| foal | (noun) a young horse | - |
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| (verb) give birth to a foal | - |
| foam | (noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | Synonyms: froth |
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| (noun) a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture | - |
| (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
| foamflower | (noun) stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant | Synonyms: coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia |
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| foaminess | (noun) the property of being foamy | - |
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| foaming | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foamy, frothy, spumy |
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| (adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foamy, frothing |
| foamy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, frothy, spumy |
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| (adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foaming, frothing |
| fob | (noun) short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest | Synonyms: watch chain, watch guard |
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| (noun) an adornment that hangs from a watch chain | - |
| (noun) a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch | Synonyms: watch pocket |
| (verb) deceive somebody | Synonyms: flim-flam, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick |
| focal | (adjective) of or relating to a focus | - |
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| (adjective) having or localized centrally at a focus | - |
| focalisation | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalization, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalization |
| focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
| focalization | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focusing |
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| (noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalisation |
| focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
| focally | (adverb) in a focal manner | - |
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| focus | (noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system | - |
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| (noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea | - |
| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing |
| (noun) a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section | - |
| (noun) a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges | Synonyms: focal point |
| (noun) a central point or locus of an infection in an organism | Synonyms: focal point, nidus |
| (noun) special emphasis attached to something | Synonyms: stress |
| (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize |
| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize |
| (verb) cause to converge on or toward a central point | - |
| focused | (adjective) being in focus or brought into focus | Synonyms: focussed |
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| (adjective) of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image | - |
| (adjective) (of light rays) converging on a point | Synonyms: focussed |
| focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
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| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
| focussed | (adjective) being in focus or brought into focus | Synonyms: focused |
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| (adjective) (of light rays) converging on a point | Synonyms: focused |
| focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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| fodder | (noun) coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop | - |
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| (noun) soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire | Synonyms: cannon fodder, fresh fish |
| (verb) give fodder (to domesticated animals) | - |
| foe | (noun) a personal enemy | Synonyms: enemy |
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| (noun) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | Synonyms: enemy, foeman, opposition |
| foehn | (noun) a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps | Synonyms: fohn |
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| foeman | (noun) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | Synonyms: enemy, foe, opposition |
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| foetal | (adjective) of or relating to a fetus | Synonyms: fetal |
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| foetid | (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking |
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| foetology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus | Synonyms: fetology |
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| foetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: fetometry |
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| foetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: fetoprotein |
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| foetor | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink |
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| foetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: fetoscope |
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| foetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: fetoscopy |
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| foetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | Synonyms: fetus |
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| fog | (noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity | Synonyms: daze, haze |
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| (noun) droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground | - |
| (noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | Synonyms: fogginess, murk, murkiness |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| fogbank | (noun) a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) | - |
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| fogbound | (adjective) enveloped in fog | - |
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| fogey | (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: dodo, fogy, fossil |
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| fogged | (adjective) obscured by fog | Synonyms: foggy |
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| fogginess | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness |
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| (noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | Synonyms: fog, murk, murkiness |
| foggy | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: brumous, hazy, misty |
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| (adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy |
| (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | Synonyms: dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous |
| (adjective) obscured by fog | Synonyms: fogged |
| foghorn | (noun) a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone | - |
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| (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: fogsignal |
| foglamp | (noun) headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather | - |
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| fogsignal | (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: foghorn |
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| fogy | (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: dodo, fogey, fossil |
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| fogyish | (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy |
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| fohn | (noun) a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps | Synonyms: foehn |
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| foible | (noun) the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip | - |
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| (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: idiosyncrasy, mannerism |
| (noun) a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior. | - |
| foil | (noun) a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | - |
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| (noun) a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal | - |
| (noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | Synonyms: transparency |
| (noun) a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through | Synonyms: hydrofoil |
| (noun) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities | Synonyms: enhancer |
| (verb) cover or back with foil | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| (verb) enhance by contrast | - |
| foiled | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted |
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| foiling | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: frustration, thwarting |
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| foist | (verb) insert surreptitiously or without warrant | - |
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| (verb) to force onto another | - |
| folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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| folate | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folacin, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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| fold | (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: folding |
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| (noun) a pen for sheep | Synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold |
| (noun) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | Synonyms: plica |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, faithful |
| (noun) a group of sheep or goats | Synonyms: flock |
| (noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: folding |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication |
| (verb) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating | - |
| (verb) become folded or folded up | Synonyms: fold up |
| (verb) bend or lay so that one part covers the other | Synonyms: fold up, turn up |
| (verb) confine in a fold, like sheep | Synonyms: pen up |
| (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating | Synonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down |
| foldable | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldaway, folding |
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| foldaway | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, folding |
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| folder | (noun) covering that is folded over to protect the contents | - |
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| (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, brochure, leaflet, pamphlet |
| folderal | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery |
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| folderol | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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| folding | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, foldaway |
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| (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: fold |
| (noun) the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape | Synonyms: protein folding |
| (noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: fold |
| foldout | (noun) an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine | Synonyms: gatefold |
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| foliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant | - |
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| (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaged, foliose |
| (adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliate, foliated |
| foliage | (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliation |
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| (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: leaf, leafage |
| foliaged | (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliose |
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| foliate | (adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils | Synonyms: foliated |
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| (adjective) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves | - |
| (adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliated |
| (verb) grow leaves | - |
| (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: page, paginate |
| (verb) coat or back with metal foil | - |
| (verb) hammer into thin flat foils | - |
| (verb) decorate with leaves | - |
| foliated | (adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils | Synonyms: foliate |
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| (adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliate |
| foliation | (noun) the production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves | - |
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| (noun) the work of coating glass with metal foil | - |
| (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliage |
| (noun) (geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock | - |
| (noun) (botany) the process of forming leaves | Synonyms: leafing |
| folie | (noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: disturbance, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
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| folio | (noun) a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages | - |
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| (noun) a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) | Synonyms: leaf |
| (noun) the system of numbering pages | Synonyms: page number, pagination, paging |
| foliolate | (adjective) (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets | - |
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| foliose | (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaceous, foliaged |
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| folium | (noun) a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock | - |
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| folk | (noun) the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community | Synonyms: ethnic music, folk music |
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| (noun) people in general (often used in the plural) | Synonyms: common people, folks |
| (noun) a social division of (usually preliterate) people | Synonyms: tribe |
| (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
| folklore | (noun) the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | - |
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| folklorism | (noun) Invention or adaptation of folklore; including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created. | - |
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| folks | (noun) your parents | - |
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| (noun) people in general (often used in the plural) | Synonyms: common people, folk |
| folksong | (noun) a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture | Synonyms: folk ballad, folk song |
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| folksy | (adjective) very informal and familiar | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc. | - |
| folktale | (noun) a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | Synonyms: folk tale |
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| follback | (verb) to return someone's following of you on a social media platform | - |
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| follicle | (noun) any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity | - |
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| follicular | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a follicle | - |
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| folliculitis | (noun) inflammation of a hair follicle | - |
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| follies | (noun) a revue with elaborate costuming | - |
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| follow | (verb) behave in accordance or in agreement with | Synonyms: conform to |
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| (verb) keep informed | Synonyms: keep abreast, keep up |
| (verb) keep to | Synonyms: stick to, stick with |
| (verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: trace |
| (verb) grasp the meaning | - |
| (verb) imitate in behavior; take as a model | Synonyms: take after |
| (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: accompany, play along |
| (verb) to travel behind, go after, come after | - |
| (verb) travel along a certain course | Synonyms: travel along |
| (verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: pursue |
| (verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: surveil, survey |
| (verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: adopt, espouse |
| (verb) to subscribe to someone's updates on social media | - |
| (verb) to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media | - |
| (verb) act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes | Synonyms: abide by, comply |
| (verb) be the successor (of) | Synonyms: come after, succeed |
| (verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over |
| (verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of | - |
| (verb) adhere to or practice | - |
| (verb) be later in time | Synonyms: postdate |
| (verb) come after in time, as a result | Synonyms: come after |
| (verb) be next | - |
| (verb) to bring something about at a later time than | - |
| (verb) to be the product or result | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) come as a logical consequence; follow logically | Synonyms: fall out |
| follower | (noun) a person who accepts the leadership of another | - |
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| (noun) someone who travels behind or pursues another | - |
| followers | (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | Synonyms: following |
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| following | (adjective) going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction | - |
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| (adjective) in the desired direction | - |
| (adjective) about to be mentioned or specified | Synonyms: undermentioned |
| (adjective) immediately following in time or order | Synonyms: next |
| (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, pursual, pursuit |
| (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | Synonyms: followers |
| followup | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, reexamination, review |
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| (noun) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done | Synonyms: follow-up |
| (noun) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work | Synonyms: follow-up |
| folly | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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| (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
| (noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: foolishness, unwiseness |
| (noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: craziness, foolishness, madness |
| foment | (verb) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions | - |
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| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: agitate, stir up |
| fomentation | (noun) deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) | Synonyms: instigation |
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| (noun) application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation | - |
| (noun) a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice | - |
| fomenter | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: agitator |
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| fomite | (noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | Synonyms: vehicle |
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| fond | (adjective) absurd or silly because unlikely | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: partial |
| (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: adoring, doting |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, lovesome, tender |
| fondant | (noun) candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste | - |
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| fondle | (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: caress |
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| fondler | (noun) a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one | Synonyms: petter |
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| (noun) a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim | - |
| fondling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| fondly | (adverb) with fondness; with love | Synonyms: lovingly |
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| fondness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: affectionateness, lovingness, warmth |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
| (noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, partiality |
| fondu | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondue |
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| (noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondue |