Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 66
Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
His personal tastes were low and frivolous. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Trifling; trivial; slight; petty; worthless. -- Friv"o*lous*ly, adv. -- Friv"o*lous*ness, n.
Frivolous (a.) Not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" [ant: serious].
Frizzed (imp. & p. p.) of Friz.
Frizzing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friz.
Friz (v. t.) To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. -- Pepys.
Friz (v. t.) To form into
little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
Friz (v. t.) (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
Frizzing machine. (a) (Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.
Frizzing machine. (b) (Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
Frizzes (n. pl. ) of Friz.
Friz (n.) That which is
frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [Written also frizz.]
He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig
became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed,
well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. -- Hare.
Frize (n.) (Arch.) See 1st Frieze.
Frizel (a.) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock.
Frizette (n.) A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
Frizz (v. t. & n.) See Friz, v. t. & n.
Frizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Frizzle.
Frizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frizzle.
Frizzle (v. t.) To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.
Frizzle (n.) A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
Frizzler (n.) One who frizzles.
Frizzly (a.) Alt. of Frizzy.
Frizzy (a.) Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.
Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To.
Fro (prep.) From.
Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.
Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
Frock (v. t.) To clothe in a frock.
Frock (v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.
Frocked (a.) Clothed in a frock.
Frockless (a.) Destitute of a frock.
Froe (n.) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
Frog (n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.
Frog (n.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
Frog (n.) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Frog (v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.
Frogbit (n.) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.
Frogbit (n.) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits.
Forge (v.) (Copy) [ T ] 偽造；假冒To make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive.
// A forged passport.
// A forged signature.
// A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine.
Forge (v.) (Create) [ T ] （尤指努力地）製造，生産 To make or produce something, especially with some difficulty.
// The accident forged a close bond between the two families.
// She forged a new career for herself as a singer.
Forge (v.) (Move) [ I + adv/prep ] (Formal) 突然向前猛衝 To suddenly and quickly move forward.
// Just 100 metres from the finishing line Jackson forged ahead.
// She forged through the snow.
Phrasal verb:
Forge ahead (-- phrasal verb with Forge) (v.) 突然進展神速；迅猛發展 To suddenly make a lot of progress with something.
// The organizers are forging ahead with a programme of public events.
Forge (n.) [ C ] 鍛造車間；鐵工廠 A working area with a fire for heating metal until it is soft enough to be beaten into different shapes.
// A blacksmith's forge.
Frogfish (n.) See Angler, n., 2.
Frogfish (n.) An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.
Frogged (a.) Provided or ornamented with frogs; as, a frogged coat. See Frog, n., 4.
Froggy (a.) Abounding in frogs.
Frogmouth (n.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
Frogs-bit (n.) Frogbit.
Frogshell (n.) One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera.
Froise (n.) A kind of pancake. See 1st Fraise.
Frolic (a.) Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
The frolic wind that breathes the spring. -- Milton.
The gay, the frolic, and the loud. -- Waller.
Frolic (n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth.
He would be at his frolic once again. -- Roscommon.
Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking.
Frolicked (imp. & p. p.) of Frolic.
Frolicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Frolic.
Frolic (v. i.) To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.
Hither, come hither, and frolic and play. -- Tennyson.
Frolic (n.) Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: {play}, {frolic}, {romp}, {gambol}, {caper}].
Frolic (v.) Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick}, {skylark}, {disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk}, {romp}, {run around}, {lark about}].
Frolic, () A Prolog system in Common
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Frolicful (a.) Frolicsome. [R.]
Frolicky (a.) Frolicsome. [Obs.] -- Richardson.
Frolicky (a.) Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive].
Frolicly (adv.) In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Frolicsome (a.) 嬉戲的；歡樂的；愛鬧著玩的 Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.
Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. -- Sir W. Scott. -- Frol"ic*some*ly, adv. -- Frol"ic*some*ness, n.
Frolicsome (a.) Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive].
From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
Fromward (prep.) Alt. of Fromwards.
Fromwards (prep.) A way from; -- the contrary of toward.
Frond (n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.
Frondation (n.) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning.
Fronde (n.) A political party in France, during the minority of Louis XIV., who opposed the government, and made war upon the court party.
Fronded (a.) Furnished with fronds.
Frondent (a.) Covered with leaves; leafy; as, a frondent tree.
Frondesce (v. i.) To unfold leaves, as plants.
Frondescence (n.) The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves.
Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.
Frondeur (n.) A member of the Fronde.
Frondiferous (a.) Producing fronds.
Frondlet (n.) A very small frond, or distinct portion of a compound frond.
Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
Frondose (a.) Leafy.
Frondous (a.) Frondose.
Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
Front (n.) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. -- Pope.
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. -- Shak.
His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. -- Prior.
Front (n.) The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front; hence, an attitude and demeanor intended to represent one's feelings, even if not actually felt; as, to put on a good front.
With smiling fronts encountering. -- Shak.
The inhabitants showed a bold front. -- Macaulay.
Front (n.) The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front. -- Shak.
Front (n.) A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
Front (n.) The most conspicuous part.
The very head and front of my offending. -- Shak.
Front (n.) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. -- Mrs. Browning.
Front (n.) The beginning. "Summer's front." -- Shak.
Front (n.) (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.
Front (n.) (Phon.) The middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]10.
Front (n.) The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word "front," used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant].
Bastioned front (Mil.), A curtain connerting two half bastions.
Front door, The door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance.
Front of fortification, The works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. -- Farrow.
Front of operations, All that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. -- Farrow.
To come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.
Front (v. t.) To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.
Front (a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.
Fronted (imp. & p. p.) of Front.
Fronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Front.
Front (v. t.) To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
You four shall front them in the narrow lane. -- Shak.
Front (v. t.) To appear before; to meet.
[Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. -- Tennyson.
Front (v. t.) To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
And then suddenly front the changed reality. -- J. Morley.
Front (v. t.) To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
Front (v. t.) To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. -- Shak.
Front (a.) Relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" [ant: back(a)].
Front (n.) The side that is forward or prominent [syn: front, front end, forepart] [ant: back end, backside, rear].
Front (n.) The line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: battlefront, front, front line].
Front (n.) The outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front".
Front (n.) The side that is seen or that goes first [ant: back, rear].
Front (n.) A person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman].
Front (n.) A sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts".
Front (n.) (Meteorology) The atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses.
Front (n.) The immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" [syn: presence, front].
Front (n.) The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: back, rear].
Front (n.) A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: movement, social movement, front].
Front (v.) Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back].
Front (v.) Confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast].
Frontage (n.) The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
Frontage (n.) The extent of land abutting on a street or water.
Frontage (n.) The direction in which something (such as a building) faces.
Frontage (n.) The face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage, frontal].
Frontal (a.) Belonging to the front part; being in front; esp.
Frontal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
Frontal (n.) Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as:
Frontal (n.) An ornamental band for the hair.
Frontal (n.) (Mil.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
Frontal (n.) (Arch.) A little pediment over a door or window.
Frontal (n.) (Eccl.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
Frontal (n.) (Med.) A medicament or application for the forehead. [Obs.] -- Quincy.
Frontal (n.) (Anat.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.
Frontal hammer or Frontal helve, A forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. -- Raymond. Frontate
Frontal (a.) Belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage".
Frontal (a.) Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall".
Frontal (a.) Meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision" [syn: frontal, head-on].
Frontal (a.) Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes".
Frontal (n.) An adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet, frontal].
Frontal (n.) A drapery that covers the front of an altar.
Frontal (n.) The face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage, frontal].
Frontate (a.) Alt. of Fron'tated.