Abbreviation of for the attention of.. Used on an address or label, specifies an individual to whom the document should be delivered, usually put on when the address is of an organisation.
fbo
fco
fio
flo
fob
fob
adj
(Incoterm) Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”)
noun
(see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.
A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocketwatch.
A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.
(transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
foc
fod
fod
noun
(Slang, dialectal, Northern England) forehead, particularly a large one
foe
foe
adj
(obsolete) Hostile.
noun
A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.
An enemy.
fog
fog
noun
(Scotland) Moss.
(UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
(computer graphics) Distance fog.
(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. (Compare mist, haze.)
A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
verb
(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
(intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
(intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
(transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
(transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
(transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
(transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
(transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
(transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
foh
foh
intj
(obsolete) An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt.
fol
fon
fon
noun
(obsolete) A fool or idiot.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
foo
foo
intj
Expression of disappointment or disgust.
noun
(fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of Foo (“placeholder god”)
(historical, obsolete) Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.
(programming) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
(slang) Pronunciation spelling of fool.
fop
fop
noun
(dated) A vain man; a dandy.
for
for
conj
Because, as, since.
particle
(nonstandard, in representations of dialectal speech, especially that of black speakers) To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
prep
(chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
(cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
(in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
(nonstandard) So (that), in order to
(obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
(usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.
(with names, chiefly US) In honor of; after.
Because of.
By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
Directed at; intended to belong to.
Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
In order to obtain or acquire.
In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
Indicating something desired or anticipated.
Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
On behalf of.
Over (a period of time).
Supporting, in favour of.
Throughout or across (a distance in space).
To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
To be, or as being.
Towards; in the direction of.
Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
fos
fos
noun
Initialism of freedom of speech.
fot
fou
fou
adj
(Scotland) Drunk.
fov
fow
fox
fox
noun
(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
(mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
(military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
(nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
(slang, figurative) A cunning person.
(slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, usually a woman.
(slang, figurative) A physically attractive man or woman.
A fox terrier.
A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
The fur of a fox.
The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
verb
(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
(intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
(intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
(transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
(transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
foy
foy
noun
(obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
(obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
fpo
fro
fro
adv
(archaic) From; away; back or backward.
noun
(slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle).
prep
(obsolete) From.
ifo
iof
lof
lof
noun
Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
oaf
oaf
noun
(derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
(obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
off
off
adj
(Britain, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
(in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
(of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
Cancelled; not happening.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
Far; off to the side.
Inappropriate; untoward.
Inoperative, disabled.
Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
Not fitted; not being worn.
Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
Started on the way.
The off front wheel came loose.
adv
(theater) Offstage.
In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
noun
(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
prep
(colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
No longer wanting or taking.
Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
Removed or subtracted from.
Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
verb
(transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
ofm
ofo
ofo
noun
An Igbo staff of authority.
ofr
ofs
oft
oft
adv
(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely
onf
oof
oof
intj
(onomatopoeia) A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
(slang) Synonym of ouch (“expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.”)
noun
(UK, slang, dated) Money.
A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.
opf
orf
orf
adv
(pronunciation spelling) off
noun
(medicine) An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.