Fence, v. n.
- 1. Practise fencing, use the sword.
- 2. Shuffle, evade, equivocate, prevaricate, hedge.
Fencing, n. Manual defence (with small swords or foils), art of self-defence, swordsmanship, fence.
Fen-cricket, n. Churr-worm, mole-cricket, fan-cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).
Fend off. (Naut.) Keep off, ward off, keep from collision.
Fennish, a. See fenny.
Fenny, a. Marshy, swampy, boggy, fennish.
Ferine, a Wild (as lions, tigers, etc.), untamed, ferocious, savage, fierce, ravenous, rapacious.
Ferment, n.
- 1. Yeast, leaven, barm.
- 2. Fermentation, fungic transformation.
- 3. Agitation, commotion, tumult, heat, glow, fever, state of excitement.
Ferment, v. a.
- 1. Set in fermentation, set fermenting, produce fermentation in, transform by means of a ferment.
- 2. Excite, agitate, heat.
Ferment, v. n.
- 1. Work, be in a ferment, undergo fermentation, be fermented.
- 2. Be excited, be agitated, be on fire.
Ferocious, a.
- 1. Untamed (like a wild beast), savage, fierce, wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine.
- 2. Barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless, merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody,
Vandalic.