| forage
|
(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle |
Synonyms:
pasture,
grass,
pasturage,
eatage |
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| (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions |
Synonyms:
foraging |
| forager
|
(noun) someone who hunts for food and provisions |
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| foraging
|
(noun) the act of searching for food and provisions |
Synonyms:
forage |
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| foram
|
(noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude |
Synonyms:
foraminifer |
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| foramen
|
(noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
Synonyms:
hiatus |
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| foraminifer
|
(noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude |
Synonyms:
foram |
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| foray
|
(noun) a sudden short attack |
Synonyms:
raid,
maraud |
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| (noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence) |
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| forbear
|
(noun) a person from whom you are descended |
Synonyms:
forebear |
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| forbearance
|
(noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence |
Synonyms:
patience,
longanimity |
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| (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting |
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| forbiddance
|
(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something |
Synonyms:
ban,
banning,
forbidding |
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| (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) |
Synonyms:
inhibition,
prohibition |
| forbidding
|
(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something |
Synonyms:
forbiddance,
ban,
banning |
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| force
|
(noun) a powerful effect or influence |
- |
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| (noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
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| (noun) physical energy or intensity |
Synonyms:
strength,
forcefulness |
| (noun) group of people willing to obey orders |
Synonyms:
personnel |
| (noun) a unit that is part of some military service |
Synonyms:
military force,
military group,
military unit |
| (noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
Synonyms:
violence |
| (noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
Synonyms:
power |
| (noun) a group of people having the power of effective action |
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| (noun) (of a law) having legal validity |
Synonyms:
effect |
| (noun) a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base |
Synonyms:
force out,
force play,
force-out |
| forcefulness
|
(noun) physical energy or intensity |
Synonyms:
force,
strength |
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| forcemeat
|
(noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs |
Synonyms:
farce |
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| forceps
|
(noun) an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) |
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| ford
|
(noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded |
Synonyms:
crossing |
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| (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse |
Synonyms:
fording |
| fording
|
(noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse |
Synonyms:
ford |
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| fore
|
(noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft |
Synonyms:
stem,
prow,
bow |
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| forearm
|
(noun) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist |
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| forebear
|
(noun) a person from whom you are descended |
Synonyms:
forbear |
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| foreboding
|
(noun) a feeling of evil to come |
Synonyms:
premonition,
presentiment,
boding |
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| (noun) an unfavorable omen |
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| forebrain
|
(noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube |
Synonyms:
prosencephalon |
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| forecarriage
|
(noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. |
Synonyms:
wheeled forecarriage,
fore carriage |
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| forecast
|
(noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
Synonyms:
prognosis |
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| forecaster
|
(noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
Synonyms:
predictor,
prognosticator,
soothsayer |
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| forecasting
|
(noun) a statement made about the future |
Synonyms:
prediction,
prognostication,
foretelling |
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| forecastle
|
(noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed |
Synonyms:
fo'c'sle |
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| foreclosure
|
(noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default |
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| forecourt
|
(noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings |
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| foredeck
|
(noun) the deck between the bridge and the forecastle |
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| foredge
|
(noun) the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine |
Synonyms:
fore edge |
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| forefather
|
(noun) the founder of a family |
Synonyms:
sire,
father |
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| (noun) person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group |
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| forefinger
|
(noun) the finger next to the thumb |
Synonyms:
index,
index finger |
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| forefoot
|
(noun) a front foot of a quadruped |
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| forefront
|
(noun) the part in the front or nearest the viewer |
Synonyms:
head |
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| (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field |
Synonyms:
vanguard,
cutting edge |
| foreground
|
(noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer |
- |
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| (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application |
- |
| foregrounding
|
(noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system |
Synonyms:
foreground processing |
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| forehand
|
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
Synonyms:
forehand shot,
forehand stroke |
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| forehead
|
(noun) the part of the face above the eyes |
Synonyms:
brow |
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| (noun) the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits |
Synonyms:
os frontale,
frontal bone |
| foreigner
|
(noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
Synonyms:
noncitizen,
outlander,
alien |
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| (noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group |
Synonyms:
outsider |
| foreignness
|
(noun) the quality of being alien or not native |
Synonyms:
strangeness,
curiousness |
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| foreknowledge
|
(noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs |
Synonyms:
precognition |
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| forelady
|
(noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury |
Synonyms:
forewoman |
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| foreland
|
(noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
Synonyms:
head,
headland,
promontory |
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| (noun) land forming the forward margin of something |
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| foreleg
|
(noun) the forelimb of a quadruped |
- |
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| forelimb
|
(noun) the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) |
- |
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| forelock
|
(noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead |
- |
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| (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears |
Synonyms:
foretop |
| foreman
|
(noun) a person who exercises control over workers |
Synonyms:
boss,
honcho,
gaffer,
chief |
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| (noun) a man who is foreperson of a jury |
- |
| foremanship
|
(noun) the position of foreman |
- |
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| foremast
|
(noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts |
- |
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| foremilk
|
(noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition |
Synonyms:
colostrum |
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| foremother
|
(noun) a female ancestor |
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| forename
|
(noun) the name that precedes the surname |
Synonyms:
given name,
first name |
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| forenoon
|
(noun) the time period between dawn and noon |
Synonyms:
morn,
morning,
morning time |
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| forensics
|
(noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes |
- |
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| foreordination
|
(noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) |
Synonyms:
predetermination,
predestination,
preordination |
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| forepart
|
(noun) the side that is forward or prominent |
Synonyms:
front,
front end |
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| forepaw
|
(noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand |
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| foreperson
|
(noun) the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf |
- |
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| foreplay
|
(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse |
Synonyms:
stimulation,
arousal |
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| forequarter
|
(noun) the front half of a side of meat |
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| forerunner
|
(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another |
Synonyms:
precursor |
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| (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
Synonyms:
precursor,
herald,
predecessor,
harbinger |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time |
Synonyms:
antecedent |
| foresail
|
(noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel |
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| foreshadowing
|
(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
Synonyms:
prefiguration,
adumbration |
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| foreshank
|
(noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg |
- |
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| foreshock
|
(noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake |
- |
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| foreshore
|
(noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark |
- |
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| foresight
|
(noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future |
Synonyms:
foresightedness,
foresightfulness |
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| (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing |
Synonyms:
prevision,
prospicience,
farsightedness |
| foresightedness
|
(noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future |
Synonyms:
foresight,
foresightfulness |
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| foresightfulness
|
(noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future |
Synonyms:
foresight,
foresightedness |
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| foreskin
|
(noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris |
Synonyms:
prepuce |
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| (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis |
Synonyms:
prepuce |
| forest
|
(noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
Synonyms:
wood,
woods |
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| (noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
Synonyms:
timber,
woodland,
timberland |
| forestage
|
(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) |
Synonyms:
apron,
proscenium |
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| forestalling
|
(noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
Synonyms:
preclusion,
obviation |
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| forestay
|
(noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast |
- |
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| forester
|
(noun) someone trained in forestry |
Synonyms:
arboriculturist,
tree farmer |
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| forestiera
|
(noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera |
- |
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| forestry
|
(noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber |
- |
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| foretaste
|
(noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur |
- |
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| foretelling
|
(noun) a statement made about the future |
Synonyms:
prediction,
prognostication,
forecasting |
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| (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
Synonyms:
divination,
soothsaying,
fortune telling |
| forethought
|
(noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting |
Synonyms:
premeditation |
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| (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger |
Synonyms:
precaution,
care,
caution |
| foretoken
|
(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
Synonyms:
sign,
preindication,
augury |
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| foretop
|
(noun) a platform at the head of a foremast |
- |
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| (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears |
Synonyms:
forelock |
| forewarning
|
(noun) an early warning about a future event |
Synonyms:
premonition |
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| forewing
|
(noun) either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings |
Synonyms:
fore wing,
fore-wing |
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| forewoman
|
(noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury |
Synonyms:
forelady |
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| (noun) a woman in charge of a group of workers |
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| foreword
|
(noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
Synonyms:
prolusion,
preface |
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| foreyard
|
(noun) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. |
Synonyms:
fore-yard |
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| forfeit
|
(noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty |
Synonyms:
forfeiture |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something |
Synonyms:
forfeiture |
| (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. |
Synonyms:
sacrifice,
forfeiture |
| forfeiture
|
(noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty |
Synonyms:
forfeit |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something |
Synonyms:
forfeit |
| (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. |
Synonyms:
sacrifice,
forfeit |
| forge
|
(noun) furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping |
- |
|---|
| (noun) a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering |
Synonyms:
smithy |
| forger
|
(noun) someone who operates a forge |
- |
|---|
| (noun) someone who makes copies illegally |
Synonyms:
counterfeiter |
| forgery
|
(noun) a copy that is represented as the original |
Synonyms:
counterfeit |
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| (noun) criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud |
- |
| forgetfulness
|
(noun) tendency to forget |
- |
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| (noun) unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember |
- |
| forging
|
(noun) shaping metal by heating and hammering |
- |
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| forgiveness
|
(noun) compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive |
- |
|---|
| (noun) the act of excusing a mistake or offense |
Synonyms:
pardon |
| forgiver
|
(noun) a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense |
Synonyms:
pardoner,
excuser |
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| forgivingness
|
(noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving |
Synonyms:
kindness |
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| forgoing
|
(noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) |
Synonyms:
renunciation,
forswearing |
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| forint
|
(noun) the basic unit of money in Hungary |
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