Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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forehead
foreheads noun
the part of your
face above
your eyes
and below
your hair.

foreign
adjective
belonging to another country.
Foreign languages.
N say for-in
foreigner noun

forest
forests noun

a very large area of trees.

forget
forgets forgetting forgot
forgotten verb

to not remember something.
I forgot my sister’s birthday.
N opposite remember

forgive
forgives forgiving forgave
forgiven verb

to stop blaming or being
angry with someone for
something they said or did.
I forgave my brother for losing
my favorite CD.
forgiveness noun

form

forms noun

1 the shape or the type

of something.

Trains are a form

of transportation.

2 a printed piece of paper

with spaces in which you

write information.

I filled in the form.

formula

formulas or formulae noun

1 a type of recipe or code that

shows chemists what

chemicals are made of.

chemical formula for water

2 instructions or a recipe for

making or doing something.

fortnight

noun

a period of time lasting

two weeks.

fortnightly adjective

fortnightly adverb

fortune

noun

1 luck.

He had the good fortune

to be rescued from the wreck.

N opposite misfortune

2 a lot of money.

She won

a fortune.

forward

adverb

moving toward the front.

He fell forward onto

his hands.

fossil

fossils noun

the remains or print of

a plant or animal that died

many years ago. Fossils are

found preserved in rocks.

fossilized adjective

foster

fosters fostering fostered verb

to give a home for a period of

time to a child who comes

from another family.

They have fostered three

children in the past two years.

fought

from the verb to fight

The team fought back, but

in the end they lost the game.

N say fawt

found

from the verb to find

She found her wallet

this morning.

fountain

fountains noun

a statue or

structure

that

sprays

water

up into

the air.

fox

foxes noun

a mammal that belongs

to the dog family and lives in

the countryside and in towns.

Foxes eat small animals,

birds, and scraps

from garbage cans.

fraction

fractions noun

1 a number

that is part of

a whole number.

One-third is a fraction.

2 a very small part of

something.

You can fly there in a fraction

of the time it takes to drive.

fracture

fractures fracturing fractured

verb

to break.

The X-ray showed

where the bone had fractured.

fracture noun

fragile

adjective

delicate

and easily

broken.

fragile coral

N say fraj-uhl

fragile

forehead

fracture

table fork

fork
forks noun
1 a tool with two or
more narrow spikes
that is used for
lifting things.

2 the place where something

divides into two parts.

A fork in the road.