English Words: F

The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.

A political strategy in which a presidential candidate campaigns in all fifty states, rather than only focusing on those which are considered most important.

The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.

By a multiple of fifty; by fifty times as much or as many.

Approximately fifty, particularly around fifty years old.

Slightly more than fifty.

An indeterminate value between 50 (inclusive) and 60 (exclusive).

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.

A leaf of the fig plant.

Any tree that bears figs (Ficus spp.).

A large beetle (Cotinis nitida) which has elytra that are velvety green with pale borders, which ranges from eastern Canada to central Texas, and which in the southern United States destroys figs.

Alternative form of fig-leaved.

Ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish.

An old English dish of ale boiled with bread and figs.

A cunning, dexterous person.

A village in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France.

A whim or eccentricity.

Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia.

fidgety; restless.

A surname from German.

simple past and past participle of fig

Pronunciation spelling of figure.

A fig farm or orchard.

The state of containing or resembling figs.

The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, applied to people as a punishment (typically in BDSM), or to horses to make them deceptively lively (feaguing).

To fidget about; wriggle

Of or like figs.

A kind of boiled pudding with raisins.

Alternative form of figgyhobbin.

Any of a variety of sweet and/or savory dishes traditionally served at Christmas, containing fruit (but not necessarily figs).

A kind of sweet pastry with raisins.

Senses relating to physical conflict:

To continue to wage war when it is clear that one is not going to win.

To defend oneself by fighting.

To be wily and cautious.

To suppress (a feeling or emotion).

To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire.

To be in danger of dying (as a result of injury, illness etc.).

A combat sports athlete's ability to adjust their movements during a bout in order to exploit momentary defensive openings or overall technical weaknesses found in an opponent's moveset.

Indicating that the speaker has taken a contentious position, and challenges others to dispute it.

To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.

To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.

To settle through conflict.

To avoid meeting at a close distance or at close quarters; to keep out of reach, to avoid.

To battle or try to achieve something for a noble cause.

To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.

A competition in which both parties continue until one side is unequivocally defeated.

To fight (someone) aggressively.

Synonym of tilt at windmills.