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Focus
- noun - a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image"
- direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"
- put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
- special emphasis attached to something; "the stre
Foehn
- noun - a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
Fogey
- noun - elderly
- someone whose style is out of fashion
Foggy
- adjective - filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
- indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
- obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window"
- stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Fohns
- noun - a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
Foils
- noun - a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
- cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
- enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
- Fencing sword
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Foist
- verb - insert surreptitiously or without warrant
- to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
Folds
- noun -
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a group of sheep or goats
- a pen for sheep
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
- the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
Foley
- unknown - Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor.
- reproduction of everyday sounds in film making