Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 52
Forestal (a.) Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
Forestalled (imp. & p. p.) of Forestall.
Forestalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forestall.
Forestall (v. t.) 先…一步行動，佔先一步，壟斷，阻礙 To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of someone or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
Forestall (v. t.) To deprive; -- with of.
Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
Forestall (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}].
Forestall (v.) Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: {anticipate}, {foresee}, {forestall}, {counter}].
Forestaller (n.) One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
Forest bath ( n.) [C] 森林浴 An activity similar to meditation that involves sitting in a forest and focusing on your surroundings.
// I asked myself: who are the world’s most intense commuters and what do they do about it? The answer is, of course, the Japanese, and their solution is to take a forest bath. Shin-rin yoku was developed by the Forest Agency Of Japan in the 1980s as a “Simple practice for enhancing health”.
Forester (n.) [C] 林務官，森林管理者；林中居民；林中動物 One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
Forester (n.) An inhabitant of a forest.
Forester (n.) A forest tree.
Forester (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
Forestick (n.) Front stick of a hearth fire.
Forestry (n.) 林業；山林管理 [U] The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber. Foreswart
Forestry (n.) The science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber.
Foreswart (a.) Alt. of Foreswart. [Obs.]
Foreswart (a.) See {Forswat}.
Compare: Forswat
Forswat (a.) [See {Sweat}.] Spent with heat; covered with sweat. [Obs.] -- P. Sidney.
Forswat (a.) (Obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
Foretaste (n.) 先嘗；預嘗到的滋味；象徵；預示 A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Foretaste (v. t.) 先嘗；預嘗到……的滋味 To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before another. "Foretasted fruit." -- Milton.
Foretaste (n.) An early limited awareness of something yet to occur.
Foretaster (n.) 預嘗者，先嘗者 One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
Foreteach (v. t.) To teach or instruct beforehand.
Foreteach (v. t.) (In British) To teach (something) ahead of time.
Foretell (v. i.) To utter predictions. -- Acts iii. 24.
Foretold (imp. & p. p.) of Foretell.
Foretelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foretell.
Foretell (v. t.) 預言，預告，預示 To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. -- Pope.
Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. -- C. Middleton.
Syn: To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
Foretell (v.) Foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger}, {foretell}, {herald}].
Foretell (v.) Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {prognosticate}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}].
Foretell (v.) Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}].
Foreteller (n.) One who predicts. -- Boyle.
Forethink (v. t.) To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.]
The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. -- Shak.
Forethink (v. t.) To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Forethink (v. i.) To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
Forethought (a.) Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." --Bacon.
Forethought (n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. -- I. Taylor.
Forethought (n.) Planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn: premeditation, forethought].
Forethought (n.) Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" [syn: caution, precaution, care, forethought].
Forethoughtful (a.) Having forethought. [R.]
Forethoughtful (a.) Thoughtful of the future; "careful forethoughtful planning."
Foretime (n.) The past; the time before the present. "A very dim foretime." -- J. C. Shairp.
Foretoken (n.) 預兆，預示 Prognostic; previous omen. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Foretokened (imp. & p. p.) of Foretoken.
Foretokening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foretoken.
Foretoken (v. t.) 成為…之預兆 To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. -- Daniel.
Foretoken (n.) An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" [syn: {augury}, {sign}, {foretoken}, {preindication}].
Fore teeth (n. pl. ) of Fore tooth.
Fore tooth (Anat.) One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
Foretop (n.) The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.
Foretop (n.) That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
Foretop (n.) (Naut.) The platform at the head of the foremast.
Foretop (n.) A platform at the head of a foremast
Foretop (n.) A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears [syn: forelock, foretop].
Fore-topgallant (a.) (Naut.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.
Fore-topmast (n.) (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast; the mast next above the foremast. See Ship.
Fore-topmast (n.) The topmast next above the foremast.
Fore-topsail (n.) See Sail.
Forever (adv.) Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
Forever (adv.) At all times; always.
Forevouched (a.) Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance.
Foreward (n.) The van; the front.
Forewarned (imp. & p. p.) of Forewarn.
Forewarning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forewarn.
Forewarn (v. t.) To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.
We were forewarned of your coming. -- Shak.
Forewarn (v.) Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house" [syn: forewarn, previse].
Forewaste (v. t.) See Forewaste. -- Gascoigne.
Forewend (v. t.) To go before. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Forewish (v. t.) To wish beforehand.
Forewit (n.) A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste.
Forewit (n.) Foresight; prudence.
Forewot (pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers.) of Forewite.
Forewost (2d person) of Forewite.
Forewiten (n. pl.) of Forewite.
Forewiste (imp. sing.) of Forewite.
Forewisten (n. pl.) of Forewite.
Forewiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forewite.
Forewite (v. t.) To foreknow.
Forewomen (n. pl. ) of Forewoman.
Forewoman (n.) A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Foreword (n.) A preface.
Foreworn (a.) Worn out; wasted; used up.
Forewot () pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite.
Forex deal (n.) A contract between a currency trader and a market maker that indicates the currencies being bought and sold, the amount of currency involved, and the exchange rate that the two currencies will be traded at.
Foreyard (n.) The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.
Forfeit (n.) Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.]
To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. -- Ld. Berners.
Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. -- Shak.
Forfeit (n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. -- Goldsmith.
Forfeit (a.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. -- Shak.
To tread the forfeit paradise. -- Emerson.
Forfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Forfeit.
Forfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forfeit.
Forfeit (v. t.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.
[They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. -- Burke.
Undone and forfeited to cares forever! -- Shak.
Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.]
Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.]
I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. -- Shak.
Forfeit (p. p. or a.) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. -- Shak.
Once more I will renew His laps[`e]d powers, though forfeite. -- Milton.
Forfeit (a.) Surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited].
Forfeit (n.) Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture].
Forfeit (n.) A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" [syn: forfeit, forfeiture].
Forfeit (n.) The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice].
Forfeit (v.) Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego] [ant: arrogate, claim, lay claim].
Forfeitable (a.) Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.
For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. -- Blackstone.
Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
Under pain of foreiture of the said goods. -- Hakluyt.
Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
What should I gain By the exaction of the forfeiture? -- Shak.
Syn: Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.
Forfeiture (n.) Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture].
Forfeiture (n.) A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" [syn: forfeit, forfeiture].
Forfeiture (n.) The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice].
Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic]
Which peril heaven forefend! -- Shak.
Note: This is etymologically the preferable spelling.
Forfered (p. p. & a.) Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [Obs.] "Forfered of his death." -- Chaucer.
Forfete (v. i.) To incur a penalty; to transgress. [Obs.]
And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. -- Chaucer.
Forfex (n.) A pair of shears. -- Pope.
Forficate (a.) (Zool.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
Forficula (n.) (Zool.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1.
Forgather (v. i.) To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. -- Wilson.
Forgave () imp. of Forgive.
Forgive (v. t.) [imp. Forgave; p. p. Forgiven; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving] To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.
To them that list the world's gay shows I leave, And to great ones such folly do forgive. -- Spenser.
Forgive (v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
And their sins should be forgiven them. -- Mark iv. 12.
He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them. -- Macaulay.
Forgive (v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending.
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. -- Luke xxiii. 34.
I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. -- Shak.
Note: Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." -- Matt. vi. 12. "Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." -- Matt. ix. 2.
Syn: See excuse.
Forge (n.) A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.
In the quick forge and working house of thought. -- Shak.
Forge (n.) The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.]
In the greater bodies the forge was easy. -- Bacon.
American forge, A forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. -- Raymond.
Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan.
Forge cinder, The dross or slag form a forge or bloomary.
Forge rolls, Forge train, The train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars.
Forge wagon (Mil.), A wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools.
Portable forge, A light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
Forged (imp. & p. p.) of Forge.
Forging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.