Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 40
Floss (n.) (Bot.) [U]（蠶繭外層的）粗絲；繡花（絲）絨；（潔齒用的）牙線 The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
Floss (n.) Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
Floss (n.) A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
Floss silk, Silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk.
Floss thread, A kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss yarn. -- McElrath.
Floss (n.) A small stream of water. [Eng.]
Floss (n.) Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
Floss hole. () A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out.
Floss hole. () The tap hole of a melting furnace. -- Knight.
Floss (n.) A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery.
Floss (n.) A soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn: dental floss, floss].
Floss (v.) 用牙線潔牙 Use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal".
Flossification (n.) A flowering; florification. [R.] -- Craig.
Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.
Flossy (a.) Like down or as soft as down [syn: downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy].
Flota (n.) A fleet; especially, a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
Flotage (n.) The state of floating.
Flotage (n.) That which floats on the sea or in rivers. [Written also floatage.]
Flotant (a.) (Her.) Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.
Flotation (n.) The act, process, or state of floating.
Flotation (n.) The science of floating bodies.
Flotation (n.) (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like.
Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding) () The center of any given plane of flotation.
Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding) () More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. -- Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, The plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9 (c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), The imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
Flotation (n.) The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) [syn: flotation, floatation].
Flotation (n.) Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares [syn: flotation, floatation].
Flote (n.) A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." -- Shak.
Flote (v. t.) To fleet; to skim. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Flotery (a.) Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]
With flotery beard. -- Chaucer.
Flotilla (n.) A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels. Flotsam
Flotilla (n.) A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
Flotilla (n.) A fleet of small craft.
Flotsam (n.) Alt. of Flotson.
Flotson (n.) (Law) 遇難船隻的）漂浮殘骸；漂浮貨物；無價值的零碎雜物；（總稱）流浪貧民 Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. -- Blackstone.
Flotsam (n.) The floating wreckage of a ship [syn: flotsam, jetsam].
Flotsam, or Flotsan. (n.) A name for the goods which float upon the sea when a ship is sunk, in distinction from Jetsam, (q.v.) and Legan. (q.v.) Bract. lib. 2, c. 5; 5 Co. 106; Com. Dig. Wreck, A Bac. Ab. Court of Admiralty, B.
Flotten (v. t.) Skimmed.
Flounce (n.) 掙扎；急動 The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
Flounce (n.) 裙上的荷邊裝飾 An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
Flounce (v. t.) 飾以荷葉邊 To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
Compare: Petticoat
Petticoat (n.) [C] 襯裙；（舊時的）裙子；【口】女人，少女；裙狀物（如有褶襉的椅套、床帷等） A woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress.
Petticoat (n.) (Informal, derogatory ) [As modifier] Used to denote female control of something regarded as more commonly dominated by men.
‘He was in danger of succumbing to the petticoat government of Mary and Sarah.’
Petticoat (n.) A skirt worn by women, girls, or young children: such as:
Petticoat (n.) An outer skirt formerly worn by women and small children.
Petticoat (n.) A fancy skirt made to show below a draped-up overskirt.
Petticoat (n.) An underskirt usually a little shorter than outer clothing and often made with a ruffled, pleated, or lace edge.
Petticoat (n.) (Archaic) The skirt of a woman's riding habit.
Petticoat (n.) A garment characteristic or typical of women.
Petticoat (n.) Woman.
Petticoat (n.) Something (such as a valance) resembling a petticoat.
Petticoat (a.) 女性的，女人主持的 [Z] Of, relating to, or exercised by women : Female.
Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure.
To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. -- Barrow.
With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. -- Addison.
Flounce (n.) A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow].
Flounce (n.) The act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions.
Flounce (v.) Walk emphatically.
Flounced (imp. & p. p.) of Flounce.
Flouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flounce.
Flounder (n.) (Zool.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.
Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus.
There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder ({P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder ({P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice ({Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder ({Pleuronectes stellatus).
Flounder (n.) (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
Flounder (v. i.) To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Flounder (n.) The act of floundering.
Flounder (n.) Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish.
Flounder (n.) Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
Flounder (v.) Walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" [syn: stagger, flounder].
Flounder (v.) Behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college".
Flounder (n.) A type of fish that has a flat body and that is eaten as food.
Flounder (n.) (pl.) - flounder or - flounders : flatfish; especially : a marine fish of either of two families (Pleuronectidae and Bothidae) that include important food fishes.
Flounder (v.) To move in an awkward way with a lot of difficulty and effort.
Flounder (v.) To be unsure about what to do or say.
Flounder (v.) To have a lot of problems and difficulties.
Flounder (v. i.) - floundered, - floundering. To struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly.
Flounder (v. i.) To proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually.
Flounder (n.) A flatfish used for food.
Flounder (v.) - floundered, - floundering. To struggle to move or get footing <The horses were floundering in the mud.>
Flounder (v.) To behave or do something in a clumsy way <I floundered through the speech.>
Flounder (v.) [ I ] 困難重重；艱苦掙紮；不知所措 To experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next.
// He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/ about for a few seconds.
// Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering.
// Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering.
Flounder (n.) [ C or U ] (pl. flounder or flounders) 比目魚 A flat sea fish that can be eaten.
Floundered (imp. & p. p.) of Flounder.
Floundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flounder.
Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.
Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
Flour (v. t.) To sprinkle with flour.
Floured (imp. & p. p.) of Flour.
Floured (p. a.) Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process.
Flouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flour.
Flourish (n.) (pl. - es) 茂盛，興旺，華飾 A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.
Flourish (n.) Decoration; ornament; beauty.
Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit.
Flourish (n.) A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare.
Flourish (n.) The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword.
Flourish (v. t.) 揮舞，誇耀 To adorn with flowers or beautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
Flourish (v. t.) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
Flourish (v. t.) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
Flourish (v. i.) 繁榮，茂盛，活躍，手舞足蹈 To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.
Flourish (v. i.) To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.
Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
Flourish (v. i.) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Flourished (imp. & p. p.) of Flourish.
Flourisher (n.) One who flourishes.
Flourishes (n. pl. ) of Flourish.
Flourishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flourish.
Flourishingly (adv.) In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
Floury (a.) Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour.
Flout (n.) A mock; an insult.
Flout (v. t.) To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.
Flout (v. t.) Mockery, scoffing.
Flout (v. t.) To mock or insult; to scoff ; to treat with contempt.
Flout (v. i.) To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Flout comes from Middle English flouten, "to play the flute."
Flouted (imp. & p. p.) of Flout.
Flouter (n.) One who flouts; a mocker.
Flouting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flout.
Floutingly (adv.) With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.
Flow (n.) A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
Flow (n.) A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
Flow (n.) Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
Flow (n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
Flow (n.) A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.
Flow () imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
Flow (v. t.) To cover with varnish.
Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.
Flow (v. i.) To become liquid; to melt.
Flow (v. i.) To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
Flow (v. i.) To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
Flow (v. i.) To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
Flow (v. i.) To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
Flow (v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.
Flowed (imp. & p. p.) of Flow.
Flowen () imp. pl. of Fly, v. i.
Flower (n.) In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.
Flower (n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
Flower (n.) Grain pulverized; meal; flour.
Flower (n.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
Flower (n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
Flower (n.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
Flower (n.) Menstrual discharges.
Flowered (imp. & p. p.) of Flower.
Flowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flower.
Flower (v. i.) To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
Flower (v. i.) To come into the finest or fairest condition.
Flower (v. i.) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
Flowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flow.