Verbs that start with F

F is for Fade

Fading is the process by which something becomes faded. Something fades as it loses color, or loses light and becomes dim.

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F is for Fall (Verb)

Verbs

Something is falling if it is moving from a higher place to a lower one. Many things can fall, for example during hot weather the water level of a lake can fall. Prices of fruit for sale can fall. When you drop something, it falls.

The stunt man in the picture is falling off a building.

Fall is also another name for autumn.

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F is for Feed

Verbs

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.

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F is for Fiddle (Verb)

Verbs

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.

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F is for Fight

List of action and motion words, Weapons & War, Verbs

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".

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F is for File (Data)

List of office items, Verbs

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.

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F is for Fill

Verbs

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

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Photo of a little girl looking for shells

F is for Find

Verbs

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.

Henry Burrows / CC BY-SA

F is for Finish

Verbs, Transitions

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.

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F is for Fix

Verbs

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.

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F is for Flap

List of action and motion words, Verbs

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.

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F is for Flash

Verbs

A flash is a bright light that you only see for a very, very short time. When you take a photo with a camera in dim light you usually use a flash to light the objects in the photo up so you will be able to see them.
A flash can also be used to describe something you only see for a very short time, or didn't quite see clearly, as in "I saw the rabbit flash by".

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F is for Flip

Verbs

You flip something when you quickly turn it over, either half-way over so it is upside down or flipped over all the way so it comes back to where it was to start with. The boy in the picture is doing a backflip.

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F is for Flit

Verbs

Flitting means to move quickly from one place to another, the way a small bird flits between branches.

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F is for Flow

Verbs

Something flows if it moves in a smooth, continuous way, like the flow of water down a river.

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F is for Fly (Motion)

List of action and motion words, Verbs

Flying is a way of moving through the air. Most things that fly do it because they have wings, but helicopters fly by using a rotor.

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F is for Fold

Verbs

You fold something when you bend it over itself neatly. The man in the picture is folding clothes. Folded clothes are neater and take up much less room in the cupboard than unfolded clothes. They will be less wrinkly when you take them out, too.

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Photo of a ducklings following their mother

F is for Follow

Verbs

You follow someone when you walk behind them, and go to where they lead you. Something that comes after in time is also said to follow, for example, lunch follows breakfast.

The ducklings in the picture are following the mother duck.

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Generated image of a man who has forgotten his car keys

F is for Forget

Verbs, Emotions

You forget something if you don't do it, but not on purpose. You might forget to do your homework, or go out and forget your keys.
The man in the picture has forgotten to put his pants on before he goes to work.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Photo of children who have found a snail

F is for Found

Verbs, Past tense

Found is the past tense of find. The children in the picture have found a snail.
The opposite of found is lost.

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