Words that start with F

You can count to five on your fingers on one hand. The number before five is four. The number that comes after five is six.

You fix, mend or repair something if it is broken and doesn't work. Fixing it will make it work again, or make it look as good as new. Not everything that is broken can be fixed.

Something that has lots of tiny little bubbles in it is fizzy.

A flag is a piece of cloth attached to a tall pole. A flag in the wind will spread out so you can see the design on the flag.
Each country of the world has their own special design for a flag. You can have flags just for decoration too. One of the more famous flags is the Jolly Roger, which is the flag pirate ships would fly.
The flag in the picture is an older American flag.

A flame is a small part of a fire. You typically see a flame burning on a candle or when you light a match.

Something is flammable if it is possible to set it on fire. Some things are more flammable than others, and a larger surface area tends to make things more flammable. For example, dry grass is highly flammable but large pieces of wood won't catch fire easily.

Flank is another word for around your waist on your sides, the part of your body between your ribs and your hips.

You flap something when you move it backwards and forwards around a hinge point. Birds flap their wings to fly, people flap their arms for fun and a loose window shutter will flap in the wind.

Flares, or bell bottoms, are jeans or pants that get much wider below the knee. Flares were popular in the 1960s.

A flashlight, sometimes called a torch, is a small device that has a handle at one end and a light at the other end. You use it for finding your way around somewhere dark that doesn't have any other light sources, like at night when you are camping, or if there is a power failure, or in a cave.