Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 48
Footpace (n.) A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. -- Shipley.
Footpad (n.) A highwayman or robber on foot.
Compare: Pad
Pad (n.) A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Pad (n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag. -- Addison
An abbot on an ambling pad. -- Tennyson.
Pad (n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. -- Gay. -- Byron.
Pad (n.) The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
Footpad (n.) A highwayman who robs on foot [syn: footpad, padder].
Footpaths (n. pl. ) of Footpath.
Footpath (n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
Footpath (n.) A trodden path [syn: pathway, footpath].
Footplate (n.) (Locomotives) See Footboard (a).
Footplate (n.) The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls.
Foot pound () (Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.
Foot poundal () (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
Footprint (n.) 腳印，足跡 [C] The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
Footprint (n.) A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" [syn: footprint, footmark, step].
Footprint (n.) A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier civilization."
Footprint (n.) The area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches."
Footprint (n.) The floor or desk area taken up by a piece of hardware.
Footprint (n.) [IBM] The audit trail (if any) left by a crashed program (often in plural, footprints). See also toeprint.
Footprint (n.) RAM footprint: The minimum amount of RAM which an OS or other program takes; this figure gives one an idea of how much will be left for other applications. How actively this RAM is used is another matter entirely. Recent tendencies to featuritis and software bloat can expand the RAM footprint of an OS to the point of making it nearly unusable in practice.
[This problem is, thankfully, limited to operating systems so stupid that they don't do virtual memory -- ESR]
Footprint, () The floor or desk area taken up by a piece of hardware.
Footprint, () The amount of disk or RAM taken up by a program or file.
Footprint, () ({IBM) The audit trail left by a crashed program (often "footprints").
See also toeprint.
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Footrope (n.) (Aut.) 腳纜；捲帆時水手立足之纜索；帆的下緣索 The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
Footrope (n.) (Aut.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
Foots (n. pl.) The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
Footsore (a.) （因走路過多）腳痛的，腳酸的 Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.
Footsore (a.) Having sore or tired feet.
Footstalk (n.) (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.
Footstalk (n.) (Zool.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.
Footstalk (n.) (Zool.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
Footstalk (n.) (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Footstall (n.) The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
Footstall (n.) (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.
Footstall (n.) An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) [syn: pedestal, plinth, footstall].
Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.
How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. -- Bryant.
Footstep (n.) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
Footstep (n.) 1: The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step].
Footstep (n.) The act of taking a step in walking.
Footstep (n.) The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride].
Footstone (n.) The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.
Footstool (n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Footstool (n.) A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person [syn: footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet].
Footstool, () Connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5; 132:7). And as heaven is God's throne, so the earth is his footstool (Ps. 110:1; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:35).
Footway (n.) A passage for pedestrians only.
Footworn (a.) Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.
Footy (a.) Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]
Footy (a.) Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] -- C. Kingsley.
Fop (n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Fop (n.) A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse].
FOP, () Feature Orientated Programming
FOP, () Formatting Object Processor (Apache, XSL-FO)
Fop-doodle (n.) A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] -- Hudibras.
Fopling (n.) A petty fop. -- Landor.
Fopperies (n. pl. ) of Foppery.
Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
Foppery (n.) Folly; foolery.
Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. -- Shak.
Foppish (a.) Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Syn: Finical; spruce; dandyish. See Finical. -- Fop"pish*ly, adv. -- Fop"pish*ness, n.
Foppish (a.) Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner [syn: dandified, dandyish, foppish].
For- () A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.
For (prep.) In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
For (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. -- Shak.
How to choose dogs for scent or speed. -- Waller.
Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for C[ae]sar's health. -- Dryden.
That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. -- Hooker.
For (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. -- Spenser.
It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. -- Bacon.
Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured? -- Dryden.
For he writes not for money, nor for praise. -- Denham.
For (prep.) Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.
We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. -- 2 Cor. xiii. 8.
It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. -- Tillotson.
Aristotle is for poetical justice. -- Dennis.
For (prep.) Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; intending to go to.
We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. -- Bacon.
For (prep.) Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- Ex. xxi. 23, 24.
For (prep.) Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
We take a falling meteor for a star. -- Cowley.
If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for tru?? -- Locke.
Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. -- Dryden.
But let her go for an ungrateful woman. -- Philips.
For (prep.) Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.
The writer will do what she please for all me. -- Spectator.
God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. -- Dr. H. More.
For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. -- Swift.
For (prep.) Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. -- Shak.
Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. -- prior.
To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. -- Garth.
For (prep.) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.]
We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. -- Beau. & Fl.
For, or As for, So far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently.
See under As.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. -- Josh. xxiv. 15.
For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. -- Dryden.
For all that, Notwithstanding; in spite of.
For all the world, Wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." -- Shak.
For as much as, or Forasmuch as, In consideration that; seeing that; since.
For by. See Forby, adv.
For ever, Eternally; at all times. See Forever.
For me, or For all me, As far as regards me.
For my life, or For the life of me, If my life depended on it. [Colloq.] -- T. Hook.
For that, For the reason that, Because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." --Shak.
For thy, or Forthy [AS. for[eth][=y].], For this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." -- Spenser.
For to, As sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] -- "What went ye out for to see?" -- Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4.
O for, Would that I had; may there be granted; -- elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." -- Shak.
Were it not for, or If it were not for, Leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." -- Sir M. Hale.
For (conj.) Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
And for of long that way had walk['e]d none, The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar. -- Fairfax.
And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your serious and great business scant, For she with me. -- Shak.
For (conj.) Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.
Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. -- Ps. cxxxvi. 1.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. -- Shak.
For because, Because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.]
For why. (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.
Syn: See Because.
For (n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
The fors and against. Those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. -- Jane Austen.
For loop
For
A loop construct found in many procedural languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true.
In C, the for loop is written in the form; for (INITIALISATION; CONDITION; AFTER) STATEMENT; where INITIALISATION is an expression that is evaluated once before the loop, CONDITION is evaluated before each iteration and the loop exits if it is false, AFTER is evaluated after each iteration, and STATEMENT is any statement, including a compound statement within braces+"{.."> compound statement within braces "{..", that is executed if
CONDITION is true.
For example:
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
printf("Hello\n");
prints "Hello" 10 times.
Other languages provide a more succinct form of "for" statement specifically for iterating over arrays or lists.
E.g., the Perl code,
for my $task (@tasks)
{
postpone($task);
Calls function "postpone()" repeatedly, setting $task to each element of the "@tasks" array in turn. This avoids introducing temporary index variables like "i" in the previous example.
The for loop is an alternative way of writing a while loop that is convenient because the loop control logic is collected in a single place. It is also closely related to the repeat loop.
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Foraged (imp. & p. p.) of Forage.
Foraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forage.
Forage (v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. -- Shak.
Foraging ant (Zool.), One of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, A forage cap.
Foraging party, A party sent out after forage.
Forage (n.) 草料，飼料 [U]； 搜索糧秣；搜索 [U] [S] The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. -- Shak.
One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. -- Milton.
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. -- Marshall.
Forage (n.) Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. -- Dryden.
Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master (Mil.), A person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. -- Farrow.
Forage (v. t.) To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. -- Pope.
Forage (n.) Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass].
Forage (n.) The act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging, forage].
Forage (v.) Collect or look around for (food) [syn: scrounge, forage].
Forage (v.) Wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods."
Forager (n.) One who forages.
Forager (n.) Someone who hunts for food and provisions; "in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living."
Foralite (n.) (Geol.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.
Foramina (n. pl. ) of Foramen.
Foramines (n. pl. ) of Foramen.
Foramen (n.) A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), The opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), The opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
Foramen (n.) A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure [syn: foramen, hiatus].
Foraminated (a.) Having small opening, or foramina.
Foraminifer (n.) (Zool.) One of the foraminifera.
Foraminifer (n.) Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude [syn: foram, foraminifer].
Foraminifera (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
Foraminifera (n.) Foraminifers [syn: Foraminifera, order Foraminifera].
Foraminiferous (a.) Having small openings, or foramina.
Foraminiferous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
Foraminous (a.) Having foramina; full of holes; porous. -- Bacon.
Forasmuch (conj.) In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep.
Foray (n.) （為糧食、武器等的）突襲；短暫的訪問 A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. -- Spenser.
The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. -- Tennyson.
Foray (v. t.) 對（城鎮等）進行突襲 To pillage; to ravage.
He might foray our lands. -- Sir W. Scott.
Foray (n.) A sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud].
Foray (n.) An initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics."
Foray (v. i.) （尤指為掠奪糧食等）進行突擊 Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray].
Foray (v.) Briefly enter enemy territory.
Forayer (n.) One who makes or joins in a foray.
They might not choose the lowland road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. -- Sir W. Scott.
Forbade () imp. of Forbid.
Forbid (v. t.) [imp. Forbade; p. p. Forbidden ({Forbid, [Obs.]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding] To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house? -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. -- Dryden.
Forbid (v. t.) To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
He shall live a man forbid. -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] --L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit.
Forbid (v.) Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit].
Forbid (v.) Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid].
Forbathe (v. t.) To bathe. [Obs.]
Forbear (n.) 祖先 [P1] An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.] [Also spelled {forebear}.] "Your forbears of old." -- Sir W. Scott.
Forbore (imp.) of Forbear.
Forbare () of Forbear.
Forborne (p. p.) of Forbear.
Forbearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbear.
Forbear (v. i.) 克制；忍耐；避免（做）…… [（+from）] To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? -- 1 Kings xxii. 6.
Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. -- Ezek. ii. 7.
Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear. -- Cowper.
Both bear and forbear. -- Old Proverb.
Forbear (v. t.) 克制；忍耐 [+v-ing] [+to-v ] To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
But let me that plunder forbear. -- Shenstone.
The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. -- Tennyson.
Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
Forbearing one another in love. -- Eph. iv. 2.
Forbear (v. t.) To cease from bearing. [Obs.]
Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. -- Spenser.
Forbear (n.) A person from whom you are descended [syn: {forebear}, {forbear}].
Forbear (v.) Refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" [syn: {forbear}, {hold back}].
Forbear (v.) Resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" [syn: {refrain}, {forbear}] [ant: {act}, {move}].
Forbearance (n.) 節制，自製，忍耐 The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
He soon shall find Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. -- Milton.
Forbearance (n.) The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering.
Have a continent forbearance, till the speed of his rage goes slower. -- Shak.
Syn: Abstinence; refraining; lenity; mildness.
Forbearance (n.) Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: {patience}, {forbearance}, {longanimity}] [ant: {impatience}].
Forbearance (n.) A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming."
Forbearance, () contracts. The act by which a creditor waits for the payment of the debt due him by the debtor, after it has become due.
Forbearance, () When the creditor agrees to forbear with his debtor, this is a sufficient consideration to support an assumpsit made by the debtor. 4 John. R. 237; 2. Nott & McCord, 133; 2 Binn. R. 510; Com. Dig. Action upon the case upon assumpsit, B 1; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Leigh's N. P. 31; 1 Penna. R. 385; 4 Wash. C. C. R. 148; 5 Rawle's R. 69.
Forbearance, () The forbearance must be of some right which can be enforces with effect against the party forborne; if it cannot be so enforced by the party forbearing, he has sustained no detriment, and the party forborne has derived no benefit. 4 East, 455 5 B. & Ald. 123. See 1 B. & A. 605 Burge on Sur. 12, 13. Vide Giving time.
Forbearant (a.) Forbearing. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Forbearer (n.) One who forbears. -- Tusser.
Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering. -- For*bear"ing*ly, adv.
Forbearing (a.) Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering" [syn: forbearing, longanimous].
Forbade (imp.) of Forbid.
Forbidden (p. p.) of Forbid.
Forbid () of Forbid.
Forbidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forbid.
Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. "I did not or forbid." -- Milton.
Forbid (v. t.) 禁止，不許 [O1] [O2] [+v-ing]；阻止，妨礙 [O2] To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
More than I have said . . . The leisure and enforcement of the time Forbids to dwell upon. -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
Have I not forbid her my house? -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. -- Dryden.
Forbid (v. t.) To accurse; to blast. [Obs.]
He shall live a man forbid. -- Shak.
Forbid (v. t.) To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] -- L. Andrews.
Syn: To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See {Prohibit}.
Forbid (v.) Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: {forbid}, {prohibit}, {interdict}, {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}, {nix}] [ant: {allow}, {countenance}, {let}, {permit}].
Forbid (v.) Keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose}, {preclude}, {forbid}].
Forbid (v.) [ T ] (Present participle forbidding, past tense forbade or old use forbad, past participle forbidden) (B2) （尤指官方）禁止，不許，阻止，妨礙 To refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible.
// The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16.
// [ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone.
// He is forbidden from leaving the country.
Idiom: God forbid also Heaven forbid
God forbid also Heaven forbid 但願不會發生這事 A way of saying that you hope something does not happen.
// God forbid (that) his parents should ever find out.
Forbiddance (n.) 禁止；被禁 The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]
How hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. -- Milton.
Forbiddance (n.) An official prohibition or edict against something [syn: {ban}, {banning}, {forbiddance}, {forbidding}].
Forbiddance (n.) The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn: {prohibition}, {inhibition}, {forbiddance}].
Forbidden (a.) Prohibited; interdicted.
I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. -- Milton.
{Forbidden fruit} Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden.
{Forbidden fruit} (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock ({Citrus decumana}). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.
Forbidden (a.) Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: {forbidden}, {out(p)}, {prohibited}, {proscribed}, {taboo}, {tabu}, {verboten}].
Forbidden (a.) (B1) （尤指法律）禁止的，不准的 Not allowed, especially by law.
// Smoking is forbidden in the cinema.
Idiom: Forbidden fruit
Forbidden fruit (Literary) （尤指性的）禁果 Something, especially something sexual, that is even more attractive because it is not allowed.
// He was always drawn to other men's wives - the forbidden fruit.
Forbiddenly (adv.) In a forbidden or unlawful manner. -- Shak.
Forbiddenly (adv.) (in British English) In a forbidden manner; illegally.
Forbidder (n.) One who forbids. -- Milton.