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flavor
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(n) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

(n) (physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks

(n) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

(v) lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

French
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(n) the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

(n) the people of France

(n) United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)

(a) of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a gallic shrug"

fabric
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(n) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

(n) the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

formation
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(n) the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

(n) the fabrication of something in a particular shape

(n) creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

(n) a particular spatial arrangement

(n) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"

(n) (geology) the geological features of the earth

(n) natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

fifty
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(n) a United States bill worth 50 dollars

(n) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

(s) being ten more than forty

friendship
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(n) the state of being friends

fighter
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(n) a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

(n) someone who fights for a cause

(n) someone who fights (or is fighting)

fund
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(n) a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

(n) a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

(n) a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

(v) furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

(v) accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"

(v) invest money in government securities

(v) provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

(v) place or store up in a fund for accumulation

(v) convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

frequency
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(n) the number of observations in a given statistical category

(n) the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations

(n) the number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"

fifteen
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(n) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

(s) being one more than fourteen

fellow
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(n) a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

(n) a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"

(n) a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

(n) a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

(n) an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

framework
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(n) a structure supporting or containing something

(n) the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

(n) a simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"

fantasy
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(n) imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"

(n) something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

(n) fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

flee
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(v) run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

fate
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(n) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

(n) the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"

(n) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

(v) decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"

funeral
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(n) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

fade
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(n) gradually ceasing to be visible

(n) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"

(v) become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

(v) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

(v) disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"

(v) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

favorite
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(n) something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"

(n) a special loved one

(n) a competitor thought likely to win

(s) appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"

free
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(n) people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

(v) make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

(v) let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

(v) free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

(v) remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

(v) part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

(v) relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"

(v) grant freedom to; free from confinement

(v) free from obligations or duties

(v) make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

(v) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

(s) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

(a) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"

(s) not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

(a) able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

(a) not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"

(s) not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"

(s) not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

(s) costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"

(r) without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

fault
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(n) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

(n) (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"

(n) responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"

(n) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"

(n) (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"

(n) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"

(n) an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

(v) put or pin the blame on

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