman:\n  12 a figure of fun:\n  13 on ice:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: Latin figura, from  fingere  ’to shape, make’]//\n  1 NUMBER:  a)  [usually plural] a number representing an amount, especially an official number//  unemployment/sales/trade figures //  --Ohio’s employment figures for December//  --Government figures underestimate the problem.//  --It’s about 30,000 in round figures  (=to the nearest 10, 20, 100 etc) .//  b) a number from 0 to 10, written as a sign rather than a word//  --the figure ’2’//  --executives with salaries in six figures  (=more than [hA124]99,000) //  a four/five/six figure number (=a number in the thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands etc) //    double figures,  single figures//\n  2 AMOUNT OF MONEY:  a particular amount of money//  figure of//  --an estimated figure of $200 million//\n  3 PERSON:  a) someone who is important or famous in some way//  a leading/key/central figure //  --Several leading figures resigned from the party.//  --the outstanding political figure of his time//  b) someone with a particular type of appearance or character, especially when they are far away or difficult to see//  --a tall figure in a hat//  --Through the window I could see the commanding figure of Mrs Bradshaw.//    cult figure at cult2 //\n  4 WOMAN’S BODY:  the shape of a woman’s body//  --She has a good figure .//  keep/lose your figure (=stay thin or become fat) //  --Most women have to watch their figure  (=be careful not to get fat) .//\n  5  father/mother/authority figure:  someone who is considered to be like a father etc, or to represent authority, because of their character or behaviour//\n  6  figures [plural]  BrE the activity of adding, multiplying etc numbers:   arithmetic//  --a natural ability with figures //  have a head for figures (=be good at arithmetic) //\n  7 MATHEMATICAL SHAPE:  a geometric shape//  --A hexagon is a six-sided figure.//\n  8 PAINTING/MODEL:  a person in a painting or a model of a person//  --the figure in the background//    figurine//\n  9 DRAWING:   written abbreviation fig. //  a numbered drawing or a diagram in a book//\n  10  put a figure on it/give an exact figure:  to say exactly how much something is worth, or how much or how many of something you are talking about//  --It’s worth a lot but I couldn’t put a figure on it.//\n  11  a fine figure of a man/woman:  someone who is tall and has a good body//\n  12  a figure of fun:  someone who people laugh at//\n  13 ON ICE:  a pattern or movement in figure skating//\nfigure 2 W3S2 v \n  1 [I] to be an important part of a process, event, or situation, or to be included in something:  figure in/among//  --Environmental issues figured prominently in the talks.//  --My wishes didn’t figure among his considerations.//  --Reform now figures high on the agenda.//\n  2 [T]  informal to form a particular opinion after thinking about a situation:  figure (that)//  --From the way he behaved, I figured that he was drunk.//  --It was worth the trouble, I figured.//\n  3  that figures/(it) figures:   spoken  especially AmE //  a) used to say that something that happens is expected or typical, especially something bad//  --’It rained the whole weekend.’ ’Oh, that figures.’//  b) used to say that something is reasonable or makes sense//  -- It figures that she’d be mad at you, after what you did.//\n  4  go figure:   AmE  spoken said to show that you think something is strange or difficult to explain//  --’He didn’t even leave a message.’ ’Go figure.’//\n  5 [T]  AmE to calculate an amount:  --I’m just figuring my expenses.//  figure on [figure on sth] phr v//  to expect something or include it in your plans//  --She was younger than any of us had figured on.//  figure out [figure sb/sth → out] phr v//\n  1 to think about a problem or situation until you find the answer or understand what has happened:  figure out how/what/why etc//  --Can you figure out how to do it?//  --If I have a map, I can figure it out.//  --Don’t worry, we’ll figure something out (=find a way to solve the problem) .//\n  2 to understand why someone behaves in the way they do:  --Women. I just can’t figure them out.//


Words: figure of eight
Meaning:
BrE figure eight  AmE n [C]   the pattern or shape of a number eight, as seen in a knot, dance etc//


Words: figure of speech
Meaning:
n [C]   a word or expression that is used in a different way from the normal meaning, to give you a picture in your mind//


Words: figurehead
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 someone who seems to be the leader of a country or organization but who has no real power:    puppet//  --The Queen is merely a figurehead.//\n  2 a wooden model of a woman that used to be placed on the front of ships:


Words: figurine
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: Italian figurina, from  Latin figura;   FIGURE1]//  a small model of a person or animal used as a decoration//


Words: Fiji
Meaning:
a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean made up of two main islands and hundreds of smaller ones. Population: 844,330 (2001). Capital: Suva.//  -- Fijian n  adj //


Words: filament
Meaning:
n [C]   filament, thread//  [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: filamentum, from  Latin filum  ’thread’]//  a very thin thread or wire//  --an electric filament//


Words: filbert
Meaning:
n [C]  especially AmE   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: philbert, from St  Philibert, whose day is August 22, when nuts are starting to be ready to eat]//  a hazelnut//


Words: filch
Meaning:
v [T]  informal   [Date: 1200-1300; Origin:  Perhaps from  Old English fylcan  ’to arrange soldiers, attack, take’]//  to steal something small or not very valuable//  British Equivalent:  pinch, nick//  --He filched a bottle of wine from the cellar.//


Words: file
Meaning:
n [C]   [Sense: 1-3, 5; Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: fil  ’thread’, from  Latin filum (because documents were stored on pieces of string).]//  [Sense: 4; Origin: Old English feol]//\n  1 a set of papers, records etc that contain information about a particular person or subject:  file on//  --Mendoza read over the file on the murders.//  --The FBI keeps files on former White House employees.//  --We will keep your details on file  (=store them for later use) .//  police/case/medical etc file //  --a copy of the court file//\n  2 a box or piece of folded card in which you store loose papers:  --She pulled a blue file from the shelf.//\n  3 information on a computer that you store under a particular name:  --Click on the icon to open the file .//  --You can always save the file into another directory.//  -- files downloaded from the Internet//  --a plain  text file //\n  4 a metal tool with a rough surface that you rub on something to make it smooth:    nail file//\n  5 a line of people who are standing or walking one behind the other:  file of//  --a file of soldiers marching in step//  in file//  --It was dark as we set off in file.//    single file,  rank and file//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 3 //  open a file //  close a file //  save a file //  create a file //  delete a file //  copy a file //  access a file //  edit a file  (=make changes to it) //  download a file  (=make a copy of a file on the hard disk of your computer) //  text/data/graphics file (=containing text etc) //  ----------//\nfile 2 S3 v \n  1 [T] to keep papers, documents etc in a particular place so that you can find them easily:  --The contracts are filed alphabetically .//  file sth under sth//  --I looked to see if anything was filed under my name.//  file sth away//  --The handbooks are filed away for future reference.//\n  2 [T] to give or send an official report or news story to your employer:  --The officer left the scene without filing a report.//\n  3 [I always + adverb/preposition, T]  law to give a document to a court or other organization so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with:  file a complaint/lawsuit/petition etc (against sb) //  --Mr Genoa filed a formal complaint against the department.//  file for//  --The Morrisons have filed for divorce .//  --Today is the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns .//\n  4 [I always + adverb/preposition] if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line:  --We began to file out into the car park.//  --The mourners filed past the coffin.//\n  5 [I always + adverb/preposition, T] to use a metal or wooden tool to rub something in order to make it smooth:  --File down the sharp edges.//  --She sat filing her nails.//


Words: file cabinet
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   a piece of office furniture with drawers for storing letters, reports etc//  British Equivalent:  filing cabinet//


Words: filial
Meaning:
adj  formal   [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: filialis, from  Latin filius  ’son’]//  relating to the relationship of a son or daughter to their parents//  --her filial duty//


Words: filibuster
Meaning:
v [I and T]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: Spanish; Origin: filibustero  ’pirate’]//  to try to delay action in Congress or another law-making group by making very long speeches//  --Opponents of the bill threatened to filibuster its final stages.//  -- filibuster n  [C] //


Words: filigree
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: filigrane, from  Latin filum  ’thread’ +  granum  ’grain’]//  delicate designs or decorations made of gold or silver wire//  --silver filigree jewellery//


Words: filing
Meaning:
n \n  1 [U] the work of arranging documents in the correct files:\n  2  filings [plural] small sharp bits that come off when a piece of metal is cut or filed:  --iron filings//\n  3 [C] a document, report etc that is officially recorded:  --a bankruptcy filing//


Words: filing cabinet
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   a piece of office furniture with drawers for storing letters, reports etc//  American Equivalent:  file cabinet//


Words: fill
Meaning:
v   ----------//\n   1 become/make full:\n   2 large thing/number:\n   3 sound/smell/light:\n   4 emotions:\n   5 provide something:\n   6 spend time:\n   7 perform a job:\n   8 crack/hole:\n   9 fill yourself (up)/fill your face:\n  10 fill an order:\n  11 fill the bill:\n  12 fill somebody’s shoes:  Phrasal verbs//   fill in//   fill out//   fill up//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: fyllan; related to   FULL1]//\n  1 BECOME/MAKE FULL:   also fill up //   [I and T] if a container or place fills, or if you fill it, enough of something goes into it to make it full//  --He poured her a drink, then filled his own glass.//  --My job was filling the flour sacks.//  --Take a deep breath and allow your lungs to fill.//  fill (sth) with sth//  --Her eyes filled with tears .//  fill sth to the brim/to overflowing (=fill something completely) //  --a bucket filled to the brim with ice//  --There was just enough wind to fill the sails.//  --Miller’s band was filling dancehalls (=attracting a lot of people) all over the country.//\n  2 LARGE THING/NUMBER:   [T] if a thing or group fills something, there is no space left//  --Crowds of well-wishers filled the streets.//  --His wartime experiences would fill a book!//  --All the seats were filled and a number of people were standing.//  --Numerous pictures fill every available space .//\n  3 SOUND/SMELL/LIGHT:   [T] if a sound, smell, or light fills a place, you notice it because it is very loud or strong//  --The smell of freshly baked bread filled the room.//  be filled with sth//  --The air was filled with the sound of children’s laughter.//\n  4 EMOTIONS:   [T] if you are filled with an emotion, or if it fills you, you feel it very strongly//  be filled with admiration/joy/happiness etc //  --I was filled with admiration for her.//  be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse //  --Their faces were suddenly filled with fear.//  fill sb with sth//  --The prospect filled him with horror.//\n  5 PROVIDE SOMETHING:   [T] to provide something that is needed or wanted but which has not been available or present before//  fill a need/demand //  --Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic.//  fill a gap/hole/niche etc //  --I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education.//  --The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.//\n  6 SPEND TIME:   [T] if you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend that time doing it//  fill your time/the days etc (with sth) //  --I have no trouble filling my time.//\n  7 PERFORM A JOB:   [T] to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or something to do this//  fill a post/position/vacancy etc //  --Women fill 35% of senior management positions.//  --Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled.//  --The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role .//\n  8 CRACK/HOLE:   also fill in //   [T] to put a substance into a hole, crack etc to make a surface level//  --Fill in any cracks before starting to paint.//  --materials developed to fill tooth cavities//\n  9  fill yourself (up)/fill your face:   informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more//\n  10  fill an order:  to supply the goods that a customer has ordered//  --The company is struggling to fill $11 million in back orders.//\n  11  fill the bill:   AmE to have exactly the right qualities//  British Equivalent:  fit the bill//  --We needed an experienced reporter and Willis fills the bill.//\n  12  fill sb’s shoes:  to do the work that someone else normally does, especially when this is difficult because they have set a high standard//  fill in phr v//\n  1 DOCUMENT:   fill sth → in//  to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc//  --Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards.//\n  2 TELL SOMEBODY NEWS:   fill sb → in//  to tell someone about recent events, especially because they have been away from a place//  fill somebody → in on//  --I think you’d better fill me in on what’s been happening.//\n  3 CRACK/HOLE:   fill sth → in//  to put a substance into a hole, crack etc so it is completely full and level//\n  4  fill in time:  to spend time doing something unimportant because you are waiting for something to happen//  --She flipped through a magazine to fill in the time.//\n  5 SPACE:   fill sth → in//  to paint or draw over the space inside a shape//\n  6 DO SOMEBODY’S JOB:  to do someone’s job because they are not there//  fill in for//  --I’m filling in for Joe for a few days.//  fill out phr v//\n  1  fill sth → out:  to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc//\n  2 if you fill out, or your body fills out, you become slightly fatter:  --Eric is starting to fill out around the waist.//\n  3 if a young person fills out, their body becomes more like an adult’s body, for example by having bigger muscles, developing breasts etc:  --At puberty, a girl’s body begins to fill out.//\n  4  fill sth → out:  to add more details to a description or story//  fill up phr v//\n  1 if a container or place fills up, or if you fill it up, it becomes full:  fill sth → up//  --Shall I fill the car up (=with petrol) ?//  fill up with//  --Her eyes filled up with tears .//\n  2  fill (yourself) up:   informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more//  fill (yourself) up with/on//  --Don’t fill yourself up with cookies.//  --He filled up on pecan pie.//\n  3  fill sb up:   informal food that fills you up makes you feel as though you have eaten a lot when you have only eaten a small amount//\nfill 2 n \n  1  have had your fill of sth:   informal to have done something or experienced something, especially something unpleasant, so that you do not want any more//  --I’ve had my fill of screaming kids for one day.//\n  2  eat/drink your fill:   old-fashioned to eat or drink as much as you want or need//


Words: fill-in
Meaning:
n [singular]  BrE  informal   someone who does someone else’s job because that person is not there//  --I’m here as a fill-in while Robert’s away.//


Words: filler
Meaning:
n [U and C] \n  1  BrE a substance used to fill cracks in wood, walls etc, especially before you paint them:\n  2 stories, information, pictures etc that are not important but are used to fill a page in a newspaper or magazine:


Words: filler cap
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   the lid that fits over the hole in a car that you pour a liquid into, especially oil or petrol//


Words: fillet
Meaning:
filet AmE   n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: filet, from  Latin filum  ’thread’]//  a piece of meat or fish without bones//  fillet of//  --a fillet of sole//\nfillet 2  filet AmE v [T]   to remove the bones from a piece of meat or fish//  --filleted fish//


Words: filling
Meaning:
adj   food that is filling makes your stomach feel full//  --Pasta and rice are both very filling.//\nfilling 2 n \n  1 [C] a small amount of metal that is put into your tooth to cover a hole:  --gold fillings//  filling, pastry//\n  2 [U and C] the food that you put inside a pie, sandwich etc:  --cherry filling//\n  3 [U and C] the soft material inside a cushion,  pillow etc:


Words: fillip
Meaning:
n [singular]   [Date: 1400-1500; Origin:  From the sound of sharply moving your fingers against your thumb]//  something that improves a situation or adds excitement or interest to something//   boost//  --A cut in lending rates would give a fillip to the housing market.//  --British athletics received a tremendous fillip when Wells won the Gold.//


Words: filly
Meaning:
n   plural  fillies  [C] //  [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old Norse; Origin: fylja]//  a young female horse//    colt, foal//


Words: film
Meaning:
W1S2   n   [Language: Old English; Origin: filmen  ’thin skin’]//\n  1 [C] a story that is told using sound and moving pictures, shown at a cinema or on television:  American Equivalent:  movie//  --Have you  seen any good  films  recently?//  --We stayed in to  watch the late-night film .//  film about//  --a film about a young dancer//  --a special  screening of the  film  for critics//  --a Hollywood film premiere //  --Poitier starred in the classic film ’In the Heat of the Night’.//\n  2 [U] moving pictures of real events that are shown on television or at a cinema:  --newsreel film//  --the race to be first with film footage  (=pictures) of news events//\n  3 [U] the work of making films, considered as an art or a business:  --I’m interested in photography and film.//  --the film industry//  --a background in film and animation//\n  4 [U and C] the thin plastic used in a camera for taking photographs or recording moving pictures:  --I shot five rolls of film on vacation.//  record/capture/preserve sth on film //  --The whole incident was recorded on film.//\n  5 [singular] a very thin layer of liquid, powder etc on the surface of something:  film of//  --a film of oil on the surface of the water//    clingfilm//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  watch/see a film //  appear/star in a film //  show/screen a film //  make/shoot a film //  film premiere (=the first time when a film is shown) //  WORD FOCUS: film //  types of film: comedy,  romantic comedy,  drama,  thriller,  western,  action film,  horror film,  war film,  art house film,  silent film,  feature film //  films that use drawings or models: cartoon,  animation,  animated film //  films in general: cinema //  where you go to see a film : cinema (BrE) movie theater (AmE),  multiplex //  the people in a film: actor,  actress,  star,  cast //  the people who make a film: director,  producer,  film crew,  cameraman/camerawoman,  scriptwriter //  the music for a film: soundtrack //  the words and the instructions to the actors: screenplay //  a short film advertising another film: trailer //  ----------//\nfilm 2 v [I and T]   to use a camera to record a story or real events so that it can be shown in the cinema or on television//  --The love scenes are sensitively filmed.//  --She’s in Zimbabwe filming a documentary for the BBC.//  --a thriller filmed entirely on location in Washington//  -- filming n  [U] //  --Filming starts in October.//  film over phr v//  if your eyes film over, they become covered with a thin layer of liquid//


Words: film noir
Meaning:
n   plural  films noirs  (same pronunciation)  [U and C] //  a film that deals with subjects such as evil, moral problems etc, often using a story about people involved in a crime and filmed in a way that seems dark or filled with shadows//


Words: film-maker
Meaning:
filmmaker/f[hA366]lmme[hA366]k[hA353] $ -[hA353]r/ n [C]   someone who makes films, especially a director or producer//  -- film-making n  [U] //


Words: filmgoer
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   someone who goes to see films, especially regularly//    theatregoer//  American Equivalent:  moviegoer//


Words: filmstrip
Meaning:
n [C]   a photographic film that shows photographs, pictures etc one at a time, not as moving pictures//  --an educational filmstrip//


Words: filo
Meaning:
n  also filo pastry  [U]   a type of very thin pastry which is used by placing many layers together//


Words: Filofax
Meaning:
n [C]  trademark   a small book for writing addresses, things you must do etc, which has pages you can add or remove//    personal organizer//


Words: filter
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: filtre  ’piece of felt (= thick material) used as a filter’, from  Medieval Latin filtrum]//\n  1 something that you pass water, air etc through in order to remove unwanted substances and make it clean or suitable to use:  water/air/oil etc filter //  --a pond filter//  --coffee filter papers//  --filter cigarettes (=with a filter at the end) //\n  2 a piece of equipment or computer program that only allows certain sounds, images, signals, types of information etc to pass through it:  --a UVA light filter//  --The firm uses electronic filters to prevent workers from accessing the Internet.//\n  3  BrE a traffic light that shows car drivers when they can turn right or left:\nfilter 2 v \n  1 [T] to remove unwanted substances from water, air etc by passing it through a special substance or piece of equipment:  --The water in the tank is constantly filtered.//  --The ozone layer filters harmful UV rays from the sun.//\n  2 [I always + adverb/preposition] if people filter somewhere, they move gradually to that place:  --Chattering noisily, the crowd began to filter into the auditorium.//\n  3 [I always + adverb/preposition] if news, information etc filters somewhere, people gradually hear about it from each other:  --The news gradually filtered through from Bombay last night.//\n  4 [I always + adverb/preposition] if light or sound filters into a place, it can be seen or heard only slightly:  --Moonlight filtered in through the frosted window.//  --The familiar notes of Beethoven’s ’Fur Elise’ filtered from the bar.//\n  5 [I and T]  BrE if traffic filters, or if a system filters it, cars can turn left or right while other vehicles going straight ahead must wait:  filter out [filter sth → out] phr v//\n  1 to remove something, using a filter:  --The pump filters out mud.//\n  2 to remove words, information etc that you do not need or want:  --Net users can filter out unwanted emails with software.//


Words: filter tip
Meaning:
n [C]   a filter at one end of a cigarette that removes some of the harmful substances from the smoke//  -- filter-tipped adj //


Words: filth
Meaning:
n   [Language: Old English; Origin: fylth, from  ful;   FOUL1]//\n  1 [U] very offensive language, stories, or pictures about sex:  --I don’t know how you can watch that filth!//\n  2 [U] dirt, especially a lot of it:  --a mound of filth and rubbish//  --people living in filth//  --Passing cars covered his shoes with filth.//\n  3  the filth:   BrE  informal an offensive word for the police//


Words: filthy
Meaning:
S3   adj   comparative  filthier superlative  filthiest //\n  1 very dirty:  --The house was filthy, with clothes and newspapers strewn everywhere.//\n  2 showing or describing sexual acts in a very rude or offensive way:  filthy language/story/joke etc //  --Your problem is you’ve got a filthy mind  (=you are always thinking about sex) .//\n  3 showing anger or annoyance:  filthy mood/temper //  --Simon had been drinking and was in a filthy temper.//  --She gave him a filthy look .//\n  4  filthy weather/night/day:  the weather, a night etc that is very cold and wet//  --It’s a filthy night to be out.//\nfilthy 2 adv  informal \n  1  filthy dirty:  very dirty//\n  2  filthy rich:  very rich - usually used to say you think someone has too much money//


Words: fin
Meaning:
n [C]   fin, gill//  [Language: Old English; Origin: finn]//\n  1 one of the thin body parts that a fish uses to swim:\n  2 part of a plane that sticks up at the back and helps it to fly smoothly:    aircraft//\n  3  also tail fin :  a thin piece of metal that sticks out from a car or bomb at the back//\n  4 a flipper:


Words: fin de si[hA169]cle
Meaning:
adj [only before noun]   [Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: ’end of the century’]//  typical of the end of the 19th century, especially its art, literature, and attitudes//


Words: finagle
Meaning:
v [T]  AmE  informal   [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: fainaigue  ’to cheat’]//  to obtain something that is difficult to get by using unusual or unfair methods//  --How he finagled four front row seats to the game I’ll never know.//  -- finagling n  [U] //


Words: final
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin finalis, from  finis  ’end’]//\n  1 [only before noun] last in a series of actions, events, parts of a story etc:  --The final episode will be shown tonight.//  --students preparing for their final examinations//  --Stone is filming the final instalment of his Vietnam trilogy.//  --the final stages in their relationship//  --They scored in the final minutes of the game.//  --The final whistle  (=blown at the end of a game) was only seconds away when Redknapp equalised.//  final demand  BrE  (=the last bill you receive for money you owe before court action is taken against you) //\n  2 [only before noun] being the result at the end of a process:  --the quality of the final product//  --Does anyone know the final score?//  final result/outcome //  --I do not know what the final outcome will be.//\n  3 if a decision, offer, answer etc is final, it cannot or will not be changed:  --The judge’s decision is final .//  final decision/say/approval etc //  --We can advise the client, but in the end it is he who has the final say .//  --Is that your final answer ?//  and that’s final! (=used to say forcefully that you will not change your decision) //  --She’s not coming with us, and that’s final!//\n  4 [only before noun] happening at or near the end of an event or process:  --In the final years of his life, Hervey achieved high office in the church.//\n  5 used to emphasize that the last thing in a series of events is very severe or damaging:   ultimate//  final indignity/humiliation //  --The vote of no confidence was the final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office.//    in the final analysis at analysis(4)//\nfinal 2 n [C] \n  1 the last and most important game, race, or set of games in a competition:  be through to/reach the final //  --He’s through to the men’s tennis final for the first time.//  the finals (=the last few games or races in a competition) //  --the NBA finals//\n  2  finals [plural]  BrE the set of examinations that students take at the end of their time at university:   final exams//  sit/take your finals //  --Anna sat her finals last summer.//\n  3  AmE an important test that you take at the end of a particular class in high school or college:


Words: finale
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Italian; Origin: Latin finalis;   FINAL1]//  the last part of a piece of music or of a show, event etc//  --the finale of a Broadway show//  --a game with a dramatic finale//  grand finale (=very impressive end to a show) //  --The fireworks were the grand finale of the ceremonies.//


Words: finality
Meaning:
n [U]   the quality something has when it is finished or complete and cannot be changed//  a sense/air of finality //  --The word ’retirement’ has a terrible air of finality about it.//


Words: finalize
Meaning:
also  finalise BrE   v [T]   to finish the last part of a plan, business deal etc//  --Jo flew out to Thailand to finalize the details of the deal.//  -- finalization/fa[hA366]n[hA368]la[hA366]ze[hA366][hA35D][hA368]n $ -nl-[hA353]-/ n  [U] //


Words: finally
Meaning:
W1S2   adv \n  1 after a long time:   eventually//  --After several delays we finally took off at six o’clock.//  --Finally, Karpov cracked under the pressure. see usage note  lastly//\n  2 [sentence adverb] used to introduce the last in a series of things:   lastly//    firstly//  --And finally, I’d like to thank the crew.//\n  3 used when talking about the last in a series of actions:  --She drove off at great speed, hit several parked cars, and finally crashed into a lamp-post.//\n  4 in a way that does not allow changes:  --The matter was not finally settled until 1475.//


Words: finance
Meaning:
W2S3   n   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: finer  ’to end, settle (a debt)’]//\n  1 [U] the management of money by governments, large organizations etc:  --leasing and other forms of business finance//  --Russia’s finance minister//  --the world of high finance  (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money) //\n  2  finances [plural] the money that an organization or person has, and the way that they manage it:  --concerns about the company’s finances//  --She refused to answer questions about her personal finances.//\n  3 [U] money provided by a bank or other institution to help buy or do something:  finance for//  --We need to raise finance for further research.//\nfinance 2 W3 v [T]   to provide money, especially a lot of money, to pay for something//   fund//  --The concerts are financed by the Arts Council.//  -- financing n  [U] //  --The financing for the deal has been approved in principle.//


Words: financial
Meaning:
adj [usually before noun]   relating to money or the management of money//  --financial transactions//  --financial assistance//  --a financial advisor//  --Organic farmers should be encouraged with financial incentives.//  --It was a wonderful film, but not exactly a financial success  (=something that makes a profit) .//  financial difficulties/problems/crisis //  -- financially adv //  --He was successful and financially secure .//  --Is the project financially viable ?//


Words: financial institution
Meaning:
n [C]  technical   a business organization that lends and borrows money, for example a bank//  --All the big financial institutions cut their interest rates today.//


Words: Financial Times
Meaning:
the  trademark   the FT a serious British daily newspaper which contains articles about business and financial news. It is printed on pink paper.//


Words: financial year
Meaning:
n [singular]  especially BrE   the 12-month period over which a company’s accounts are calculated//  American Equivalent:  fiscal year//


Words: find
Meaning:
v   past tense and past participle  found /fa[hA35E]nd/ [T] //  ----------//\n   1 get by searching:\n   2 see by chance:\n   3 discover state of somebody/something:\n   4 do something without meaning to:\n   5 learn something by study:\n   6 think/feel:\n   7 experience:\n   8 exist in a place:\n   9 get enough money/time etc:\n  10 in a court of law:\n  11 find your way (somewhere):\n  12 find its way somewhere:\n  13 find comfort/pleasure/fulfilment etc in something:\n  14 find fault with somebody/something:\n  15 find it in your heart/yourself to do something:\n  16 find yourself:\n  17 find favour (with somebody/something):\n  18 find your feet:\n  19 find its mark/target:\n  20 find your voice:\n  21 be found wanting:  Phrasal verbs//   find against somebody//   find for somebody//   find out//  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: findan]//\n  1 GET BY SEARCHING:  to discover, see, or get something that you have been searching for//  --I can’t find the car keys.//  --Hold on while I find a pen.//  --Her body was later found hidden in the bushes.//  --I have to find somewhere else to live.//  --She had almost given up hope of finding a husband.//  find sb sth//  --Tony asked us to find him office facilities in New York.//  --Her mother went to the shops, and on her return, Kathleen was nowhere to be found  (=could not be found) .//\n  2 SEE BY CHANCE:  to discover something by chance, especially something useful or interesting//  --I found a purse in the street.//  --We found a really good bar near the hotel.//\n  3 DISCOVER STATE OF SOMEBODY/SOMETHING:  to discover that someone or something is in a particular condition or doing a particular thing when you see or touch them//  --I’m sure we’ll find her hard at work when we get home.//  --He tried the door and found it unlocked.//  --She woke to find a man by her bed.//  find sb/sth doing sth//  --Often he found her quietly weeping alone.//  find (that)//  --She looked at her glass and was amazed to find it was empty.//\n  4 DO SOMETHING WITHOUT MEANING TO:  to be in a particular state or do a particular thing, or to realize that this is happening, especially when you did not expect or intend it//  --After wandering around, we found ourselves back at the hotel.//  find yourself/your mind etc doing sth //  --When he left, Karen found herself heaving a huge sigh of relief.//  --She tried to concentrate, but found her mind drifting back to Alex.//  find (that)//  --He found he was shivering.//\n  5 LEARN SOMETHING BY STUDY:  to discover or learn something by study, tests, sums etc//  --The federal government isn’t doing enough to find a cure.//  --How do you find the square root of 20?//  be found to do sth//  --The liquid was found to contain 7.4g of phenylamine.//  find that//  --His study found that married men and women had similar spending patterns.//\n  6 THINK/FEEL:  to have a particular feeling or opinion, or to have a particular feeling or opinion about someone or something//  --Will Gary and Gail find happiness together?//  find sth/sb easy/useful/interesting etc //  --She found the work very dull.//  --Lots of women I know find him attractive.//  --I found them quite easy to use.//  find it hard/easy/difficult etc (to do sth) //  --Hyperactive children find it difficult to concentrate.//\n  7 EXPERIENCE:  to have the experience of discovering that something happens or is true//  find (that)//  --You might find that his work improves now he’s at a new school.//  --I find people are often surprised at how little it costs.//  find sb/sth doing sth//  --I think you’ll find more women entering the film business now.//  find sb/sth to be sth//  --I found the people to be charming and very friendly.//\n  8 EXIST IN A PLACE:   be found somewhere//  if something is found somewhere, it lives or exists there naturally//  --This species is only found in West Africa.//\n  9 GET ENOUGH MONEY/TIME ETC:  to succeed in getting enough of something, especially money, time, or energy, to be able to do something//  --He’s struggling to find the money for the trip.//  --Where are we going to find the time, the support, and the resources to do all this?//\n  10 IN A COURT OF LAW:  to make an official decision in a court of law//  find sb guilty/not guilty (of sth) //  --Both men were found guilty of illegally entering the country.//  find in sb’s favour //  --The tribunal found in favour of the defendant.//\n  11  find your way (somewhere):  to reach a place by discovering the right way to get there//  --Will you be able to find your way back?//\n  12  find its way somewhere:   informal if something finds its way somewhere, it arrives or gets there after some time//  --Only one of her inventions has found its way into the shops.//\n  13  find comfort/pleasure/fulfilment etc in sth:  to experience a good feeling because of something//  --He eventually found solace in religion.//\n  14  find fault with sb/sth:  to criticize someone or something, often unfairly and frequently//  --He could always find fault with something, either in my writing or in my personality.//\n  15  find it in your heart/yourself to do sth:   literary to feel able or willing to do something//  --Seb could not find it in his heart to tell Nahum.//\n  16  find yourself:   informal to discover what you are really like and what you want to do - often used humorously//  --She went to India to find herself.//\n  17  find favour (with sb/sth):   formal be liked or approved of by someone//  --The recipes rapidly found favour with restaurant owners.//\n  18  find your feet:  to become confident in a new situation, especially one that is difficult at first//  --Rob is still finding his feet as a coach.//\n  19  find its mark/target:  a) if a bullet, arrow etc finds its mark etc, it hits what it is supposed to hit//  b) if a remark, criticism etc finds its mark etc, it has the effect that you intended it to have//  --She soon saw that her accusation had found its mark.//\n  20  find your voice:  a)  also find your tongue //  to manage to say something after being too nervous to talk//  b) if a writer, musician etc finds their voice, they are able to express their views, ideas, art etc in the way they want to//  --a young film-maker who has finally found his voice//\n  21  be found wanting:   formal to not be good enough//  --Their defence was found wanting.//  find against [find against sb] phr v//  to judge that someone is wrong or guilty//  --The inspectors are likely to find against the company.//  find for [find for sb] phr v//  to judge that someone is right or not guilty//  --The judge found for the plaintiff.//  find out phr v//\n  1 to get information, after trying to discover it or by chance:  find out who/what/how etc//  --Has anyone bothered to find out how much all this is going to cost?//  find out if/whether//  --Did you find out whether there are any seats left?//  find out (that)//  --I found out that my parents had never been married.//  find sth → out//  --To find out more, visit our website.//  find out (sth) about sth//  --I need to find out more about these night courses.//  find out from//  --We could find out from the local council.//  --I thought it best to let you find out for yourself . see usage note  know1 //\n  2  find sb out:   [usually passive] if you are found out, someone discovers that you have been doing something dishonest or illegal//    catch//  --What happens if we get found out?//\nfind 2 n [C] \n  1  a find:  something very good or useful that you discover by chance//  --That restaurant was a real find!//\n  2 something that someone finds, especially by digging or by searching under water:  --important archaeological finds//


Words: finder
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 someone who finds something that was lost or stolen:  --The finder usually receives a reward.//\n  2  finders keepers (losers weepers):   spoken used to say that if someone finds something, they have the right to keep it//


Words: finding
Meaning:
W2   n [C] \n  1 [usually plural] the information that someone has discovered as a result of their study, work etc:  --Surveys conducted in other countries reported similar findings.//\n  2  law a decision made by a judge or  jury:


Words: fine
Meaning:
adj   ----------//\n   1 acceptable:\n   2 healthy:\n   3 very good:\n   4 weather:\n   5 narrow:\n   6 delicate:\n   7 small:\n   8 bad:\n   9 speech/words:\n  10 a fine man/woman etc:\n  11 a fine line between something and something:\n  12 get something down to a fine art:\n  13 not to put too fine a point on it:\n  14 finer feelings:\n  15 a fine figure of a man/woman:\n  16 somebody’s finest hour:  ----------//  [Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: fin, from  Latin finire;   FINISH1]//\n  1 ACCEPTABLE:   [not before noun]  especially spoken satisfactory or acceptable//   OK//  --’We’re meeting at 8.30.’ ’Okay, fine.’//  looks/seems/sounds fine //  --In theory, the scheme sounds fine.//  --If you want to use cheese instead of chicken, that’s fine .//  --’Do you want chili sauce on it?’ ’No,  it’s fine as it is , thanks.’//  I’m fine (thanks/thank you)  spoken  (=used when telling someone that you do not want any more when they offer you something) //  --’More coffee?’ ’No, I’m fine , thanks.’//  that’s fine by me/that’s fine with me etc  spoken  (=used when saying that you do not mind about something) //  --If Scott wanted to keep his life secret, that was fine by her.//\n  2 HEALTHY:  in good health//   OK//  --’How are you?’ ’Fine, thanks, how are you?’//  --I feel fine , really.//\n  3 VERY GOOD:   [usually before noun] very good or of a very high standard//  --Many people regard Beethoven’s fifth symphony as his finest work.//  --He’s a very fine player.//  --It’s a fine idea.//  --Hatfield House is a fine example of Jacobean architecture.//  --The restaurant was chosen for its good food and fine wines .//\n  4 WEATHER:  bright and not raining//  --If it’s fine tomorrow we’ll go out.//  a fine day/morning/evening //  --I hope it stays fine for you.//\n  5 NARROW:  very thin or narrow//  --Fine needles are inserted in the arm.//  --a fine thread//  --very fine hairs//\n  6 DELICATE:   [usually before noun] attractive, neat, and delicate//  --fine china//  --Her dark hair accentuates her fine features  (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc) .//\n  7 SMALL:  a) fine details, changes, differences etc are very small and therefore difficult to understand or notice//  --We stayed up discussing the finer points of Marxist theory.//  b) in small grains, pieces, or drops//  --A fine drizzle started falling.//  --a mixture of fine and coarse breadcrumbs//  c) fine material is made so that the spaces between the threads are very small//  --fine netting//  --scarlet cloth with a very fine weave//\n  8 BAD:   [only before noun]  especially spoken used humorously to say that someone or something is bad in some way//  --That’s another fine mess  (=bad situation) he’s got himself into.//  --You’re a fine one to talk  (=you are criticizing someone for something you do yourself) .//\n  9 SPEECH/WORDS:  sounding important and impressive, but probably not true or honest//  --Only time will tell whether these fine sentiments will translate into action.//\n  10  a fine man/woman etc:  a good person that you respect//  --Your father is a fine man, a real gentleman.//\n  11  a fine line between sth and sth:  if you say that there is a fine line between two different things, you mean that they are so similar that one can easily become the other//  --There’s a fine line between bravery and recklessness.//\n  12  get sth down to a fine art:  to practise something so often that you become very skilled at it//  --Mike had got the breakfast routine down to a fine art.//\n  13  not to put too fine a point on it:   informal used when you are criticizing something in a plain and direct way//  --That’s a real ’ pub, not to put too fine a point on it.//\n  14  finer feelings:  someone’s finer feelings are the moral values they have, such as love, honour, loyalty etc//  --You can hardly expect such finer feelings in a thief.//\n  15  a fine figure of a man/woman:   literary someone who looks big, strong, and physically attractive//  --In his portrait, Donlevy is a fine figure of a man.//\n  16  sb’s finest hour:  a time when someone is very successful, brave etc//  --The tournament proved to be Gascoigne’s finest hour.//    chance would be a fine thing at chance1 (12)//\nfine 2 adv \n  1  especially spoken in a way that is satisfactory or acceptable:  --’How’s it going?’ ’Fine, thanks.’//  --The dress fitted me fine.//  --If I had a good job and my boyfriend stayed at home, that’d suit me fine  (=be very acceptable to me) .//\n  2  do fine:   spoken //  a) to be satisfactory or acceptable//  --’Something very light,’ he ordered. ’An omelette will do fine.’//  b) to do something well or in a satisfactory way//  --Don’t worry, you’re doing fine. Keep at it.//  c) to be healthy and well//  --’How’s your husband?’ ’He’s doing fine, thank you.’//\n  3 if you cut something fine, you cut it into very small or very thin pieces:   finely//\n  4  cut it/things fine:   informal to leave yourself only just enough time to do something//\nfine 3 v [T]   to make someone pay money as a punishment//  fine sb for (doing) sth//  --She was fined for speeding.//  fine sb [hA124]200/$500 etc //  --The club was fined [hA124]50,000 for financial irregularities.//\nfine 4 n [C]   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: fin, from  Latin finis  ’end’]//  money that you have to pay as a punishment//  --a [hA124]40 fine//  pay a fine/pay [hA124]100/$50 etc in fines //  --She was ordered to pay [hA124]150 in parking fines, plus court costs.//  --Councils will get sweeping powers to impose fines on drivers who park illegally.//  heavy/hefty fine (=a large fine) //  --If convicted, the men face heavy fines.//


Words: fine art
Meaning:
n [U]   the fine arts//  forms of art, especially paintings or sculpture, that are produced and admired for their beauty and high quality//  --Can photography be considered fine art?//  --the faculty of fine arts//


Words: Fine Gael
Meaning:
one of the two main political parties in the Republic of Ireland, established in 1933. It is more conservative than the other main party,  Fianna F il.//


Words: fine-tooth comb
Meaning:
n [C]   go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb//  to examine something very carefully and thoroughly//  --The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine-tooth comb.//


Words: fine-tune
Meaning:
v [T]   to make very small changes to something such as a machine, system, or plan, so that it works as well as possible//  --Over the next few days, we fine-tuned the scheme and made some useful improvements.//  -- fine tuning n  [U] //


Words: finely
Meaning:
adv \n  1 into very thin or very small pieces:  --finely chopped onion//\n  2 in a very careful, delicate, or exact way:  --Saunders’ finely crafted drawings//  --These instruments are very finely tuned.//\n  3 beautifully or impressively:  --He wore a silk cloak over a finely embroidered robe.//  --high-quality, finely carved statues//


Words: finery
Meaning:
n [U]  literary   clothes and jewellery that are beautiful or very expensive, and are worn for a special occasion//  --The guests arrived in all their finery.//


Words: finesse
Meaning:
n [U]   [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: fin;   FINE1]//  if you do something with finesse, you do it with a lot of skill and style//  --Dario played the sonata with great finesse.//\nfinesse 2 v [T] \n  1 to handle a situation well, but in a way that is slightly deceitful:\n  2  AmE to do something with a lot of skill and style:


Words: Fingal’s Cave
Meaning:
a  cave (=a hole in the side of a mountain or cliff)  on the island of Staffa off the west coast of Scotland. It was the subject of a famous piece of music by Felix  Mendelssohn.//


Words: finger
Meaning:
n [C]   finger, fingernail, thumb//  ----------//\n   1 part of your hand:\n   2 cross your fingers:\n   3 not lift/raise a finger:\n   4 put your finger on something:\n   5 not lay a finger on somebody:\n   6 have/keep your finger on the pulse (of something):\n   7 have a finger in every pie/ in many pies:\n   8 twist/wrap/wind somebody around your little finger:\n   9 the finger of blame/suspicion:\n  10 of a glove:\n  11 shaped like a finger:\n  12 pull/get your finger out:\n  13 put two fingers up at somebody:\n  14 give somebody the finger:\n  15 be all fingers and thumbs:\n  16 long-fingered/slim-fingered etc:\n  17 drink:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin:]//\n  1 PART OF YOUR HAND:  one of the four long thin parts on your hand, not including your thumb//  --The woman had a ring on her finger, so I assumed she was married.//  --We ate with our fingers.//  run your fingers through/over/along etc sth //  --She ran her fingers through his hair.//\n  2  cross your fingers:  a) to hope that something will happen the way you want//  --We’re keeping our fingers crossed that she’s going to be OK.//  b) to secretly put one finger over another finger, because you are telling a lie - done especially by children//  --’He’s nice,’ said Laura, crossing her fingers under the table.//\n  3  not lift/raise a finger:  to not make any effort to help someone with their work//  --I do all the work around the house - Frank never lifts a finger.//\n  4  put your finger on sth:  to know or be able to explain exactly what is wrong, different, or unusual about a situation//  --There was something about the man that worried Wycliffe, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.//\n  5  not lay a finger on sb:  to not hurt someone at all, especially not to hit them//  --If you so much as lay a finger on me, I’ll call the police!//\n  6  have/keep your finger on the pulse (of sth):  to always know about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity//  --people with their finger on the pulse of fashion and pop culture//\n  7  have a finger in every pie/ in many pies:  to be involved in many activities and to have influence over a lot of people, used especially when you think someone has too much influence//\n  8  twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger:  to be able to persuade someone to do anything that you want//  --Ed could wrap his mother around his little finger.//\n  9  the finger of blame/suspicion:  --The finger of suspicion immediately fell on Broderick.//\n  10 OF A GLOVE:  the part of a glove that covers your finger//\n  11 SHAPED LIKE A FINGER:  anything that is long and thin, like the shape of a finger, especially a piece of land, an area of water, or a piece of food//  --fish fingers//  --chocolate fingers//  finger of//  --the long finger of Chile//\n  12  pull/get your finger out:   BrE  informal used to tell someone to work harder//\n  13  put two fingers up at sb:   BrE  informal to show someone you are angry with them in a very offensive way by holding up your first two fingers with the back of your hand facing them//\n  14  give sb the finger:   AmE  informal to show someone you are angry with them in a very offensive way by holding up your middle finger with the back of your hand facing them//\n  15  be all fingers and thumbs:   BrE to use your hands in an awkward or careless way, so that you drop or break things//\n  16  long-fingered/slim-fingered etc:  having long fingers, slim fingers etc//  --lovely long-fingered hands//\n  17 DRINK:  an amount of an alcoholic drink that is as high in the glass as the width of someone’s finger//  --two fingers of whiskey//    butterfingers,  fish finger,  have your hands/fingers in the till at till2 (3),  count sth on the fingers of one hand at count1 (7),  have green fingers at green1 (10),  burn your fingers/get your fingers burnt at burn1 (16),  point the/a finger at sb at point2 (9),  let sth slip through your fingers at slip1 (15),  snap your fingers at snap1 (7),  have sticky fingers at sticky(6),  work your fingers to the bone at work1 (29)//\nfinger 2 v [T] \n  1 to touch or handle something with your fingers:  --She fingered the beautiful cloth with envy.//\n  2  informal if someone, especially a criminal, fingers another criminal, they tell the police what they have done:


Words: finger-paints
Meaning:
n [plural]   special paints that children use to paint with, using their fingers//  -- finger painting n  [U] //


Words: finger-pointing
Meaning:
n [U]   when people blame other people for something that has gone wrong, instead of trying to solve the problem//  --There followed months of name-calling and finger-pointing.//


Words: fingering
Meaning:
n [U]   the positions in which a musician puts his or her fingers to play a piece of music, or the order in which he or she uses the fingers//


Words: fingernail
Meaning:
n [C]   finger, fingernail, thumb//  the hard flat part that covers the top end of your finger//   nail//


Words: fingerprint
Meaning:
n [C]   a mark made by the pattern of lines at the end of a person’s finger, which is used by the police to find out who has committed a crime//  --His fingerprints were all over the gun.//  --He was careful not to leave any fingerprints .//  --The police questioned Beresford and took his fingerprints  (=made a record of them) .//  -- fingerprint v  [T] //


Words: fingerprinting
Meaning:
n [U]   the practice of making a record of people’s fingerprints, and using them to try and find out who has committed a crime//    genetic fingerprinting//


Words: fingerspelling
Meaning:
n [U]   a system of speaking to people who are deaf by touching their hand with your fingers and making the shapes of letters//


Words: fingertip
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 the end of your finger, that is furthest away from your hand:  --She touched his cheek gently with her fingertips.//\n  2  have sth at your/their fingertips:  to have knowledge or information ready and available to use very easily//  --We have all the facts and figures at our fingertips.//\n  3  to his/her fingertips:   BrE in all ways; completely//  --She’s British to her fingertips.//


Words: finicky
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1500-1600; Origin: finical  ’finicky’ (16-20 centuries), probably from   FINE1]//\n  1 too concerned with unimportant details and small things that you like or dislike:   fussy//  --She’s very finicky about what she eats.//\n  2 needing to be done very carefully, while paying attention to small details:   fiddly//  --a finicky job//


Words: finish
Meaning:
v   ----------//\n   1 stop doing something:\n   2 end:\n   3 eat/drink:\n   4 end something by doing something:\n   5 race:\n   6 take away somebody’s strength:\n   7 use all of something:\n   8 put/add the finishing touches (to something):\n   9 surface:  Phrasal verbs//   finish off//   finish up//   finish with something/somebody//  ----------//  [Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: finir, from  Latin finire, from  finis  ’end’]//\n  1 STOP DOING SOMETHING:   also finish off //   [I and T] to complete the last part of something that you are doing//  --You can’t go anywhere until you’ve finished your homework.//  --Have you finished that book yet?//  finish doing sth//  --I finished typing the report just minutes before it was due.//  --’How’s the decorating going?’ ’We’ve nearly finished.’//\n  2 END:   [I]  especially  BrE when an event, activity, or period of time finishes, it ends, especially at a particular time//  --The football season finishes in May.//  --What time does school finish?//\n  3 EAT/DRINK:   also finish up/off //   [T] to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left//  --I’ll just finish my coffee.//\n  4 END SOMETHING BY DOING SOMETHING:   also finish off //   [I and T] to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing//  finish with//  --The party finished with a sing-song.//  finish (sth) by doing sth//  --I would like to finish by thanking you all for your help.//\n  5 RACE:   [I and T] to be in a particular position at the end of a race, competition etc//  finish first/second/third etc //  --He finished second in the 100 metres, behind Ben Johnson.//\n  6 TAKE AWAY SOMEBODY’S STRENGTH:   also finish off //   [T] to take away all of someone’s strength, energy etc//   do somebody in//  --Another run like that would just about finish me.//\n  7 USE ALL OF SOMETHING:   [I and T]  BrE to completely use up the supply of something, especially food//  --The ice cream’s finished - can you get some more?//\n  8  put/add the finishing touches (to sth):  to add the final details that make your work complete//  --The band are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album.//\n  9 SURFACE:   [T] to give the surface of something, especially wood, a smooth appearance by painting, polishing, or covering it//  --The furniture had been attractively finished in a walnut veneer.//  finish off phr v//\n  1  finish sth → off:  to complete the last part of something that you are doing//  --It’ll take me a couple of hours to finish this job off.//\n  2  finish sth → off:  to use or eat all of something, so there is none left//  --Who finished off the cake?//\n  3 to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing:  finish off with//  --We’ll finish off with a track from Adam’s new album.//  finish sth → off//  --She finished off her speech by thanking her sponsors.//  finish off/finish sth → off by doing sth//  --Finish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard.//\n  4  finish sb/sth → off:  to kill a person or animal when they are already weak or wounded//\n  5  finish sb → off:  to take away all of someone’s strength, energy etc//  finish up phr v//\n  1  BrE  informal to arrive at a particular place, after going to other places first:   end up//  --I took a long holiday in Italy and finished up in Rome.//\n  2  BrE  informal to get into a particular state or situation as the result of what you have done, especially without planning or expecting it:   end up//  --One of the guys tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail.//  finish up with//  --Brett got into a fight and finished up with a broken wrist.//\n  3  finish sth → up:  to eat or drink all the rest of something, so there is none left//  --Come on, finish up your drinks!//  finish with / [finish with sth/sb] phr v//\n  1  have/be finished with sth:  to no longer need to use something//  --Have you finished with the scissors?//\n  2  have/be finished with sb:  to have finished talking to someone or dealing with them, especially when you are angry with them or want to punish them//  --Don’t go. I haven’t finished with you yet.//  --’When I’m finished with you,’ he said, ’you’ll be lucky if you’re still alive.’//\n  3 to end a romantic or sexual relationship with someone:  --So I told him I wanted to finish with him.//\nfinish 2 S3 n \n  1 [C] the end or last part of something:  --I was watching the race but I didn’t get to see the finish.//  --The day was a disaster from start to finish  (=from the beginning until the end) .//  --I won’t walk out - I like to see things through to the finish .//  a close finish (=an end of a race where two competitors are very close to each other) //\n  2  a fight to the finish:  a fight or game in which the teams or competitors struggle until one is completely defeated//\n  3 [U and C] the appearance of the surface of an object after it has been painted, polished etc:  --That table has a beautiful finish.//


Words: finished
Meaning:
adj \n  1 [not before noun] no longer doing, dealing with, or using something:   done//  --I’m almost finished.//  finished with//  --Are you finished with my tools yet?//\n  2 [only before noun] fully and properly made or completed:  --It took a long time to do, but the finished product was worth it.//  finished article  BrE //  --The painting began to look like the finished article.//\n  3 [not before noun] no longer successful, effective, or able to continue:  --If the bank refuses to increase our loan, we’re finished!//


Words: finishing line
Meaning:
n  also finish line  AmE   the finishing line//  the line at which a race ends//  --James crossed the finish line in just under four minutes.//    starting line//


Words: finite
Meaning:
adj   [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: finitus, past participle of  finire;   FINISH1]//\n  1 having an end or a limit:  → infinite//  --the earth’s finite resources //\n  2  technical a finite verb form shows a particular time. ’Am’ , ’was’, and ’are’ are examples of finite verb forms, but ’being’ and ’been’ are not:  → non-finite//


Words: fink
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE  informal old-fashioned   [Date: 1800-1900; Origin:  Perhaps from  German,  ’finch, student not belonging to a student association’]//\n  1 someone who tells the police, a teacher, or a parent when someone else breaks a rule or a law:\n  2 a person who you do not like or respect:\nfink 2 v [I +on]  AmE  informal old-fashioned   to tell the police, a teacher, or a parent that someone has broken a rule or a law//   squeal on somebody//


Words: Finland
Meaning:
a country in northeast Europe between Russia and Sweden. Population: 5,176,000 (2001). Capital: Helsinki. People from Finland are called Finns.//  -- Finnish n  adj //


Words: Finn
Meaning:
Huckleberry  also Huck Finn   a character in the books  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the 19th century US writer Mark  Twain. Huckleberry Finn is a very independent young boy who runs away from his father with his friend Jim, who is a black  slave who has also run away.//    Sawyer, Tom//


Words: Finnegan’s Wake
Meaning:
(1939) a book by James  Joyce which is written in a strange style and language that many people find very difficult to understand//


Words: fir
Meaning:
n [C]   [Language: Old English; Origin: fyrh]//  a tree with leaves shaped like needles that do not fall off in winter//  --a fir tree//


Words: fire
Meaning:
n   ----------//\n   1 flames that destroy things:\n   2 flames for heating/cooking etc:\n   3 heating equipment:\n   4 shooting:\n   5 be attacked:\n   6 emotion:\n   7 fire in your belly:\n   8 sick/injured:\n   9 light a fire under somebody:\n  10 go through fire (and water) (for somebody):\n  11 fire and brimstone:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: fyr]//\n  1 FLAMES THAT DESTROY THINGS:   [U and C] uncontrolled flames, light, and heat that destroy and damage things//  --The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire.//  --Thirty people died in a fire in downtown Chicago.//  --Police think that the fire was started deliberately.//  --Rioters set fire to a whole row of stores.//  --Sparks from the fireplace could easily set the curtains on fire .//  --The house  is on fire !//  --It took firefighters several hours to put out the fire .//  --Residents were evacuated when fire broke out in a block of flats yesterday.//  --One of the plane’s engines had caught fire .//  --People were throwing water on the flames, but the fire was burning more strongly every minute.//  --smoke from smouldering fires //  --A massive forest fire is still  raging  in western Java.//\n  2 FLAMES FOR HEATING/COOKING ETC:   [C] burning material used to heat a room, cook food etc, or get rid of things you do not want//  --Can you put another log on the fire?//  by the fire/in front of the fire//  --Come and sit in front of the fire.//  --a  log fire //  --a  coal fire //  --a  camp fire  (=when you are camping) //  make/build/start/light a fire //  --You put up the tent and I’ll make a fire.//  --An  open fire  (=a fire that burns wood or coal in a fireplace) was burning in the front room.//  --Mr Trotter sat by the roaring fire .//  --the  dying embers of the fire   (=pieces of wood, coal etc that have almost been completely burned) //\n  3 HEATING EQUIPMENT:   [C]  BrE a machine that produces heat to warm a room, using gas or electricity as power//  --a gas fire//  --an electric fire//  turn the fire on/off //  --Turn on the fire, I’m cold.//  turn the fire up/down (=make it hotter or colder) //\n  4 SHOOTING:   [U] shots fired from a gun, especially many guns at the same time//  --Troops opened fire on  (=started shooting at) the demonstrators.//  --These women did vital work, often under enemy fire .//  --The rebels agreed to hold their fire  (=not shoot) .//    be in the line of fire at line1 (35)//\n  5 BE ATTACKED:   be/come under fire//  a) to be severely criticized for something you have done - used in news reports//  --Rail chiefs came under fire after raising train fares for the second time this year.//  b) to be shot at//  be/come under fire from//  --Our patrol came under fire from rooftop gunmen.//\n  6 EMOTION:   [U] a very strong emotion that makes you want to think about nothing else//  fire of//  --the fire of religious fanaticism//\n  7  fire in your belly:  a strong desire to achieve something//  --Three years later, Ali returned to boxing with a new fire in his belly.//\n  8 SICK/INJURED:   be on fire//   literary a part of your body that is on fire feels very painful//\n  9  light a fire under sb:   AmE  spoken to do something that makes someone who is being lazy start doing their work//\n  10  go through fire (and water) (for sb):   old-fashioned to do something very difficult and dangerous for someone//\n  11  fire and brimstone:  a phrase describing Hell, used by some religious people//    ceasefire,  add fuel to the fire/flames at add(9),  fight fire with fire at fight1 (18),  get on like a house on fire at house1 (13),  hang fire at hang1 (12),  play with fire at play1 (26),  set the world on fire at world1 (22),  there’s no smoke without fire at smoke1 (5)//  ----------//  COLLOCATES for sense 1 //  start a fire  (=deliberately make a fire start burning) //  set fire to something/set something on fire (=deliberately make something start burning) //  be on fire (=be burning) //  put out a fire  (=stop a fire burning) //  fight a fire  (=try to make a fire stop burning) //  a fire breaks out  (=a fire starts suddenly) //  something catches fire (=something starts burning) //  a fire burns //  a fire goes out  (=a fire stops burning) //  a fire rages/blazes (=a fire burns strongly for a long time over a large area) //  a fire smoulders (=a little smoke comes from a fire, when it has almost gone out) //  forest fire  (=a very large fire in a forest) //  brush fire  (=a very large fire in an area of grass) //  house fire //  WORD FOCUS: fire //  a big fire that causes a lot of damage: blaze,  inferno,  conflagration (literary) //  someone whose job is to put out fires: firefighter,  fireman,  the fire department (AmE),  the fire brigade (BrE) //  See also:  flame//  ----------//\nfire 2 W3S3 v   ----------//\n   1 shoot:\n   2 job:\n   3 excite:\n   4 questions:\n   5 wood-fired/gas-fired/coal-fired:\n   6 clay:\n   7 engine:\n   8 be firing on all cylinders:  Phrasal verbs//   fire away//   fire back//   fire something → off//   fire somebody → up//  ----------//\n  1 SHOOT:   [I and T] to shoot bullets or bombs//  fire at/on/into//  --Soldiers fired on the crowd.//  fire sth at sb//  --The police fired two shots at the suspects before they surrendered.//  fire a gun/weapon/rifle etc (=make it shoot) //  --the sound of a gun being fired//  fire bullets/missiles/rockets etc //  --Guerrillas fired five rockets at the capital yesterday, killing 23 people.//\n  2 JOB:   [T] to force someone to leave their job//  British Equivalent:  sack//  be/get fired//  --She didn’t want to get fired.//  fire sb from sth//  --I’ve just been fired from my job, and I don’t know what to do.//  fire sb for sth//  --The airline fired him for being drunk.//\n  3 EXCITE:   [T] to make someone feel interested in something and excited about it//   inspire//  be fired with enthusiasm //  --I was fired with enthusiasm to go traveling in Asia.//  fire sb’s enthusiasm/imagination //  --stories of magic and adventure that fire children’s imaginations//\n  4 QUESTIONS:   fire questions at sb//  to ask someone a lot of questions quickly, often in order to criticize them//\n  5  wood-fired/gas-fired/coal-fired:  using wood, gas, or coal as  fuel//  --a gas-fired stove//  --a coal-fired boiler//\n  6 CLAY:   [T] to bake bricks, clay pots etc in a kiln//  --fired earthenware//\n  7 ENGINE:   [I] if a vehicle’s engine fires, the petrol is lit to make the engine work//\n  8  be firing on all cylinders:   informal to be thinking or doing something well, using all your mental abilities and energy//  --When the team’s firing on all cylinders, they can beat the best in the league.//  fire away phr v//   [only in imperative]  spoken used to tell someone that you are ready to answer questions//  --’Do you mind if I ask you something, Woody?’ ’Fire away.’//  fire back phr v//  to quickly and angrily answer a question or remark//  fire back at//  --President Bush has fired back at his critics.//  fire off [fire sth → off] phr v//\n  1 to shoot a bullet, bomb etc into the air:  --Chuck reloaded and fired off both barrels.//  --Mexicans have a tradition of firing off guns to welcome in the new year.//\n  2 to quickly send an angry letter to someone:  --I fired off a furious letter to the editor.//  fire up [fire sb → up] phr v//  to make someone become very excited, interested, or angry//  --It was alarming the way she got so fired up about small things.//


Words: fire alarm
Meaning:
n [C]   a piece of equipment that makes a loud noise to warn people of a fire in a building//  --We were in the middle of an exam when the fire alarm went off .//  --Someone set off the fire alarm .//


Words: fire ant
Meaning:
n [C]   a type of insect that lives in groups. They build large piles of earth to live in, and can give a very painful bite.//


Words: fire brigade
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1  BrE the fire service:  American Equivalent:  fire department//\n  2  AmE a group of people who work together to stop fires burning, but are not paid to do this:


Words: fire department
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   the organization that works to prevent fires and stop them burning//  British Equivalent:  fire service//


Words: fire drill
Meaning:
n [U and C]   an occasion when people pretend that a building is burning and practise leaving it, so that they learn what to do if there is a real fire//


Words: fire engine
Meaning:
n [C]   a special large vehicle that carries equipment and the people that stop fires burning, especially the equipment that shoots water at a fire//  American Equivalent:  fire truck//


Words: fire escape
Meaning:
n [C]   metal stairs or a metal ladder on the outside of a tall building, that people can use to escape if there is a fire//


Words: fire exit
Meaning:
n [C]   a door that is used to let people out of a building such as a cinema, hotel, restaurant etc when there is a fire//


Words: fire fighting
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1 the work of stopping fires burning:\n  2  BrE the actions that are taken to find out what has caused a sudden problem in an organization, machine etc, and to correct it:


Words: fire retardant
Meaning:
adj  also  fire-retardant  fire retardant materials or substances do not burn easily and are put on things to stop them from burning quickly//  --furniture treated with fire-retardant chemicals//


Words: fire sale
Meaning:
n [C]   a sale of goods at a lower price because they have been slightly damaged by a fire, or of goods that cannot be stored because of a fire//


Words: fire service
Meaning:
also fire brigade  n [C usually singular]  BrE   the organization that works to prevent fires and stop them from burning//  American Equivalent:  fire department//


Words: fire station
Meaning:
n [C]   a building where the equipment used to stop fires burning is kept, and where firefighters stay until they are needed//


Words: fireball
Meaning:
n [C]   a ball of fire, especially one caused by an explosion//  --The jet exploded in midair and turned into a fireball.//


Words: firebomb
Meaning:
n [C]   a bomb that makes a fire start burning when it explodes//\nfirebomb 2 v [T]   to attack a place with firebombs//  --His home was firebombed by animal rights activists.//  -- firebombing n  [U] //


Words: firebrand
Meaning:
n [C]   someone who tries to make people angry about a law, government etc so that they will try to change it//  --an idealistic young firebrand from the valleys//


Words: firebreak
Meaning:
n [C]   a narrow piece of land where all the plants and trees have been removed, made to prevent fires from spreading//


Words: firefighter
Meaning:
also  fire fighter/fa[hA366][hA353]fa[hA366]t[hA353] $ fa[hA366]rfa[hA366]t[hA353]r/ n [C]   someone whose job is to stop fires burning//    fireman//


Words: fireguard
Meaning:
n [C]  BrE   a large wire or metal screen that is put in front of a fireplace to protect people//  American Equivalent:  firescreen//


Words: firepower
Meaning:
n [U] \n  1  technical the number of weapons that an army, military vehicle etc has available:\n  2 the amount of something important or necessary that is available:  --There is no shortage of financial firepower to fund atomic research.//


Words: fireproof
Meaning:
adj   a building, piece of cloth etc that is fireproof cannot be badly damaged by flames//  --fireproof clothing//  -- fireproof v  [T] //


Words: firescreen
Meaning:
n [C]  AmE   a large wire or metal screen that is put in front of a fireplace to protect people//  British Equivalent:  fireguard//


Words: fireside
Meaning:
n [C usually singular]   the area close to or around a small fire, especially in a home//  --a cat dozing by the fireside//


Words: firestorm
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a very large fire that is kept burning by the high winds that it causes:\n  2 a lot of protests, complaints, or arguments that happen suddenly and all at once:   storm//  firestorm of//  --Green’s proposal provoked a firestorm of protests.//


Words: firewall
Meaning:
n [C] \n  1 a special wall that prevents fires from spreading to other parts of a building:\n  2 a system that protects a computer network from being used or looked at by people who do not have permission to do so:\n  3 a system that is used by large financial or law companies to stop secret information from being passed from one department to another:


Words: firework
Meaning:
n [C usually plural] \n  1 a small container filled with powder that burns or explodes to produce coloured lights and noise in the sky:  --a New Year’s Eve fireworks display //  --Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks .//\n  2  spoken used to say that someone will be angry:  -- There’ll be fireworks if I get home late again.//\n  3 something that is exciting or impressive:  --The real fireworks are provided by Shakespeare’s poetry.//


Words: firing line
Meaning:
n   (be) in the firing line//  to be in a position or situation in which you can be attacked or blamed for something, often unfairly//


Words: firm
Meaning:
n [C]   [Date: 1700-1800; Language: Italian; Origin: firma  ’signature’, from  Latin firmare  ’to show to be true’, from  firmus;   FIRM2]//  a business or company, especially a small one//  electronics/advertising/law etc firm //  --She works for an electronics firm.//  a firm of accountants/solicitors/builders etc //  --Kevin is with a firm of accountants in Birmingham.//\nfirm 2 adj   ----------//\n   1 :\n   2 :\n   3 :\n   4 :\n   5 hand:\n   6 take a firm stand/line:\n   7 stand/hold firm:\n   8 firm hand:\n   9 money:  ----------//  [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin firmus]//\n  1 not completely hard, but not soft, and not easy to bend into a different shape:  --The sofa cushions are fairly firm.//  --a firm green apple//  --Most doctors recommend sleeping on a firm mattress.//\n  2 strongly fixed in position, and not likely to move:   secure//  --Make sure the ladder feels firm before you climb up.//  --A concrete foundation was poured after digging down to firm ground.//  --Mount the tanks side by side on a firm base .//\n  3 not likely to change:  firm conviction/commitment/belief etc //  --Our client hasn’t reached a firm decision on the matter yet.//  --Blackpool remains a firm favourite with holiday makers from Northern Ireland.//  --Corey was always a firm believer in prayer.//  --They made a firm offer  (=offered to pay a particular amount) on the house over the weekend.//  --Diana and Laura have been firm friends  (=close friends) since their early teens.//\n  4 showing in the way that you behave or speak that you are the person in control and that you are not likely to change your answer, belief etc:  --Cal replied with a polite but firm ’no’.//  --What this country needs is firm leadership.//  be firm with sb//  --You need to be firm with her or she’ll try to take advantage of you.//\n  5 HAND:   a firm grip/hold/grasp etc//  if you have something in a firm grip etc, you are holding it tightly and strongly//  --He took a firm grip of my arm and marched me towards the door.//  --a firm handshake//\n  6  take a firm stand/line:  to state your opinion clearly and not be persuaded to change it//\n  7  stand/hold firm:  to not change your actions or opinions//  stand/hold firm against//  --Jones is urging Christians to stand firm against abortion.//\n  8  firm hand:  a strict way of dealing with someone//  --These children need a firm hand .//\n  9 MONEY:   [not before noun] if the value of a particular country’s money is firm, it does not fall in value//  firm against//  --The pound is still firm against the dollar.//  -- firmly adv //  -- firmness n  [U] //\nfirm 3 W3 v [T]   to press down on soil to make it harder or more solid//  firm up [firm sth → up] phr v//\n  1 to make arrangements, ideas etc more definite and exact:  --We’re hoping to firm up the deal later this month.//\n  2 to make a part of your body have more muscle and less fat by exercising:


Words: firmament
Meaning:
n   [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Late Latin; Origin: firmamentum, from  Latin firmare  ’to support’;   FIRM1]//  the firmament//   literary the sky or heaven//


Words: firmware
Meaning:
n [U]  technical   instructions to computers that are stored on chips rather than in programs//    hardware(1),  software//


Words: first
Meaning:
adj   ----------//\n   1 in a series:\n   2 for the first time:\n   3 main:\n   4 in the first place:\n   5 in the first instance:\n   6 at first glance/sight:\n   7 first things first:\n   8 (at) first hand:\n   9 first prize/place:\n  10 first choice:\n  11 first thing:\n  12 at first light:\n  13 make the first move:\n  14 not have the first idea about something:\n  15 the first flush of something:\n  16 job title:\n  17 first among equals:\n  18 of the first water:  ----------//  [Language: Old English; Origin: fyrst]//\n  1 IN A SERIES:  coming before all the other things or people in a series//  --Ella was his first girlfriend.//  the first thing/time/day etc //  --The first time I flew on a plane I was really nervous.//  --In the first year, all students take five courses.//  --John said the first thing that came into his head.//  --This was the first step towards achieving a peace agreement.//  --There’s a meeting on the first Monday of every month.//  the first two/three/few etc //  --I only read the first two chapters of the book.//  --It rained during the first few days of the trip.//  --The first and last mountain I climbed was Mount Rundle in Banff (=it was the only mountain I ever climbed) .//\n  2  for the first time:  used to say that something has never happened or been done before//  --For the first time in his life he felt truly happy.//  --The survey revealed that, for the first time, there are more women in the workplace than men.//  -- Not for the first time she wondered how he coped with so many children.//\n  3 MAIN:  most important//  --Our first priority is to maintain the standard of work.//  --As I see it, my first responsibility is to my family.//\n  4  in the first place:  a) used to talk about the beginning of a situation, or the situation before something happened//  --Why did you agree to meet her in the first place?//  --He wouldn’t have given you the job in the first place if he didn’t think you could do it.//  b)  written used to give the first in a list of reasons or points//  --Her success was secured by two factors. In the first place, she had the support of managers.//\n  5  in the first instance:   formal at the start of a situation or series of actions//  --The appointment of research officer will be for two years in the first instance.//  --Enquiries should be made in the first instance to the Human Resources Director.//\n  6  at first glance/sight:  the first time that you look at someone or something, before you notice any details//  --At first glance the twins look identical.//  --At first sight, there didn’t appear to be much damage.//    love at first sight at love2 (2)//\n  7  first things first:  used to say that something should be done or dealt with first because it is the most important//\n  8  (at) first hand:  if you see, experience, hear etc something at first hand, you see, experience etc it yourself, not through other people//  --Many people have seen the horrors of war at first hand.//    first-hand//\n  9  first prize/place:  the prize that is given to the best person or thing in a competition//  win/take first prize //  --She won first prize in a painting competition.//  first prize/place of//  --There is a first prize of [hA124]10,000.//\n  10  first choice:  the thing or person you like best//  --John was our first choice as a name for the baby.//\n  11  first thing:  as soon as you get up in the morning, or as soon as you start work//  --I’ll call you first thing tomorrow.//  --We’re leaving first thing.//\n  12  at first light:   literary very early in the morning//  --The search will resume at first light tomorrow.//\n  13  make the first move:  to be the person who starts to do something when someone else is too nervous, embarrassed etc to do it//  --He was glad she had made the first move and kissed him.//\n  14  not have the first idea about sth:   also not know/understand the first thing about sth //  to not know anything about a subject, or not know how to do something//  --I wouldn’t have the first idea about what to do in that situation.//  --I don’t know the first thing about cars.//\n  15  the first flush of sth:  the beginning of a good period of time when you are young, successful etc//  be in the first flush of passion/youth etc //  --He was no longer in the first flush of youth.//  --The first flush of enthusiasm had passed.//\n  16 JOB TITLE:  used in the title of someone’s job or position to show that they have a high rank//  --the first officer//  --the First Lord of the Admiralty//\n  17  first among equals:  someone who is officially on the same level as other people but really has more power//\n  18  of the first water:   old-fashioned of the highest quality//\nfirst 2 adv \n  1 before anything or anyone else:  --Cindy and Joe arrived first.//  --An extra five points will be given to the team that finishes first.//  -- First of all we’d better make sure we’ve got everything we need.//\n  2 before doing anything else, or before anything else happens:  --I’ll join you in a minute but I need to make a phone call first.//\n  3 done for the first time:  --The book was first published in 2000.//\n  4 at the beginning of a situation or activity:  --When we were first married we lived in Toronto.//  --We first became friends when we worked together.//\n  5 [sentence adverb]  also first of all :  used before saying the first of several things you want to say//   firstly//  --First, I’d like to thank everyone for coming.//\n  6  first off:   informal //  a) before doing anything else//  --First off I’d like you all to fill in an evaluation sheet.//  b) used before saying the first of several things you want to say, especially when you are annoyed//  --First off I didn’t agree with the comments in your email.//\n  7  first up:   BrE  spoken  informal used to introduce the first thing you are going to talk about, or the first thing that is going to happen//  --First up is the Blues song ’Mississippi Lad’.//\n  8  put sb/sth first:  to consider someone or something as the most important person or thing//  --We need to choose energy policies that put the environment first.//  --Businesses should always put the customer first.//\n  9  come first:  a) to be the most important person or thing to someone//  --The care and well-being of patients should always come first.//  --As far as I’m concerned, the children come first.//  come first with//  --Business always came first with Luke.//  b) to win a competition//  come first in//  --The choir came first in all sections of the competition.//\n  10  first and foremost:  used to emphasize the most important quality, purpose, reason etc//  --Dublin is thought of first and foremost for its literary heritage.//\n  11  first and last:  used to emphasize that something is the most important thing or quality//  --She regarded herself as a teacher first and last, not a writer.//\n  12  first come, first served:  used to say that something will be given to the people who ask for it first, when there is not enough for everyone//  --Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis .//  ----------//  WORD CHOICE: first, first of all, firstly, at first //  Use  first ,  first of all , or  firstly to introduce the first item in a list of two or more points, instructions etc : First, make sure the screws are securely fixed in position. Then attach the wire. |  The plan was not practical, firstly because of the cost, and secondly because local people did not support it. //  Use  first  or  first of all to say what happens first in a series of actions : First I fed the baby. Then I made myself a sandwich. //  Use  at first  to say what happened at the beginning of a period of time, when this changed later : At first I was nervous, but I soon started to relax . //  ----------//\nfirst 3 n \n  1  at first:  used to talk about the beginning of a situation, especially when it is different now//  --At first, Gregory was shy and hardly spoke.//  --I felt quite disappointed at first.//\n  2 [C usually singular] something that has never happened or been done before:  first for//  --The 3-0 defeat was a first for the team.//  --These results are firsts in the history of women’s athletics.//  --’I think he’ll agree to it.’ ’That will be a first .’//\n  3  from the (very) first:  from the beginning of a situation//  --I was against the idea from the first.//  --I should have known from the first that the relationship would never work.//\n  4 [C] the highest mark you can get in a university degree in Britain:  --Helen got a first in Law.//\n  5 [U] the lowest gear in a car or other vehicle, that you use when moving slowly:   first gear//  in first//  --You should be in first on a hill like this.//  --He put the car into first and roared away.//\nfirst 4 pron \n  1  the first:  the first person to do something, or the first thing to happen//  --There are now many similar housing projects but this was the first.//  --We hope this year’s festival will be the first of many .//  the first to do sth//  --I always thought my sister would be the first to get married.//  --James was the first to arrive.//\n  2  the first I knew/heard:  used when you have just discovered something that other people already know, and you are slightly annoyed//  --The first I knew he was in Chicago was when I got an email from him.//  the first I knew/heard of/about//  --The first I knew about it was when Tony called me this morning.//\n  3  the First:   spoken used after the name of a king, queen, or Pope when other later ones have the same name//  --Queen Elizabeth the First (=written as Queen Elizabeth I) //


