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Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (9), Adjectives (842), Adverbs (29), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (10), Past tense (209), Plural (47), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Punctuation (9), Verbs (743)

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Fis forFalse

Something is false if it is not true, is not correct, or is wrong.
Sometimes an imitation of something real is called false, for example false teeth.

Fis forFamous

Someone or something is famous if a lot of people have heard of them. Famous people are often seen on TV and in movies, while famous places have a lot of people visit them.

Fis forFast

The dog in the picture is running very fast. Other things that move fast are racing cars, planes and some animals. The fastest animal in the world is the cheetah.
Another word for fast is quick. The opposite of fast is slow.

Fis forFat

Someone is fat if they are much larger than they should be. People and animals that are too fat tend to be unhealthy. You usually get fat by eating too much food and not getting enough exercise. The opposite of fat is thin.

Fis forFed

Fed is the past tense of feed.

For example, "I fed the cat before I left for work today."

Fis forFeed

You feed someone or something when you give them food. The girl in the picture is feeding a goat. You do not need to feed someone else, you can feed yourself too.

Fis forFeet

Feet is the plural of foot. One foot, two feet. Most people have two feet, and most animals have four feet.

Fis forFell

Fell is the past tense of fall.

Fis forFeral

A feral animal is one that used to be domesticated but has escaped and now lives by itself, without any people to look after it. Many wilderness areas of the world have feral horses, goats and camels. Feral cats and dogs can be found both in wilderness areas and in cities.

Fis forFertile

Something is fertile if it can produce offspring. Land is described as fertile if it can be used to grow vigorous, healthy plants that yield good crops.
Fiddling is a word for making a lot of small, repetitive movements, usually with another object. For example, "stop fiddling with your hair" or "if you fiddle with the aerial enough the TV should work".

A similar word to fiddle is twiddle.

Fis forFight

When two or more people or animals get angry with each other, sometimes they will fight, and try and hurt each other with words or their fists. Sometimes people fight for money, as in a boxing match or street fighting.
Animals often fight with each other over food, nesting space, or at breeding season.
You can also use fight as a noun, as in "those people are having a fight".
A file is a collection of related pieces of paperwork. Files are usually stored inside a file cabinet. The process of storing files is called filing, for example "please file this under T".
On a computer, a file is a block of data that is accessed by its file name.

Fis forFiled

Filed is the past tense of file.

Fis forFill

Filling is the process you take to make something full. The bucket in the picture is being filled with water from a faucet.

Fis forFilled

Filled is the past tense of fill. Once something has been filled, it is full.

Fis forFind

You find something if you simply stumble upon it by chance, or you are actively looking for it until you find it. The little girl in the picture is looking for shells.

Fis forFinish

You finish something when you reach the end of it. The woman in the picture is finishing a race.

The opposite of finish is start.

Similar words to finish are complete and end.

Fis forFinn

A Finn is someone from Finland. See also Finnish.
Not to be confused with fin.

Fis forFirm

Something is firm if it is quite solid and doesn't move easily. Something is firmly attached if it doesn't wobble around or come loose. A sofa is firm if it is neither completely hard or soft. The sofa in the picture seems very firm.