All English words - page 2080

Meanings of Frolics:

verb

Play or move about in a cheerful and lively way.

Usage examples:

Edward frolicked on the sand

noun

A playful and lively movement or activity.

Usage examples:

His injuries were inflicted by the frolics of a young filly

adjective

Cheerful, merry, or playful.

Usage examples:

A thousand forms of frolic life

Meanings of Frolicsome:

adjective

Lively and playful.

Usage examples:

Around the year 850 in southern abyssinia, a young goatherd named khaldi noticed that his goats wer…

Meanings of From:

preposition

Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts.

Usage examples:

She began to walk away from him

Meanings of From soup to nuts:

phrase

From beginning to end; completely.

Usage examples:

I know all about that game from soup to nuts

idiom

From the beginning to the end; including everything

Usage examples:

This is how you do a film campaign from soup to nuts., the whole building, soup to nuts, cost less …

Meanings of From the bottom of one’s heart:

phrase

Very sincerely.

Usage examples:

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart

Meanings of From-all-appearances:

phrase

Judging from what can be seen

Usage examples:

To all appearances their marriage is fine, but i think she gives him a bad time in private., from a…

Meanings of From-day-one:

idiom

Before each day happens

Usage examples:

I never know what i’ll be doing from one day to the next.

Meanings of From-hell:

idiom

Used to say that someone or something is extremely bad

Usage examples:

Now miranda - she was the housemate from hell., poor ann has the mother-in-law from hell.

Meanings of From-here:

collocation

To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere

Usage examples:

She absconded from boarding school and hitchhiked to the city., he absconded from prison just weeks…

Meanings of From-memory:

idiom

If you say something, such as a poem, or sing a song from memory, you speak or sing without looking at any words or music.

Meanings of From-now-on:

phrase

From this moment and always in the future

Usage examples:

From now on the gates will be locked at midnight., from now on, we'll stick to the rules., okay, we…

Meanings of From-pillar-to-post:

phrase

From one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner.

Usage examples:

They were pushed from pillar to post from the moment they left their homes

idiom

If someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another

Usage examples:

My parents were always on the move and so my childhood was spent being dragged from pillar to post.

Meanings of From-place-to-place:

phrasal verb

To be born, got from, or made in a particular place

Usage examples:

She comes from italy., some of the best wines come from france., does that quote come from shakespe…

Meanings of From-scratch:

phrase

From the very beginning, especially without making use of or relying on any previous work for assistance.

Usage examples:

He built his own computer company from scratch

idiom

Completely from the beginning

Usage examples:

Can we fix the current computer system, or would it be better to start from scratch with a new syst…

Meanings of From-start-to-finish:

phrase

Including all of something, from the beginning to the end

Usage examples:

The whole party was a disaster from start to finish., the exercises take about 50 minutes from star…

Meanings of From-the-heart:

idiom

To be sincere

Usage examples:

Her speech came from the heart.

Meanings of From-the-horses-mouth:

idiom

Directly from the person who has personal knowledge of the matter

Usage examples:

I know it's true, because i got it straight from the horse's mouth – katie told me herself.

Meanings of From-the-word-go:

idiom

From the start of something

Usage examples:

The bridge-building project had problems with funding right from the word go.

Meanings of From-there:

collocation

To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere

Usage examples:

She absconded from boarding school and hitchhiked to the city., he absconded from prison just weeks…

Meanings of From-time-to-time:

idiom

Sometimes, but not regularly

Usage examples:

I still think of her from time to time.

Meanings of From-top-to-bottom:

idiom

Completely

Usage examples:

They cleaned the house from top to bottom.

Meanings of Fromage:

adjective

(of wine) white.

Usage examples:

Since 1977, he and his partner have been making chardonnay, cabernet and fumé blanc at the napa val…

noun

A type of soft cheese that is often produced with fruit flavours and sugar added

Meanings of Frond:

noun

The leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant.

Usage examples:

Fronds of bracken

Meanings of Fronde:

proper noun

A series of civil wars in france 1648–53, in which the nobles rose in rebellion against mazarin and the court during the minority of louis xiv.

Meanings of Frondescence:

noun

Green foliage; greenery.

Usage examples:

The oak and beech have as yet hardly any appearance of frondescence.