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F
Used to profess respect for a deceased person, or for something that has been lost.
📖 Definitions of "F"
interjection
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Used to profess respect for a deceased person, or for something that has been lost.
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Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
noun
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(abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
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Fuck
"What the f do you think you're doing?"
noun
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That which is feminine.
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(possibly obsolete) A woman.
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(grammar) The feminine gender.
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(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
🔄 Synonyms of "F"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fluorinenoun | (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals. |
| faradnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. |
| atomic number 9noun | a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite |
| degree fahrenheitnoun | A degree on the Fahrenheit scale for measuring temperature. |
| fahrnoun | A surname from German. |
| fahrenheit | Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin. |
↔️ Antonyms of "F"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| celsius | Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_(273.16) of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero. |
| centigradenoun | Celsius. [since 1948] |
| cnoun | (music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "F"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| federal officialnoun | any federal law-enforcement officer |
| federalnoun | Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town. |
| federal reservenoun | (US, economics) The Federal Reserve System. |
| federal reserve systemnoun | the central bank of the united states; incorporates 12 federal reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies |
| usdanoun | Initialism of United States Department of Agriculture. |
| copulateverb | (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse. |
| fornicateverb | (intransitive) To engage in fornication. |
| screwnoun | A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole. |
| shagnoun | Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc. |
| humpnoun | A mound of earth. |
| bangnoun | A sudden percussive noise. |
| bonenoun | (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| bonknoun | (informal, chiefly UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with). |
| boinknoun | (ambitransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk. |
| bednoun | (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. |
| layverb | (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. |
| mountnoun | A hill or mountain. |
| nailnoun | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
| plownoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of plough. [(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.] |
| rutnoun | (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. |
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