(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Something inanimate that begets.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
The founder of a discipline or science.
verb
(figuratively) To give rise to.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To adopt as one's own.
To be a father to; to sire.
To provide with a father.
fathom
fathom
noun
(archaic or obsolete) Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
(chiefly in the plural) An unspecified depth.
(chiefly nautical, historical) Originally, the distance between an adult man's arms stretched out away from the sides of his torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to his body, measured from the tips of the longest fingers of each hand, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres); subsequently used as a unit for water depth but now generally replaced by the metre.
(figuratively) Control, grasp.
Someone or something that is embraced.
The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
verb
(also figuratively) To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
(archaic or obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
(figuratively) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
(figuratively) To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
(obsolete) To embrace (someone or something).
To measure a depth; to sound.
fatiha
fatiha
noun
(Islam) A prayer for the dead.
faythe
fichat
flaith
flathe
flathe
noun
(dialectal) A ray or skate (fish).
A flan.
fratch
fratch
noun
(UK) A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.
verb
(UK, Yorkshire) To argue, to quarrel; to fight.
freath
futtah
haffat
haffet
haffet
noun
(Scotland) The side of the head; the temples.
haffit
haffit
noun
Alternative form of haffet
hafted
hafted
adj
Having a haft or handle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of haft
hafter
hafter
abbrev
(informal) Contraction of have to.
noun
(archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools
hamfat
hamfat
noun
(US slang, acting) A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.
(US, black slang, obsolete) Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.
(US, slang, offensive, obsolete) A black person.
hastif
hatful
hatful
noun
(soccer, UK) A large number (usually talking about goal-scoring chances)
The amount that will fit into a hat
shafts
shafts
noun
plural of shaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shaft