English Dictionary — Definitions & Meanings

frosh

noun

A student in their first year at university, or sometimes their second, depending on the college.

frost

noun

A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.

frostbite

noun

Injury to body tissue, usually fingers, toes, or the nose, caused by extreme cold.

frosted

adj

Covered with frost.

frosting

noun

A sweet, often creamy coating spread over cakes and baked goods.

frosty

adjective

Cold and icy, often with a thin layer of frost.

froth

noun

A mass of small bubbles on top of a liquid; foam.

frothy

adjective

Covered in or full of small bubbles; foamy.

frow

noun

A woman, or a wife, especially one from Germany or the Netherlands (old use).

froward

adj

Disobedient, obstinate and hard to control; difficult to deal with, and of a bad temperament.

frown

noun

A facial expression made by lowering the eyebrows, usually showing displeasure, worry, or concentration.

frowning

noun

The act of making a frown.

frozen

adjective

Turned to ice, or kept at a very cold temperature.

fructose

noun

A simple sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, sweeter than table sugar.

frugal

adjective

Careful with money; avoiding unnecessary spending or waste.

frugality

noun

Careful, sensible use of money, avoiding waste.

frugivore

noun

An animal that mainly eats fruit.

frugivorous

adj

Describes an animal that mainly eats fruit.

fruit

noun

The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.

fruitcake

noun

A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.

fruitful

adjective

Producing good or useful results.

fruitfulness

noun

The state of producing a great deal, or being rich and abundant.

fruition

noun

The point at which a plan or effort is finally achieved or realized.

fruitless

adjective

Producing no useful result; unsuccessful.

fruity

adjective

Tasting or smelling like fruit.

frum

adj

(informal) Devoutly religious, strictly following Jewish law.

frump

noun

Someone seen as unfashionable and dull in appearance.

frustrate

verb

To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.

frustrated

adjective

Annoyed and discouraged because you cannot do or get what you want.

frustrating

adjective

Causing feelings of annoyance or discouragement, often because something is unnecessarily difficult.

frustration

noun

A feeling of annoyance or distress caused by being unable to do or achieve something.

fry

verb

To cook food in hot oil or fat.

Frye

name

An English surname, also used as a given name, historically an occupational name related to a free man or a variant of a place name.

fryer

noun

An appliance or pan used for frying food.

frying

noun

The action of cooking food in hot fat or oil.

fs

interjection

Short for 'for sure', used in messages to agree with someone or to confirm that something will happen.

FSB

name

An abbreviation for the Federal Security Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti), the principal domestic security agency of the Russian Federation.

FTM

adjective

Female to male: describing a transgender person who was assigned female at birth and whose gender is male.

FTP

noun

A long-established set of rules for copying files between computers over a network, commonly used to upload the files of a website to the server that hosts it.

FTW

interjection

Short for 'for the win', added after something you are enthusiastically endorsing.

fu

noun

A traditional Chinese literary form mixing prose and rhymed verse, developed under the Han dynasty.

fuark

intj

(informal) Used to show strong excitement about something amazing.

Fuchs

proper noun

A surname of German origin.

fuchsia

noun

A garden shrub with drooping red, pink, or purple flowers.

fuck

verb

Vulgar slang: to have sexual intercourse.

fucker

noun

Vulgar slang: a contemptible or annoying person.

fuckface

noun

Vulgar slang: an insult for someone considered unpleasant or unattractive.

fuckhead

noun

Vulgar slang: a stupid or contemptible person.

fucking

adverb

Vulgar slang: used as an intensifier before an adjective or the whole sentence.

fuckup

noun

A serious mistake (vulgar/informal).

fuckwit

noun

Vulgar slang: an extremely stupid or foolish person.

Fudd

noun

Slang: a gun owner who supports traditional hunting rifles but favors restrictions on other firearms, such as handguns.

fuddle

verb

To make someone feel muddled or unable to think clearly.

fudge

noun

A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

fuego

adjective

Extremely good, exciting or impressive, especially of music, food or a performance.

Fuehrer

noun

A German word for "leader," historically used as the title adopted by Adolf Hitler.

fuel

noun

A substance burned or used to produce energy, such as gasoline, coal, or wood.

fueling

noun

The process of supplying fuel to something.

Fuentes

proper noun

A surname of Spanish origin.

fugacious

adj

Lasting only a short time before disappearing.

fugazi

adjective

Fake, counterfeit or not what it claims to be.

fugitive

noun

A person who is fleeing or hiding, especially to avoid arrest.

fugly

noun

(informal) Someone who is very unattractive.

fugu

noun

A type of blowfish eaten raw as a Japanese delicacy, which can be fatally poisonous if not prepared correctly.

fugue

noun

A musical composition in which a melody is introduced by one voice and then echoed and layered by others.

Fuhrer

name

A German title meaning "leader," historically used as the official title of Adolf Hitler as head of Nazi Germany.

Fuhrman

name

A German and Jewish surname, an occupational name for a carter or wagon driver.

fuji

noun

A crisp, sweet variety of eating apple, originally bred in Japan.

Fujii

name

A Japanese surname meaning "wisteria well."

Fujimoto

name

A Japanese surname meaning "base of the wisteria."

Fujita

name

A Japanese surname meaning "wisteria field," also known from the Fujita scale used to rate tornado intensity.

Fujiwara

name

A Japanese surname meaning "wisteria plain," historically the name of a powerful noble clan in Japan.

fukien

name

Another name for the Hokkien language.

Fukuda

name

A Japanese surname meaning "fortunate rice field."

Fukuoka

name

A city and prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

Fukushima

name

A prefecture in Japan, widely known internationally for the 2011 nuclear disaster at its coastal power plant.

fulcral

adj

Connected with a fulcrum, the fixed point a lever turns on.

fulcrum

noun

The fixed point on which a lever rests and turns.

fulfil

verb

British spelling of fulfill: to carry out a promise, duty, or requirement completely.

fulfill

verb

To carry out or complete a promise, duty, or requirement.

fulfilled

adj

Feeling satisfied and content, as if your goals or potential have been realized.

fulfilling

adj

Giving a deep sense of satisfaction or purpose.

fulfillment

noun

A US standard spelling of fulfilment.

fulfillness

noun

The state of being fulfilled or complete; completeness; that which fills all things; fulfillment

fulfilment

noun

The act of completing or carrying out something, such as a promise or duty.

fulgent

adj

Giving off a bright, dazzling light.

Fulham

name

A district in west London, England, also home to Fulham Football Club.

fuliginous

adj

Having the dark, dull colour or texture of soot.

full

adj

Holding as much as possible; with no more room left.

fullback

noun

In American football, a running back who primarily blocks for teammates and occasionally carries the ball.

fuller

noun

Someone whose trade is fulling — cleaning and thickening cloth by soaking and beating it.

Fullerton

name

An English surname and place name, and a city in Orange County, California.

fullness

noun

The state of being full or complete.

fully

adv

Completely; entirely; with nothing left out.

fulminate

verb

To speak out angrily against something.

fulmination

noun

An explosion, or the act of setting one off.

fulsome

adj

Excessive and tasteless, going further than good manners allow.

fulth

noun

(archaic) A great abundance of something.

Fulton

name

An English surname and given name, notably borne by inventor Robert Fulton, a pioneer of steamboat travel.

fumble

verb

To handle something clumsily or nervously, often dropping or mishandling it.

fumbling

noun

Clumsy, awkward handling of something, often with the hands.

fume

noun

A strong-smelling or harmful gas or vapor.

fumfer

verb

(informal) To talk in a hesitant, evasive way, avoiding a clear answer.

Fumiko

name

A Japanese feminine given name, often meaning "child of beauty" or "child of learning" depending on the characters used.

fuming

adj

Extremely angry.

fun

noun

Enjoyment, amusement, or a good time.

function

noun

The purpose something serves or the job it does.

functional

adj

Working properly; in usable, operating condition.

functionalism

noun

The idea, used in several fields, that how something is designed and made should reflect what it is for.

functionality

noun

The set of things a piece of software, equipment or system is able to do.

functionary

noun

An official working within a bureaucracy who has limited authority and mainly carries out set tasks.

functioning

adj

Working or operating properly.

functor

noun

A grammar term for a word that mainly shows relationships between other words, rather than carrying meaning of its own.

fund

noun

A sum of money set aside or collected for a specific purpose.

fundament

noun

A person's bottom or anus.

fundamental

adj

Forming the base or foundation of something; essential.

fundamentalism

noun

A tendency to reduce a religion down to its most basic beliefs, reading its core texts strictly and literally.

fundamentalist

noun

A person who insists on a strict, literal interpretation of a religion's core texts.

fundamentally

adv

At the most basic or essential level.

fundamentals

noun

The basic principles or skills that everything else is built on.

funded

adj

Provided with the money needed to operate.

funding

noun

Money provided for a particular purpose.

fundraise

verb

To collect money for a particular cause.

fundraiser

noun

An event organized to collect money for a cause, charity, or project.

fundraising

noun

The activity of asking individuals, businesses, or organizations for donations.

funds

noun

Money that is available to spend on something.

funeral

noun

A ceremony held to honor someone who has died, typically with the body present.

funereal

adjective

Relating to a funeral, or having the slow, solemn and gloomy mood of one.

funfair

noun

(chiefly British) A traveling fair with rides, games, and stalls set up temporarily in a public space.

fung

noun

Informal spelling or shortening of "fungus."

funga

noun

All the kinds of fungi found in a particular place, habitat or period of time.

fungal

adj

Relating to, caused by, or resembling fungi.

fungible

adjective

Able to be exchanged for another unit of the same kind without any difference in value, because every unit is identical in worth.

fungous

adj

Relating to fungi.

fungus

noun

A living organism such as a mold, mushroom, or yeast that lacks chlorophyll and gets its nutrients by absorption rather than photosynthesis.

funicular

noun

A railway on a steep slope in which two linked cars, joined by a cable, move up and down at the same time and counterbalance each other.

funk

noun

A strong, unpleasant smell, especially body odor.

funky

adj

Unconventional, quirky, or stylishly offbeat.

funnel

noun

A cone-shaped tool with a narrow tube, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.

funnies

noun

The pages of a newspaper where the comic strips are printed.

funnily

adv

In an amusing or humorous way.

funniness

noun

How funny something or someone is.

funnisome

adj

Full of, or marked by, funniness.

funny

adj

Causing laughter or amusement.

funnywoman

noun

A woman with a good sense of humour, especially one who works as a comedian.

fur

noun

The soft, thick hair covering the body of many mammals.

furbish

verb

To make something shine by rubbing or cleaning it.

furfuraceous

adj

Made from bran.

furibund

adj

Inclined to become furious; hot-tempered, angry.

Furies

name

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Furies (Erinyes) were female spirits of vengeance who punished wrongdoers, especially those who wronged their own family.