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noun
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- The facets of the diamond were masterfully cut to enhance its value.
- One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
- The child's learning disability was only one of the problems contributing to his delinquency.
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- We had just about completed the research of the project when the order came to cancel it.
- (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
verb
- To cut a facet into a gemstone.
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noun
- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock"s tail.
verb (fan, n, ing)
- (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
- We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
- (intransitive) (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
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noun (plural: feathers)
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.
adjective or feathered
- In engineering or manufacturing a feather(ed) edge is a finely bevelled edge
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noun
- An antenna or appendage used for feeling, esp. on an insect.
- Someone or something that feels
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noun (pl1=femurs, pl2=femora)
- (context, anatomy) A thighbone.
- A segment of an insect's leg.
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noun - A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof, also called the "ankle"
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noun (fibulae, pl2=fibulas)
- (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
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noun (plural: fins)
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- (U.S. slang) A five-dollar bill
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noun
- in marine mammals, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming
- a flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming
- a flat lever in a pinball machine, used to keep the ball in play
- (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce
- (context, informal, US) television remote control, clicker
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noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- Attach the and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.
- When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a .
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- That covered in roses is very pretty.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the so we stay within our reserves limit.
- (context, finance, AU, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- 2006, You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. — w:Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, Buying shares in a float http://www.fido.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/print/Buying+shares+in+a+float?opendocument
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- No sir, your current is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- We make a lot of interest from our nightly .
- (programming) Short form of floating-point number.
- That routine should not have used an int, it should be a .
- A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.
- It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" .
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
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noun
- A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
- The first goal was just a .
- Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- The dolphin had an open wound on the left of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- The of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- A flounder.
- 1949 The Origin of Medical Terms Henry Skinner
- The fluke or flounder is a flat fish and the parasitic worm was so-named from a fancied resemblance to the fish.
- A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
- The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
- A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill
- Etymology 1, bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened attached to the central point.
- In general, an offshoot from a central piece.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
verb (fluk, ed)
- (context, snooker) To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance from a bad shot.
- He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
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noun
- the act of folding
- a bend or crease.
- any correct move in origami.
verb (folds, folding, folded, folded or rarely folden)
- (transitive) to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- If you the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.
- (Informal) to fall over.
- (intransitive) to give way on a point or in an argument.
- (intransitive) (poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter.
- (intransitive) Of a company, to cease to trade.
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noun (feet)
- (countable, Anatomy) The part of a human"s body below the ankle. Used to stand and walk.
- (countable, Zoology) The equivalent part of an animal"s body.
- (countable) The bottom of anything; as, the foot of the stairs, the foot of a printed page.
- (countable) A short projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it.
- (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches and one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- (context, countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
- To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the of the sail.
- Printing. the bottommost part of a type page or printed page
- (used with the plural verb) foot soldiers; infantry.
verb
- (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- (transitive) To pay (a bill).
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noun (forefeet)
- either of the front feet of a quadruped
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noun (plural forelegs)
- Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal.
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noun
- either of the paws of an animal's foreleg; analogous to the hand in humans
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proper noun
- An English topographical surname for someone who lived, or worked in a forest
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adjective
- Living in fresh water.
- freshwater fish
- (nautical) Unskilled as seaman.
- freshwater sailor
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adjective
- Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
- Although the vampire bat is known for eating blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are .
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noun (pl=fries)
- (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
- (context, Ireland, UK) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
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noun (pl2=fulcra)
- (mechanics): The pivot about which a lever turns.
- (military): NATO code name for the Soviet MiG?-29 aircraft.
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adjective
- fungus-eating.
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noun
- hairy, Hairy skin of an animal processed to be a suitable wear to cover human nakedness and to protect humans from the cold.
- A pelt used to make, trim, or line clothing apparel.
- Hairy coat of a mammal, especially: when fine, soft, and thick.
- A coating resembling fur.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- Layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
verb (furs, furring, furred)
- To cover with fur.
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