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Fettling
- verb - remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
Fiddling
- verb - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
- play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that son
Fielding
- verb - (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
- answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
- play as a fielder
- select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
- Una Lucy Fielding (20 May 1888 – 11 August 1969) was an Australian neuroanatomist.
Fighting
- verb - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Figuring
- verb - be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
- judge to be probable
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- understand; "He didn't figure her"
Filching
- verb - make off with belongings of others
Fileting
- verb - cut into filets; "filet the fish"
- decorate with a lace of geometric designs
Fiveling
- - A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.
Fixating
- verb - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
- become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
- make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
- pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
Fizzling
- verb - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"