credit, trust, assurance, confidence, dependence, reliance.
~2.~ Creed, persuasion, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, religion, system of
religion.
~3.~ Fidelity, faithfulness, truthfulness, truth, constancy, loyalty.
~4.~ Engagement, promise, word of honor.
~Faith~, _interj._ [_Colloquial._] Verily, in truth, by my faith, upon
my word.
~Faithful~, _a._ ~1.~ Trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal.
~2.~ Truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be
relied on, to be depended upon.
~3.~ Exact, strict, conscientious, accurate, close, nice.
~Faithless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unbelieving.
~2.~ Perfidious, treacherous, false, untruthful, truthless.
~Faithlessness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unbelief.
~2.~ Perfidy, treachery.
~Falcate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Hooked, sickle-shaped.
~Falcated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Hooked, sickle-shaped.
~Falchion~, _n._ Cimeter.
~Falcon~, _n._ Hawk.
~Fall~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Drop, descend, sink, drop down.
~2.~ Be prostrated, fall down.
~3.~ Sink, be lowered, be depressed.
~4.~ Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away.
~5.~ Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do
amiss, go astray.
~6.~ Die, perish, come to destruction.
~7.~ Empty, disembogue, flow, be discharged.
~8.~ Happen, befall, come.
~9.~ Become (_sick_, _asleep_, _in love_, _&c._).
~10.~ Pass, be transferred.
~11.~ Be dropped, be uttered carelessly.
~Fall~, _n._ ~1.~ Descent, dropping.
~2.~ Tumble, falling.
~3.~ Cataract, cascade, waterfall.
~4.~ Extent of descent.
~5.~ Destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, downfall.
~6.~ Degradation, loss of eminence.
~7.~ Apostasy, loss of innocence.
~8.~ Diminution, decrease, decline.
~9.~ Sinking (_of the voice_), cadence, close.
~10.~ Discharge (_of a river_), disemboguement.
~11.~ Autumn, fall of the leaf.
~12.~ Declivity, slope, inclination.
~Fallacious~, _a._ Deceptive, delusive, deceiving, illusive, illusory,
misleading, disappointing, false.
~Fallacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake,
error, misconception, misapprehension.
~2.~ Sophism, sophistry, deceitful argument.
~Fall among~, Come among, happen to be among, happen to be in the
company of.
~Fall away, 1.~ Pine, grow lean, be emaciated, lose flesh.
~2.~ Backslide, apostatize, fall off.
~Fall back~, Recede, retreat, give way.
~Fallibility~, _n._ Frailty, imperfection, uncertainty, liability to
error.
~Fallible~, _a._ Frail, imperfect, weak, ignorant, uncertain, erring,
liable to error or mistake.
~Fall in, 1.~ (_Mil._) Come into line, form into ranks.
~2.~ Concur, consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, go with the stream, go
with the current.
~Fall in with, 1.~ Meet, encounter.
~2.~ Comply with, assent to, come into.
~Fall off, 1.~ Drop, be detached, drop off.
~2.~ Withdraw, separate.
~3.~ Decline, wane, dwindle, decay.
~4.~ Perish, die.
~5.~ Backslide, apostatize, fall away.
~6.~ (_Naut._) Go to leeward.
~Fall on, 1.~ Drop on, descend upon.
~2.~ Attack, assault, assail, rush upon, fall upon.
~Fall out, 1.~ QUARREL, wrangle.
~2.~ Happen, befall, chance.
~Fallow~, _a._ ~1.~ Pale red or pale yellow.
~2.~ Untilled, unsowed.
~Fallow~, _n._ Untilled land.
~Fall to loggerheads~, Come to blows, go to loggerheads.
~Fallow-chat~, _n._ FALLOW-FINCH.
~Fallow-finch~, _n._ Œnanthe, wheat ear (_Motacilla œnanthe_).
~Fall short~, Fail, be deficient.
~Fall to~, Begin, set about, apply one's self to.
~Fall under, 1.~ Come under, be subject to, be subjected to.
~2.~ Be classed with, be reckoned with, be included in.
~Fall upon~, FALL ON.
~False~, _a._ ~1.~ Untrue, not true.
~2.~ Dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, unveracious, mendacious,
faithless, truthless, untruthful, disingenuous, dishonorable, double-
tongued, double-faced, false-hearted.
~3.~ Counterfeit, spurious, forged, not genuine, feigned,
hypocritical, clap-trap.
~4.~ Incorrect, improper, erroneous.
~5.~ Fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive,
misleading, disappointing.
~False-hearted~, _a._ Perfidious, treacherous, faithless, false.
~Falsehood~, _n._ ~1.~ Falsity, want of truth, inconformity to fact or
truth.
~2.~ Untruth, lie, fib, fabrication, fiction, false assertion.
~3.~ Imposture, counterfeit, cheat.
~Falsetto~, _n._ Head voice.
~Falsify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Belie, misrepresent, misstate, garble,
represent falsely.
~2.~ Disprove, prove to be false.
~3.~ Violate, break by falsehood.
~Falsify~, _v. n._ Lie, tell lies or falsehoods, violate the truth.
~Falsity~, _n._ Falsehood, want of truth, inconformity to fact or truth.
~Falter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hesitate (_in speech_), stammer, stutter.
~2.~ Fail, waver, tremble, totter.
~Fame~, _n._ ~1.~ Rumor, report, bruit, hearsay.
~2.~ Reputation, celebrity, glory, renown, honor, credit, ~NOTORIETY~.
~Familiar~, _a._ ~1.~ Conversant, well acquainted, well versed.
~2.~ Intimate, close, near, friendly, amicable, fraternal, cordial, on
a friendly footing, on friendly terms.
~3.~ Unceremonious, social, accessible, unconstrained, free, easy,
affable, courteous, civil, polite, free and easy.
~4.~ Well known.
~Familiarity~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquaintance, familiar knowledge.
~2.~ Intimacy, fellowship, friendship, friendliness, intercourse, good
understanding.
~Familiarize~, _v. a._ Accustom, habituate, inure, use, train.
~Family~, _n._ ~1.~ Household.
~2.~ Lineage, race, tribe, clan, kindred, house, line of ancestors.
~3.~ Order, group of genera.
~Famine~, _n._ Dearth, scarcity of food.
~Famish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Starve, kill with hunger.
~2.~ Distress with hunger, exhaust by hunger.
~Famish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Starve, die of hunger, perish for want of food.
~2.~ Be distressed by hunger.
~Famous~, _a._ ~1.~ Celebrated, renowned, distinguished, illustrious,
eminent, remarkable, famed, far-famed.
~2.~ Noted, notorious, signal, conspicuous.
~Fanatic~, _n._ Enthusiast (_especially on religious subjects_),
visionary, zealot.
~Fanatic~, _a._ Enthusiastic, visionary, wild, mad.
~Fanatical~, Enthusiastic, visionary, wild, mad.
~Fanaticism~, _n._ Religious frenzy, irrational enthusiasm.
~Fanciful~, _a._ ~1.~ Visionary, imaginative, whimsical, CAPRICIOUS.
~2.~ Chimerical, imaginary, ideal, fantastical, wild.
~Fan-cricket~, _n._ Fen-cricket, churr-worm, mole cricket
(_Gryllotalpa vulgaris_).
~Fancy~, _n._ ~1.~ IMAGINATION (_as exercised in sportive or whimsical
moods_).
~2.~ Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression,
apprehension.
~3.~ Liking, fondness, inclination, PENCHANT, taste.
~4.~ Caprice, humor, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, whimsey,
maggot, fantasy, odd fancy.
~Fancy~, _v. n._ Imagine, think, suppose, believe, take it into one's
head.
~Fancy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure
to one's self.
~2.~ Like, be pleased with, have a fancy for.
~Fancy~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginative, of the fancy.
~2.~ Ornamental (_rather than useful_), elegant, fine, nice.
~Fane~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Temple, church.
~Fanfare~, _n._ [Fr.] Flourish of trumpets.
~Fanfaronade~, _n._ Bluster, swaggering, boasting, bragging, bullying,
BLATHERSKITE.
~Fang~, _n._ ~1.~ Tusk, pointed tooth.
~2.~ Claw, talon, nail.
~Fantasia~, _n._ (_Mus._) Fantastical air.
~Fantastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginary, fanciful, ideal, chimerical,
visionary, not real.
~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, BIZARRE, strange, wild.
~Fantastical~, _a._ ~1.~ Imaginary, fanciful, ideal, chimerical,
visionary, not real.
~2.~ Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, BIZARRE, strange, wild.
~Fantasy~, _n._ Caprice, whim, whimsey, FANCY.
~Far~, _a._ Remote, distant, not near.
~Far~, _ad._ ~1.~ To a great distance.
~2.~ Almost, well-nigh, in great part.
~3.~ Very much, in a great degree.
~Far and near~, Everywhere, far and wide, from Dan to Beersheba, from
Maine to Georgia, from China to Peru, from pole to pole, from one end
of the earth to the other.
~Far other~, Very different.
~Farce~, _n._ ~1.~ Burlesque, caricature, travesty, parody, after-
piece, low comedy, ludicrous representation.
~2.~ Mere show, ridiculous pageantry, empty parade.
~Farcical~, _a._ Droll, ludicrous, ridiculous.
~Fare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Go, pass, travel, journey.
~2.~ Be situated (_with respect to what may befall one_), be treated.
~3.~ Feed, be entertained.
~Fare~, _n._ ~1.~ Charge (_for conveyance of a person_), passage
money, price of a ticket.
~2.~ FOOD, provisions, victuals, commons.
~3.~ Quantity of fish caught.
~Farewell~, _ad._ or _interj._ Adieu, good-by.
~Farewell~, _n._ ~1.~ Adieu, valediction, leave-taking.
~2.~ Leave.
~Far-famed~, _a._ Illustrious, celebrated, renowned, eminent,
distinguished, famous, famed.
~Far-fetched~, _a._ Recondite, abstruse, forced, strained,
catachrestic, studiously sought.
~Farina~, _n._ ~1.~ Flour or meal (_of grain or starchy roots_).
~2.~ (_Chem._) Starch, fecula.
~3.~ (_Bot._) Pollen.
~Farinaceous~, _a._ ~1.~ Yielding farina or flour.
~2.~ Mealy.
~Farm~, _n._ Landed estate.
~Farm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Let out (_land, revenues, &c._).
~2.~ Take on lease (_land, revenues, &c._).
~3.~ Cultivate (_land_).
~Farm~, _v. n._ Till the soil, carry on a farm, do farmer's work.
~Farmer~, _n._ ~1.~ Agriculturist, husbandman, cultivator of the soil.
~2.~ Collector, tax-gatherer; lessee of taxes, custom, &c.
~Farming~, _n._ Agriculture, husbandry.
~Farrago~, _n._ Medley, mixture, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch,
salmagundi, olio, gallimaufry, olla-podrida.
~Farrier~, _n._ ~1.~ Shoer of horses.
~2.~ Horse-doctor, horse-leech, veterinary surgeon.
~Farriery~, _n._ ~1.~ Art or business of shoeing horses.
~2.~ Veterinary art.
~Farrow~, _n._ Litter of pigs.
~Far-sighted~, _a._ Long-sighted.
~Farther~, _ad._ ~1.~ Beyond, FURTHER, more remotely, to or at a
greater distance.
~2.~ Moreover, besides, furthermore.
~Farther~, _a._ ~1.~ Further, more remote, at a greater distance.
~2.~ Additional.
~Farthest~, _ad._ Furthest, to or at the greatest distance.
~Farthest~, _a._ Furthest, remotest, most remote.
~Farthing~, _n._ Fourth part of a penny.
~Farthingale~, _n._ Crinoline, hoop, hoop-skirt.
~Fascinate~, _v. a._ Charm, enchant, bewitch, enrapture, entrance,
captivate, catch, delight, enamour.
~Fascination~, _n._ Enchantment, spell, charm, witchery, witchcraft,
magic, sorcery.
~Fash~, _v. a._ Vex, tease, plague, harass, torment, perplex, trouble,
worry.
~Fash~, _n._ Trouble, care, anxiety, vexation.
~Fashion~, _n._ ~1.~ Form, figure, shape, make, cut, cast, stamp,
mould, pattern, model, appearance, conformation, configuration.
~2.~ Way, manner, method, sort.
~3.~ Custom (_particularly as respects dress_), mode, style, usage,
conventionality, conventionalism, general practice.
~4.~ Gentility, genteel life.
~Fashion~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Form, shape, mould, carve, make, give figure to.
~2.~ Adapt, accommodate, fit, suit, adjust.
~Fashionable~, _a._ ~1.~ Genteel, STYLISH, modish, in fashion, in
vogue, À LA MODE, the rage, having a run.
~2.~ Customary, usual, prevailing, current.
~Fast~, _v. n._ Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go
hungry.
~Fast~, _n._ ~1.~ Fasting, abstinence from food.
~2.~ Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day.
~3.~ Time of fasting.
~4.~ Rope (_to fasten a vessel to a wharf_).
~Fast~, _a._ ~1.~ Fastened, fixed, close, tight.
~2.~ Immovable, firm.
~3.~ Constant, steadfast, stanch.
~4.~ Fortified, strong, impregnable.
~5.~ Sound, deep, profound.
~6.~ Swift, quick, fleet, rapid.
~7.~ Dissipated, wild, giddy, reckless, thoughtless, thriftless,
extravagant.
~Fast~, _ad._ ~1.~ Firmly, tightly, immovably.
~2.~ Swiftly, quickly, rapidly.
~3.~ Extravagantly, prodigally, recklessly, wildly.
~Fast and loose~, Variable, inconstant, fickle, uncertain.
~Fast day~, _n._ Fast, day of fasting, banyan day.
~Fasten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Secure, bind, BELAY, bend, tie, attach, make
fast.
~2.~ Join, unite, hold together.
~Fasten~, _v. n._ Be fixed, fix one's self.
~Fastidious~, _a._ Squeamish, difficult, queasy, critical, dainty,
over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.
~Fasting~, _n._ Fast, abstinence from food.
~Fastness~, _n._ Fort, fortress, stronghold, fortified place.
~Fat~, _a._ ~1.~ Oleaginous, unctuous, adipose, oily, greasy, fatty.
~2.~ Plump, fleshy, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy, not lean, not
slender.
~3.~ Coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid, fat-witted.
~4.~ Rich, profitable, lucrative.
~5.~ Fertile, fruitful, productive, not barren.
~Fatal~, _a._ ~1.~ Deadly, mortal, LETHAL.
~2.~ Calamitous, destructive, ruinous, mischievous.
~Fatality~, _n._ ~1.~ Destiny, fate, inevitable necessity.
~2.~ Mortality.
~Fate~, _n._ ~1.~ Destiny, destination, fatality, inevitable necessity.
~2.~ Doom, lot, predetermined event.
~3.~ Death, destruction.
~4.~ Final event, ultimate fortune.
~Fated~, _a._ Doomed, destined, appointed.
~Fates~, _n. pl._ (_Myth._) Destinies, Parcæ, sister goddesses
(_Clotho_, _Lachesis_, _Atropos_).
~Father~, _n._ ~1.~ Male parent.
~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.
~3.~ Creator, maker, originator, author, inventor.
~Father~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adopt.
~2.~ Assume the authorship of.
~Fatherhood~, _n._ Fathership, paternity.
~Fathership~, _n._ Fatherhood.
~Father-land~, _n._ Mother country, native country, land of one's
ancestors.
~Father-long-legs~, _n._ ~1.~ Crane-fly, daddy-long-legs.
~2.~ Shepherd spider, harvest-man.
~Fatherly~, _a._ Paternal, tender, kind.
~Fathership~, _n._ Paternity, fatherhood.
~Father upon~, Ascribe to, attribute to, impute to, lay to, charge on.
~Fathom~, _n._ Six feet, two yards.
~Fathom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sound, try the depth of, measure by a sounding-
line.
~2.~ Divine, penetrate, reach, understand, comprehend.
~Fathomless~, _a._ Bottomless, abysmal, profound.
~Fatigue~, _n._ ~1.~ Weariness, lassitude, exhaustion.
~2.~ Labor, toil, hardship.
~3.~ (_Mil._) Extra duty (_distinct from that of arms_).
~Fatigue~, _v. a._ Tire, weary, exhaust, jade.
~Fatten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make fat.
~2.~ Fertilize, make fertile.
~Fatten~, _v. n._ Grow fat.
~Fatty~, _n._ Unctuous, oleaginous, oily, fat, adipose, greasy.
~Fatuity~, _n._ Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy, feebleness of
intellect, want of understanding.
~Fatuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic.
~2.~ Illusory, deceptive.
~Fat-witted~, _a._ Stupid, dull, heavy, fat.
~Faubourg~, _n._ [Fr.] Suburb, environs.
~Fauces~, _n. pl._ [L.] Posterior part of the mouth.
~Fault~, _n._ ~1.~ Defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection, failing.
~2.~ Misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, trespass, wrong, delinquency,
transgression.
~3.~ Mistake (_of judgment_), error, indiscretion, slip, lapse.
~4.~ [_Rare._] Default, lack, want.
~5.~ [_Geol._] Dislocation, disturbance of strata.
~Fault-finder~, _n._ Censurer, objector, complainer, murmurer, repiner.
~Faultless~, _a._ ~1.~ Perfect, without blemish, without fault.
~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, blameless, stainless, sinless.
~Faulty~, _a._ ~1.~ Bad, defective, imperfect.
~2.~ Blamable, culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy,
worthy of censure.
~Faun~, _n._ Sylvan, woodland Deity.
~Fauna~, _n._ Animals (_peculiar to a country or to an epoch_).
~Faunist~, _n._ Naturalist.
~Faux pas~, [Fr.] Mistake, indiscretion, false step, wrong measure,
act of indiscretion.
~Faveolate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Alveolate, cellular, favose.
~Favillous~, _a._ Ashy, cinereous, cineritious, like ashes.
~Favor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Countenance, befriend, encourage, patronize.
~2.~ Support, aid, help, assist.
~3.~ Humor, indulge, spare.
~Favor~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindness, friendliness, countenance, grace, kind
regard, good will, propitious aspect.
~2.~ Benefit, act of grace, good deed, kind act.
~3.~ Patronage, championship, support, befriending, defence,
vindication.
~4.~ Letter, epistle, communication.
~5.~ Gift, present, token of good will.
~6.~ (_Law._) Bias, partiality, prejudice.
~Favorable~, _a._ ~1.~ Propitious, friendly, kind, auspicious, willing.
~2.~ Conducive, contributing.
~3.~ Advantageous, beneficial, convenient, suitable, adapted, fit.
~Favorite~, _a._ ~1.~ Dear, darling, beloved.
~2.~ Preferred, pet, especially liked.
~Favoritism~, _n._ Partiality.
~Favose~, _a._ (_Bot._) Alveolate, cellular, faveolate.
~Fawn~, _n._ Young deer.
~Fawn~, _v. n._ Crouch, cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, creep, dangle, fall
on one's knees, curry favor, play the sycophant.
~Fawn upon~, ~1.~ Cringe to, crouch to, truckle to.
~2.~ Flatter, wheedle, cajole, pay court to.
~Fawning~, _n._ Sycophancy, servility, cringing, mean flattery.
~Fay~, _n._ Fairy, elf.
~Fay~, _v. a._ Fit, suit, join closely.
~Fay~, _v. n._ Fit, lie close, make a good joint.
~Fealty~, _n._ Fidelity, loyalty, allegiance, homage, obeisance.
~Fear~, _n._ ~1.~ Alarm, trepidation, dread, apprehension, fright,
affright, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic.
~2.~ Anxiety, solicitude, concern.
~3.~ Veneration, reverence, awe, reverential regard.
~Fear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dread, apprehend, be afraid of.
~2.~ Reverence, venerate, stand in awe of, have a reverential regard
for.
~Fear~, _v. n._ Be afraid, have apprehensions, live in terror, stand
aghast.
~Fearful~, _a._ ~1.~ Afraid, apprehensive, haunted with fear.
~2.~ Timid, timorous, nervous, diffident, pusillanimous, cowardly,
faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white
feather, easily frightened.
~3.~ Terrible, dreadful, frightful, dire, direful.
~4.~ Awful, to be reverenced.
~Fearless~, _a._ Undaunted, dauntless, unterrified, courageous, bold,
intrepid, brave, valorous, valiant, gallant.
~Feasibility~, _n._ Practicability, feasibleness.
~Feasible~, _a._ Practicable.
~Feasibleness~, _n._ Practicability, feasibility.
~Feast~, _n._ ~1.~ Banquet, treat, entertainment, REGALE, carousal,
sumptuous repast.
~2.~ Festival, holiday, day of feasting, festive celebration, joyful
anniversary, day of rejoicing.
~3.~ Enjoyment, delight.
~Feast~, _v. n._ Eat (_plentifully_), be entertained, fare sumptuously.
~Feast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entertain sumptuously, feed luxuriously.
~2.~ Delight, gratify, rejoice, gladden, please highly.
~Feat~, _n._ ~1.~ Act, deed, exploit, achievement.
~2.~ Trick, act of dexterity.
~Feather~, _n._ ~1.~ Plume.
~2.~ Kind, nature, species.
~Feather-boarding~, _n._ Weather-boarding.
~Feathers~, _n. pl._ Plumage.
~Feather in the cap~, Honor, mark of distinction.
~Feather one's nest~, Get rich (_from what passes through one's
hands_), provide for one's self.
~Featly~, _a._ Nimbly, dexterously, adroitly.
~Feature~, _n._ ~1.~ Lineament.
~2.~ Cast of the face, turn of expression.
~3.~ Fashion, make, conformation, aspect, appearance.
~4.~ Outline, prominent part.
~Feaze~, _v. a._ Untwist (_as the end of a rope_).
~Febrifugal~, _a._ Antifebrile.
~Febrifuge~, _n._ Antifebrile medicine.
~Fecula~, _n._ Starch, farina.
~Feculence~, _n._ ~1.~ Muddiness, foulness.
~Feculency~, _n._ ~1.~ Muddiness, foulness.
~2.~ Lees, sediment, dregs, fæces.
~Feculent~, _a._ Turbid, muddy, thick, foul, dreggy.
~Fecundate~, _v. a._ Impregnate, make fruitful.
~Fecundation~, _a._ Impregnation.
~Fecundity~, _n._ Fruitfulness, fertility, productiveness.
~Federal~, _a._ Confederate.
~Federation~, _n._ League, alliance, coalition, union, confederation,
combination, copartnership, federal union, federal compact.
~Fee~, _n._ ~1.~ Charge (_for professional service_), compensation, pay.
~2.~ Feud, fief.
~Fee~, _v. a._ Pay, reward, recompense, give a fee to.
~Feeble~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, not strong.
~2.~ Debilitated, enervated, sickly, infirm, languishing, languid,
drooping, frail.
~3.~ Faint, imperfect, not vigorous, not lively.
~Feed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give food to, furnish with provisions, supply
with nourishment.
~2.~ Supply, contribute to, provide for.
~3.~ Nourish, cherish, sustain.
~Feed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Eat, take food, take nourishment.
~2.~ Subsist, sustain life.
~Feed~, _n._ Food (_for beasts_), provender, fodder.
~Feel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Perceive (_by the touch_), have feeling.
~2.~ Be perceived (_by the touch_).
~3.~ Be moved (_in the affections_), be excited, be stirred, be
warmed, be wrought up, be impressed.
~4.~ Have the consciousness of being (_sorry, grieved, hurt, or the
like_).
~Feel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Touch, handle, feel of.
~2.~ Experience, suffer or enjoy, have the sense of.
~3.~ Be affected by, be moved by.
~4.~ Sound, try, prove, put to the test.
~Feel after~, Search for (_by the touch_), try to find (_as in the
dark_).
~Feelers~, _n. pl._ (_Zoöl._) ~1.~ Palpi.
~2.~ Antennæ, horns.
~3.~ Tentacula.
~Feeling~, _a._ ~1.~ Affecting, moving, touching, melting, pathetic.
~2.~ Sensitive, tender.
~Feeling~, _n._ ~1.~ Sense of touch.
~2.~ Sensation, perception by touch.
~3.~ Sensibility, emotion, sentiment, passion, affection, impression.
~4.~ Tenderness, susceptibility.
~Fee-simple~, _n._ (_Law._) Absolute fee, unconditioned tenure.
~Feign~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Invent, imagine, devise, fabricate, forge.
~2.~ Counterfeit, dissemble, affect, pretend to, make a show of.
~Feint~, _n._ ~1.~ Pretence, clap-trap, false appearance.
~2.~ (_Mil._) Mock attack, pretended movement.
~Felicitate~, _v. a._ Congratulate, wish joy to, rejoice with.
~Felicitation~, _n._ Congratulation.
~Felicitous~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, opportune,
seasonable, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious.
~2.~ Prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious.
~Felicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Bliss, blissfulness, blessedness, happiness.
~2.~ Aptness, aptitude, propriety, appropriateness.
~3.~ Success, good luck, good fortune.
~Fell~, _a._ Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage,
ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic.
~Fell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prostrate, level, bring to the ground.
~2.~ Cut down, hew down.
~3.~ Hem (_the lap of a seam_).
~Fellow~, _n._ ~1.~ Companion, associate, comrade.
~2.~ Equal, peer, compeer.
~3.~ Mate, counterpart.
~4.~ [_England._] Member (_of a college, participating in its
instruction and sharing its revenues_).
~Fellow-countryman~, _n._ Compatriot.
~Fellow-feeling~, _n._ Sympathy, commiseration, compassion, pity.
~Fellowship~, _n._ ~1.~ Brotherhood, companionship, familiarity,
intimacy, close acquaintance.
~2.~ Partnership, participation, joint interest.
~3.~ Sociability, sociableness, converse, intercourse, communion.
~Felo de se~, _n._ [L.] Suicide, self-murderer.
~Felon~, _n._ ~1.~ Culprit, criminal, malefactor, convict, outlaw.
~2.~ Whitlow.
~Felon~, _a._ [_Poetical._] FELONIOUS.
~Felonious~, _a._ Malignant, malicious, villanous, nefarious,
infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, FELON.
~Felony~, _n._ Crime (_punishable by death or by imprisonment_), high
crime, heinous crime, gross offence.
~Females~, _n. pl._ Female sex, the fair, the fair sex.
~Feme sole~, _n._ [Fr.] (_Law._) Single woman, unmarried woman.
~Feminality~, _n._ Womanhood, femineity, muliebrity.
~Femineity~, _n._ FEMINALITY.
~Feminine~, _a._ ~1.~ Soft, tender, delicate, WOMANLY.
~2.~ Effeminate, unmanly.
~Femur~, _n._ (_Anat._) Thigh-bone.
~Fen~, _n._ Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire, slough.
~Fence~, _n._ ~1.~ Wall, HEDGE, frame of posts and rails, &c.
~2.~ Shield, guard, security, defence.
~Fence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose with a fence.
~2.~ Guard, fortify, defend.
~Fence~, _v. n._ Practise fencing.
~Fencing~, _n._ Manual defence (_with small swords or foils_).