(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
(countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
(countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
(uncountable) Food and drink.
(uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
verb
(intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
(intransitive) To move along; proceed; progress; advance
(intransitive, archaic) To eat, dine.
(intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.
(intransitive, impersonal) To happen well, or ill.
fear
fear
adj
(dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
noun
(countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
(uncountable) Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
verb
(intransitive) To feel fear.
(intransitive, used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
(obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
(obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
(transitive) To regret.
(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.
feer
feer
adj
Alternative form of fear (“able, capable”)
noun
Alternative form of fere (“companion, friend, mate”)
fera
ferd
ferd
adj
(Scotland, obsolete) Fourth.
(obsolete) Afraid.
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) Effort, impetus, speed; a violent onset.
(obsolete) Fear.
fere
fere
adj
(obsolete) Fierce.
noun
(archaic) A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
(dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
ferk
ferk
verb
(UK) To rummage, in order to search for something; to dig amongst articles or move things aside in order to try and find something.
Alternative form of firk
fern
fern
noun
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
ferr
fers
fers
noun
(historical) The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
feru
ferv
fire
fire
adj
(slang) Amazing; excellent.
noun
(astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
(countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
verb
(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
(transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
To animate; to give life or spirit to.
To feed or serve the fire of.
fore
fore
adj
(obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
adv
(nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
(obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
intj
(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
noun
The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
frae
fred
free
free
adj
(UK, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
(dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
(law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
(linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
(military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
(social) Unconstrained.
(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
Generous; liberal.
Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.
Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
Not imprisoned or enslaved.
Obtainable without any payment.
Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.
Unattached or uncombined.
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
Unobstructed, without blockages.
Without obligations.
Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
adv
(obsolete) Freely; willingly.
Without needing to pay.
noun
(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
(hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
(soccer) A free transfer.
(swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
verb
(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
(transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
frei
fren
fren
noun
(Internet slang) A fellow, a friend.
(alt-right, Internet slang) A fellow white nationalist or fascist, a comrade on the far right.
(obsolete) A stranger.
Pronunciation spelling of friend.
freq
freq
noun
(slang) frequency
fret
fret
noun
(Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
(heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
(mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
(obsolete or dialectal) A ferrule, a ring.
(rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
A channel, a strait; a fretum.
Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
verb
(intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
(intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
(intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
(intransitive, brewing, oenology) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
(transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
(transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
(transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
(transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
(transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
(transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
(transitive, intransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
(transitive, intransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
(transitive, obsolete or poetic) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
To press down the string behind a fret.
frey
froe
froe
noun
(obsolete) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.
frye
kerf
kerf
noun
(now rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
The distance between diverging saw teeth.
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
verb
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
orfe
orfe
noun
A fish, the ide, Leuciscus idus.
perf
perf
adj
(colloquial) Clipping of perfect.
(grammar) Abbreviation of perfective.
(philately) Abbreviation of perforated. When followed by a number, eg, perf 14, this indicates the number of perforations per two centimetres.
noun
(informal) Clipping of perforation. (of postage stamps or photographic film)
(informal) Clipping of performance.
verb
(informal) Clipping of perforate.
pref
pref
noun
(informal) Clipping of preference.
rafe
reef
reef
adj
Scabby; scurvy.
noun
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
(Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.
(Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
(nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
A reef knot.
verb
(Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
(nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
(slang) To manipulate the lining of a person's pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.
refl
refl
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of reflexive.
refr
refs
refs
noun
(British police slang) A scheduled meal break during a shift, short for refreshments.
plural of ref
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ref
reft
reft
noun
A chink; a rift.
reif
reif
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
rife
rife
adj
(obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
adv
Plentifully, abundantly.
rufe
serf
serf
noun
A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
tref
tref
adj
Alternative form of treyf (“not kosher”)
noun
(historical) A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.